notebook

English Online Dictionary. What means notebook‎? What does notebook mean?

English

Alternative forms

• note book

Etymology

From note +‎ book.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnəʊtˌbʊk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnoʊtˌbʊk/

Noun

notebook (plural notebooks)

1. A book in which notes or memoranda are written.

   Synonyms: notepad, by-book, rough book, writing pad
2. (computing, sometimes attributive) A kind of user interface in literate programming, allowing calculations to be interspersed with human-readable comments, diagrams, etc.
3. (computing) Ellipsis of notebook computer. A laptop.

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Translations

Further reading

• notebook on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Chinese

Alternative forms

• 碌卜

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):

• (notebook): 筆記本／笔记本 (bǐjìběn)

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English notebook.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnou̯dbuk]

Noun

notebook m inan

1. laptop, notebook (laptop computer)

Declension

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English notebook.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔd.buk/, /ˈnɔw.dbuk/
• Rhymes: -ɔdbuk, -ɔwdbuk
• Syllabification: note‧book

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

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

Noun

notebook m (plural notebooks)

1. notebook computer (small, portable computer)

   Synonym: laptop

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English notebook.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nodˈbuk/ [noð̞ˈβ̞uk]
• IPA^(key): /noudˈbuk/ [nou̯ð̞ˈβ̞uk]
• Rhymes: -uk

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.