reference work

English

reference + work

reference work (plural reference works)

A compendium of information which is not intended to be read from beginning to end, and is compiled for ease of reference. Examples include encyclopedias and dictionaries.

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compendium of information

Chinese:
Mandarin: 工具書／工具书 (zh) (gōngjùshū), 參考書／参考书 (zh) (cānkǎoshū)
Danish: opslagsværk n
Dutch: naslagwerk (nl) n
Finnish: hakuteos (fi)
French: ouvrage de référence (fr) m
German: Nachschlagewerk (de) n
Italian: opera di riferimento f, lavoro di consultazione m
Japanese: 参考図書 (さんこうとしょ, sankōtosho)
Kazakh: анықтамалық басылым (anyqtamalyq basylym)
Korean: 참고서(參考書) (ko) (chamgoseo)
Low German: Naokieksel
Norwegian:
Bokmål: oppslagsverk (no) n
Nynorsk: oppslagsverk n
Persian: کتاب مرجع‎ (fa)
Polish: vademecum (pl) n, informator (pl) m, poradnik m
Romanian: lucrare de referință f, compendiu de consultare n
Russian: спра́вочный материа́л m (správočnyj materiál), (usually in plural :)спра́вочные материа́лы pl (správočnyje materiály)
Spanish: obra de referencia f (usu. with plural "obras")
Thai: งานอ้างอิง