bookworm

See also: book worm

English

Alternative forms

book worm

Etymology

From book +‎ worm.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbʊk.wɜːm/

Noun

bookworm (plural bookworms)

Any of various insects that infest books.
(figurative) An avid book reader.
Synonyms: bibliophage, bibliophile, bibliovore, book lover, librophile, librovore
Hyponyms: helluo librorum, bibliomane, bibliomaniac

Translations

insect

Armenian: գրամոլ (hy) (gramol)
Belarusian: кні́жны чарвя́к m (knížny čarvják)
Bulgarian: кни́жен че́рвей m (knížen čérvej)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 書蛀蟲／书蛀虫 (shūzhùchóng), 蠹魚／蠹鱼 (zh) (dùyú)
Czech: knihomol (cs) m
Danish: bogorm (da) c
Dutch: boekenwurm (nl) m
Finnish: kirjatoukka, kirjakoi
French: please add this translation if you can
German: Bücherwurm (de) m
Greek: βιβλιοσκώληξ m (vivlioskólix), βιβλιοφάγος (el) m (vivliofágos)
Hindi: दीमक (hi) f (dīmak)
Italian: bibliofago m
Japanese: 本の虫 (ほんのむし, hon no mushi)
Kazakh: кітап құрты (kıtap qūrty)
Korean: 책벌레 (ko) (chaekbeolle)
Macedonian: книжен молец m (knižen molec), црвец во книга m (crvec vo kniga)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bokorm (no) m
Polish: mól książkowy (pl) m
Portuguese: traça (pt) f
Romanian: molie de cărți f
Russian: кни́жный червь (ru) m (knížnyj červʹ), кни́жная вошь f (knížnaja vošʹ), книгое́д (ru) m (knigojéd)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: књишки мољац m
Roman: knjiški moljac m
Slovak: knihomoľ m
Slovene: knjižni molj m
Spanish: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: bokmal (sv) c
Turkish: kitap kurdu (tr)
Ukrainian: книжко́вий хроба́к m (knyžkóvyj xrobák), книжко́вий черв'я́к m (knyžkóvyj červʺják)

avid reader

Belarusian: кні́жны чарвя́к m (knížny čarvják), кнігае́д m (knihajéd)
Bulgarian: кни́жен че́рвей m (knížen čérvej)
Catalan: lletraferit (ca) m, lletraferida (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 書蟲／书虫 (zh) (shūchóng), 書呆子／书呆子 (zh) (shūdāizi)
Czech: knihomol (cs) m
Danish: bogorm (da) c, læsehest (da) c
Dutch: boekenwurm (nl) m
Finnish: kirjatoukka, lukutoukka (fi)
French: rat de bibliothèque (fr) m, papivore (fr) m or f, bibliophage (fr) m or f
German: Bücherwurm (de) m, Leseratte (de) f, Bücherbohrer (de) m
Greek: βιβλιοφάγος (el) m or f (vivliofágos), βιβλιόφιλος (el) m (vivliófilos), φιλαναγνώστης (el) m (filanagnóstis)
Hebrew: תּוֹלַעַת סְפָרִים‎ (he) m (tolá'at sfarím)
Hungarian: könyvmoly (hu)
Icelandic: lestrarhestur m
Indonesian: kutu buku (id)
Irish: léitheoir craosach m
Italian: bibliofago m, topo di biblioteca m
Japanese: 本の虫 (ほんのむし, hon no mushi), 書痴 (しょち, shochi)
Kannada: ಕುಡುಮಿ (kuḍumi)
Kazakh: кітап құрты (kıtap qūrty)
Korean: 독서광(讀書狂) (dokseogwang), 책벌레 (ko) (chaekbeolle)
Macedonian: книжен молец m (knižen molec), книгољубец m (knigoljubec)
Malay: kutu buku, ulat buku
Manx: sheer-lhaider m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: lesehest, bokorm (no) m
Nynorsk: lesehest m, bokorm m
Polish: mól książkowy (pl) m
Portuguese: rato de biblioteca m, bibliófago (pt) m
Punjabi: ਕਿਤਾਬੀ ਕੀੜਾ m (kitābī kīṛā)
Romanian: șoarece de bibliotecă (ro) f
Russian: кни́жный червь (ru) m (knížnyj červʹ), книгое́д (ru) m (knigojéd), книголю́б (ru) m (knigoljúb), библиофи́л (ru) m (bibliofíl), книгоче́й (ru) m (knigočéj) (dated), кни́жник (ru) m (knížnik)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: књишки мољац m
Roman: knjiški moljac m
Slovak: knihomoľ m
Slovene: knjižni molj m
Spanish: ratón de biblioteca m, tragalibros m or f, comelibros m or f, letraherido m
Swedish: bokmal (sv) c
Tagalog: palabasa
Thai: หนอนหนังสือ (nɔ̌ɔn-nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ)
Turkish: kitap kurdu (tr)
Ukrainian: книжко́вий хроба́к m (knyžkóvyj xrobák), книголю́б m (knyholjúb), бібліофі́л (uk) m (bibliofíl), кни́жник m (knýžnyk), кни́жниця f (knýžnycja), книгої́д m (knyhojíd)
Vietnamese: mọt sách (vi)
Welsh: llyfrbryf m