wordbook
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
1590, from word + book. Compare West Frisian wurdboek (“dictionary”), German Low German Woordenbook, Wöörbook (“dictionary”), Dutch woordenboek (“dictionary”), German Wörterbuch (“dictionary”), Danish ordbog (“dictionary”), Swedish ordbok (“dictionary”).
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Noun[edit]
wordbook (plural wordbooks)
- A reference book that lists words.
- Hyponyms: dictionary, lexicon, thesaurus, vocabulary
- Coordinate terms: glossary, wordlist
- The libretto of an opera.
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Translations[edit]
dictionary — see dictionary
lexicon — see lexicon
libretto — see libretto