notebook

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See also: Notebook and note book

English

A Moleskine notebook

Alternative forms

Etymology

From note +‎ book.

Pronunciation

Noun

notebook (plural notebooks)

  1. A book in which notes or memoranda are written.
    Synonyms: notepad, by-book, rough book, writing pad
    • 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 125, column 1:
      For Caſſius is a-weary of the World: / Hated by one he loues, brau'd by his Brother, / Check'd like a bondman, all his faults obſeru'd, / Set in a Note-booke, learn'd, and con'd by roate / To caſt into my Teeth.
    • 1946 March and April, R. A. H. Weight, “Euston to the North-West”, in Railway Magazine, page 69:
      With an unquenchable enthusiasm for locomotives and their work, at an early age I had commenced to keep engine and traffic-recording notebooks, compiled in a schoolboy's round hand.
  2. (computing, sometimes attributive) A kind of user interface in literate programming, allowing calculations to be interspersed with human-readable comments, diagrams, etc.
    • 2016, David Ming, David Glasser, Diane Hildebrandt, Attainable Region Theory, page 317:
      We have found the use of Jupyter notebooks to be a convenient way of sharing work and code in a compact and reproducible manner. Jupyter notebooks are easy to update and adapt over time compared to a static CD-ROM.
  3. (computing) Ellipsis of notebook computer. A laptop.
    • 2006, Corey Sandler, Upgrading and Fixing Laptops For Dummies, page 8:
      Over time, the difference in size between laptops and notebooks became a matter of no more than an inch or two in length and width, and a fraction of an inch in thickness.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Czech: notebook
  • → Portuguese: notebook
  • → Spanish: notebook

Translations

Further reading

Chinese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English notebook.

Pronunciation

Noun

notebook (Hong Kong Cantonese)

  1. laptop; notebook computer (Classifier: 部 c)
  2. notebook (Classifier: 本 c)

Synonyms

  • (laptop):

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English notebook.

Pronunciation

Noun

notebook m inan

  1. laptop, notebook (laptop computer)

Declension

Declension of notebook (velar masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative notebook notebooky
genitive notebooku notebooků
dative notebooku notebookům
accusative notebook notebooky
vocative notebooku notebooky
locative notebooku noteboocích
instrumental notebookem notebooky

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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notebook

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English notebook.

Pronunciation

Noun

notebook m inan or m animal (related adjective notebookowy)

  1. (computing) notebook, notebook computer (class of laptop computer that is around the size of a spiral-bound notebook with A4 or letter-sized pages)
    Hypernym: laptop
    Coordinate term: netbook

Declension

Declension of notebook
singular plural
nominative notebook notebooki
genitive notebooka notebooków
dative notebookowi notebookom
accusative notebook/notebooka notebooki
instrumental notebookiem notebookami
locative notebooku notebookach
vocative notebooku notebooki

Further reading

  • notebook in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • notebook in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • notebook in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English notebook.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌno(w).t͡ʃiˈbu.ki/ , /ˌno(w)t͡ʃˈbu.ki/ , /ˌnɔ.t͡ʃiˈbu.ki/, /ˌnɔt͡ʃˈbu.ki/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌno(w)t͡ʃˈbu.ke/ , /ˌno(w).t͡ʃiˈbu.ke/ , /ˌnɔt͡ʃˈbu.ke/, /ˌnɔ.t͡ʃiˈbu.ke/

Noun

notebook m (plural notebooks)

  1. notebook computer (small, portable computer)
    Synonym: laptop
    • 2003, Info exame, volume 18, Editora Abril, page 29:
      À primeira vista, o computador da Toshiba parece um notebook comum, com teclado, tela de 12 polegadas e touch pad.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2010, Luiz Artur Ferrareto, Luciano Klöckner, E o rádio? : novos horizontes midiáticos, EDIPUCRS, →ISBN, page 130:
      Os equipamentos utilizados (notebook, mesa de som, aparelho mini system - caixa de retorno, microfones e gravadores) eram escassos e insuficientes pois muito material licitado pela Instituição ainda não havia chegado. Somente no segundo semestre de 2008 pode se contar com um computador exclusivo para as aulas de rádio, no qual foram instalados software de programas de captação e edição de áudio.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2012, Vanessa de Oliveira, Psicopatas do coração, Matrix Editora, →ISBN, page 110:
      Liguei meu notebook para ver as mensagens do dia. Aos poucos eu estava voltando a responder os e-mails de meus leitores.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English notebook.

Pronunciation

Noun

notebook m (plural notebooks)

  1. notebook computer (small, portable computer)

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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