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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Contraction of electronic book: e- + book.
Noun
e-book (plural e-books)
- Electronic book, a book published in electronic form.
2004, Sunil Saxena, Breaking News: The Craft and Technology of Online Journalism:The hype around e-books was electrifying in the year 2000 when Stephen King became the first celebrity writer to publish an e-novel.
Translations
electronic book
- Afrikaans: e-boek (af)
- Arabic: كِتَاب إِلِكْتْرُونِيّ m (kitāb ʔiliktrōniyy), إِيبُوك m (ʔibūk)
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܬܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܐܸܠܝܼܩܲܛܪܘܿܢܵܝܵܐ m (ktāḇā ilīqaṭrōnāyā)
- Azerbaijani: Rəqəmsəl Kitab
- Bengali: ই-বই (i-boi)
- Bulgarian: е-кни́га f (e-kníga)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 電子書／电子书 (zh) (diànzǐshū)
- Cornish: elyver m
- Czech: Ebook m, elektronická kniha f
- Danish: e-bog c
- Dutch: boek (nl) n, e-book (nl)
- Estonian: e-raamat (et), digiraamat
- Finnish: sähkökirja (fi), e-kirja (fi)
- French: livre numérique (fr) m, livrel (fr), livre électronique (fr)
- Georgian: ელწიგნი (elc̣igni), ელ-წიგნი (el-c̣igni), ელექტრონული წიგნი (elekṭronuli c̣igni)
- German: E-Book (de) n, E-Buch (de) n, elektronisches Buch n, Digitalbuch n
- Greek: ηλεκτρονικό βιβλίο n (ilektronikó vivlío)
- Hindi: ई-पुस्तक f (ī-pustak)
- Hungarian: e-könyv
- Icelandic: rafbók
- Indonesian: buku elektronik
- Irish: ríomhleabhar m, rleabhar m, r-leabhar m
- Italian: e-book (it) m, libro elettronico m
- Japanese: 電子書籍 (ja) (でんししょせき, denshi-shoseki), 電子本 (でんしほん, denshi-hon), イーブック (ī-bukku), ｅブック (ī-bukku)
- Korean: 전자책(電子冊) (jeonjachaek), 이북 (ko) (ibuk)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: e-pirtûk (ku)
- Macedonian: е-кни́га f (e-kníga), електро́нска кни́га f (elektrónska kníga)
- Marathi: ई-बुक n (ī-buk), ई-पुस्तक n (ī-pustak)
- Persian: کتاب الکترونیکی (ketâb-e elektroniki)
- Polish: e-book (pl) m, książka elektroniczna (pl) f, e-książka (pl) f, ebook (pl) m, eBook (pl) m
- Portuguese: e-book (pt) m, livro digital m, livro eletrónico m (Portugal), livro eletrônico m (Brazil)
- Romanian: eBook n, carte electronică f
- Russian: электро́нная кни́га (ru) f (elektrónnaja kníga), электрокни́га f (elektrokníga), э-кни́га f (e-kníga), ибу́к m (ibúk)
- Scottish Gaelic: leabhar-d m
- Slovene: e-knjiga f
- Spanish: ebook m, libro electrónico m, libro digital m, ciberlibro m
- Swahili: kitabu (sw)
- Swedish: e-bok (sv) c
- Tagalog: dagisiking aklat
- Thai: หนังสืออิเล็กทรอนิกส์ (năng-sĕu ì-lék-tror-nìk)
- Turkish: e-kitap
- Vietnamese: sách điện tử
- Welsh: e-lyfr
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Anagrams
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English e-book.
Pronunciation
Noun
e-book m (invariable)
- e-reader
- Synonym: e-reader
- e-book
Further reading
- e-book in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English e-book.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈi.buk/, /ˈɛ.buk/
- Rhymes: -ibuk
- Syllabification: e‧-book
Noun
e-book m inan
- (electronics) e-book
- Synonym: e-książka
Declension
Further reading
- e-book in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- e-book in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English.
Pronunciation
Noun
e-book m (plural e-books)
- e-book
- Synonyms: livro digital, livro eletrónico
