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English
Etymology
From audio- + book .
Pronunciation
Noun
audiobook (plural audiobooks )
A recording , usually made available for sale, of a reading of the full text or of an abridgement of a book.
Synonym: talking book
Translations
audiobook
Arabic: كِتَاب مَسْمُوع m ( kitāb masmūʕ ) , كِتَاب سَمْعِيّ m ( kitāb samʕiyy )
Armenian: աուդիոգիրք (hy) ( audiogirkʻ )
Belarusian: аўдыёкні́га f ( aŭdyjokníha )
Breton: levr klevet
Bulgarian: аудиокни́га f ( audiokníga ) , кни́га за слу́шане f ( kníga za slúšane ) , гово́реща кни́га f ( govórešta kníga )
Catalan: audiollibre (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 有聲讀物 / 有声读物 (zh) ( yǒushēng dúwù ) , 音像圖書 / 音像图书 ( yīnxiàng túshū ) , 有聲書 / 有声书 ( yǒushēngshū ) , 有聲書籍 / 有声书籍 ( yǒushēng shūjí )
Czech: audiokniha f
Danish: lydbog c
Dutch: luisterboek n
Esperanto: sonlibro
Estonian: audioraamat
Faroese: ljóðbók f
Finnish: äänikirja (fi)
French: livre audio (fr) m , livre sonore (fr) m
Georgian: აუდიოწიგნი ( audioc̣igni ) , ხმოვანი წიგნი ( xmovani c̣igni )
German: Hörbuch (de) n , Audiobuch n , Audiobook n
Greek: ηχητικό βιβλίο n ( ichitikó vivlío )
Hebrew: ספר מוקלט m
Hindi: श्रव्यपुस्तक f ( śravyapustak )
Hungarian: hangoskönyv (hu)
Icelandic: hljóðbók (is) f
Indonesian: buku audio
Irish: closleabhar m
Italian: audiolibro (it) m
Japanese: オーディオブック (ja) ( ōdiobukku )
Korean: 오디오북 ( odiobuk )
Latvian: klausāmgrāmata (lv) f , audiogrāmata f
Lithuanian: audioknyga f
Low German: Hörbook n , Höörbook n
Macedonian: аудио книга f ( audio kniga )
Malay: buku audio
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: сонсдог ном ( sonsdog nom )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: lydbok m or f
Nynorsk: lydbok f , ljodbok f
Occitan: audiolibre m
Persian: کتاب گویا ( ketâb-e guyâ ) , کتاب صوتی ( ketâb-e sowti )
Polish: książka mówiona f , audiobook (pl) m
Portuguese: audiolivro m , livro falado (pt) m
Romanian: carte vorbită f , carte audio f
Russian: аудиокни́га (ru) f ( audiokníga ) , аудио-кни́га f ( audio-kníga ) , аудиобу́к (ru) m ( audiobúk ) ( colloquial )
Sanskrit: श्रव्यपुस्तक ( śravyapustaka )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: аудиокњига f , звучна књига f
Roman: audioknjiga f , zvučna knjiga f
Slovak: zvuková kniha f , audiokniha f , hovoriaca kniha f
Slovene: zvočna knjiga f
Spanish: audiolibro m
Swedish: ljudbok (sv) c , talbok (sv) c
Tajik: китоби аудио ( kitob-i audio )
Thai: หนังสือเสียง (th) ( nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ-sǐiang )
Turkish: sesli kitap
Ukrainian: аудіокни́га f ( audioknýha ) , звукова́ кни́га f ( zvuková knýha )
Vietnamese: sách nghe , sách nói
See also
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English audiobook .
Pronunciation
Noun
audiobook m inan
audiobook
Synonym: książka mówiona
Declension
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