book

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English

Pronunciation

• enPR: bo͝ok, IPA^(key): /bʊk/
• enPR: bo͞ok IPA^(key): /buːk/ (some speakers from Northern England and Ireland)
• (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA^(key): /bʉk/
• Homophone: buck (without the foot-strut split, when pronounced /bʊk/)
• Rhymes: -ʊk

Etymology 1

From Middle English bok, book, from Old English bōc, from Proto-West Germanic *bōk, from Proto-Germanic *bōks. Eclipsed non-native Middle English livret, lyveret (“book, booklet”) from Old French livret (“book, booklet”). Bookmaker sense by clipping.

Alternative forms

• boke (obsolete)
• booke (archaic)

Noun

book (plural books)

2. A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.

3. A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets, but now sometimes electronically as an e-book.
4. A major division of a long work.

   Synonyms: tome, volume

6. (gambling) A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).

7. (informal) A bookmaker (a person who takes bets on sporting events and similar); bookie; turf accountant.
8. A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use.

   Synonym: booklet

9. (theater) The script of a musical or opera.

   Synonym: libretto
10. (usually in the plural) Records of the accounts of a business.

    Synonyms: account, record

11. (law, colloquial) A book award, a recognition for receiving the highest grade in a class (traditionally an actual book, but recently more likely a letter or certificate acknowledging the achievement).
12. (whist) Six tricks taken by one side.
13. (poker slang) Four of a kind.
14. (sports) A document, held by the referee, of the incidents that happened in a game.
15. (sports, by extension) A list of all players who have been booked (received a warning) in a game.
16. (horse racing) The list of mares that a stallion will breed in a given season.
17. (horse racing) A list of the races that a jockey is scheduled to ride in.
18. (cartomancy) The twenty-sixth Lenormand card.
19. (figurative) Any source of instruction.
20. (with "the") The accumulated body of knowledge passed down among black pimps.
21. (advertising, informal) A portfolio of one's previous work in the industry.
    • Idea Industry (page 27)

      Your portfolio — your book — has to be killer.

22. (chess, uncountable) The sum of chess knowledge in the opening or endgame.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:book

Hyponyms

• See Thesaurus:book

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

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Etymology 2

From Middle English booken, boken, from Old English bōcian, ġebōcian, from the noun (see above).

Verb

book (third-person singular simple present books, present participle booking, simple past and past participle booked)

2. (transitive) To reserve (something) for future use.

   Synonym: reserve
3. (transitive) To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book.

   Synonyms: make a note of, note down, record, write down

4. (transitive) To add a name to the list of people who are participating in something.

   Synonyms: sign up, register, reserve, schedule, enroll

5. (law enforcement, transitive) To record the name and other details of a suspected offender and the offence for later judicial action.

6. (sports) To issue a caution to, usually a yellow card, or a red card if a yellow card has already been issued.
7. (intransitive, slang) To travel very fast.

   Synonyms: bomb, hurtle, rocket, speed, shoot, whiz

8. To record bets as bookmaker.
9. (transitive, law student slang) To receive the highest grade in a class.

10. (intransitive, slang) To leave.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English book, bok, from Old English bōc, from Proto-Germanic *bōk, first and third person singular indicative past tense of Proto-Germanic *bakaną (“to bake”).

Verb

book

2. (UK dialectal, Northern England) simple past of bake

References

Anagrams

• Boko, Koob, boko, bòkò, kobo

Chinese

Alternative forms

• 卜

Etymology

From English book.

Pronunciation

Verb

book

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) to book; to reserve

Related terms

• booking

French

Noun

book m (plural books)

1. portfolio
2. bookmaker

References

• “book”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Kankanaey

Etymology

Compare Tagalog buhok.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈʔok/ [boˈʔok̠̚]
• Rhymes: -ok
• Syllabification: bo‧ok

Noun

boók

1. (anatomy) hair

References

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1982) “Kankanay Anatomy: A Lexicon”, in Asian Folklore Studies‎^[4], volume 41, number 1 (overall work in English and Kankanaey), Nanzan University, →DOI, pages 83-96

Limburgish

Alternative forms

• bouk (Sittard, amongst other dialects)
  • Bouk (Eupen)
• Bock (Krefeld)

Etymology

From Middle Low German bôk, from Old Saxon bōk, from Proto-West Germanic *bōk, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boːk/
• Hyphenation: book
• Rhymes: -oːk

Noun

book n

1. (many dialects) book

Derived terms

Mansaka

Noun

book

1. piece

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

book

1. Alternative form of bok

Etymology 2

Noun

book

1. Alternative form of bouk

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

book

1. imperative of booke