e-book

e-book

See also: ebook, eBook, and E-Book

English

Alternative forms

• ebook, eBook

Etymology

Contraction of electronic book: e- +‎ book.

Noun

e-book (plural e-books)

1. 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

Arabic: كِتَاب إِلِكْتْرُونِيّ‎ m (kitāb ʾiliktrōniyy), إِيبُوك‎ m (ʾibūk) Azerbaijani: Rəqəmsəl Kitab Bengali: ই-বই (i-bôi) 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 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 (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) 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 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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Vietnamese: (please verify) sách (vi)

See also

• cyberbook
• etext, e-text

Anagrams

• booke

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Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English e-book.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.buk/, /iˈbuk/
• Rhymes: -ibuk, -uk

Noun

e-book m (invariable)

1. e-reader

   Synonym: e-reader

2. e-book

Further reading

• e-book in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English e-book.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.buk/, /ˈɛ.buk/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ibuk
• Syllabification: e‧-book

Noun

e-book m inan

1. (electronics) e-book

   Synonym: e-książka

Declension

Declension of e-book

	singular	plural
nominative	e-book	e-booki
genitive	e-booka	e-booków
dative	e-bookowi	e-bookom
accusative	e-book	e-booki
instrumental	e-bookiem	e-bookami
locative	e-booku	e-bookach
vocative	e-booku	e-booki

Further reading

• e-book in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• e-book in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English.

Noun

e-book m (plural e-books)

1. e-book

   Synonyms: livro digital, livro eletrónico