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noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /bɪbliˈɒɡɹəfi/
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  • rhymes with -ɒɡɹəfi
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A section of a written work containing citations, not quotations, to all the books referred to in the work.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A list of books or documents relevant to a particular subject or author.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

The study of the history of books in terms of their classification, printing and publication.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

a list of writings with time and place of publication (such as the writings of a single author or the works referred to in preparing a document etc.)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: list, listing

History

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βιβλιογραφία (bibliographía, “the act or habit of writing books”), from βιβλιογράφος (bibliográphos, “a writer of books”), from βιβλίον (biblíon, “small book”) + γράφω (gráphō, “I write”).

Across languages

Translations

82 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: մատենագիտություն (matenagitutʻyun) — section of a written work
  • Armenian: գրականություն (grakanutʻyun) — section of a written work
  • Armenian: բիբլիոգրաֆիա (bibliografia) — section of a written work
  • Bulgarian: библиогра́фия (bibliográfija) — section of a written work
  • Catalan: bibliografia — section of a written work
  • Chinese Mandarin: 文獻目錄 /文献目录 (wénxiàn mùlù) — section of a written work
  • Czech: literatura — section of a written work
  • Danish: bibliografi — section of a written work
  • Esperanto: bibliografio — section of a written work
  • Faroese: bókmentaskrá — section of a written work
  • Finnish: lähdeluettelo — section of a written work
  • French: bibliographie — section of a written work
  • Georgian: ბიბლიოგრაფია (bibliograpia) — section of a written work
  • German: Bibliographie — section of a written work
  • Greek: βιβλιογραφία (vivliografía) — section of a written work
  • Hungarian: bibliográfia — section of a written work
  • Hungarian: könyvészet — section of a written work
  • Ido: bibliografio — section of a written work
  • Irish: leabharliosta — section of a written work
  • Italian: bibliografia — section of a written work
  • Japanese: 参考文献 (sankōbunken) — section of a written work
  • Japanese: 文献目録 (bunkenmokuroku) — section of a written work
  • Macedonian: библиогра́фија (bibliográfija) — section of a written work
  • Polish: bibliografia — section of a written work
  • Portuguese: bibliografia — section of a written work
  • Russian: библиогра́фия (bibliográfija) — section of a written work
  • Spanish: bibliografía — section of a written work
  • Swedish: källförteckning — section of a written work
  • Tagalog: talaaklatan — section of a written work
  • Turkish: bibliyografya — section of a written work
  • Uzbek: bibliografiya — section of a written work
  • Vietnamese: thư mục — section of a written work
  • Armenian: մատենագիտություն (matenagitutʻyun) — list of books or documents
  • Armenian: բիբլիոգրաֆիա (bibliografia) — list of books or documents
  • Bulgarian: библиогра́фия (bibliográfija) — list of books or documents
  • Catalan: bibliografia — list of books or documents
  • Chinese Mandarin: 文獻目錄 /文献目录 (wénxiàn mùlù) — list of books or documents
  • Crimean Tatar: kitabiyat — list of books or documents
  • Esperanto: bibliografio — list of books or documents
  • Finnish: julkaisuluettelo — list of books or documents
  • Finnish: kirjallisuusluettelo — list of books or documents
  • Finnish: bibliografia — list of books or documents
  • French: bibliographie — list of books or documents
  • Georgian: ბიბლიოგრაფია (bibliograpia) — list of books or documents
  • Greek: βιβλιογραφία (vivliografía) — list of books or documents
  • Hungarian: irodalom — list of books or documents
  • Hungarian: könyvészet — list of books or documents
  • Ido: bibliografio — list of books or documents
  • Indonesian: bibliografi — list of books or documents
  • Irish: leabharliosta — list of books or documents
  • Japanese: 書誌 (shoshi) — list of books or documents
  • Kazakh: кітапнама (kıtapnama) — list of books or documents
  • Macedonian: библиогра́фија (bibliográfija) — list of books or documents
  • Māori: rārangi pukapuka — list of books or documents
  • Māori: rārangi tuhinga — list of books or documents
  • Polish: bibliografia — list of books or documents
  • Portuguese: bibliografia — list of books or documents
  • Russian: библиогра́фия (bibliográfija) — list of books or documents
  • Spanish: bibliografía — list of books or documents
  • Swedish: bibliografi — list of books or documents
  • Tagalog: talaaklatan — list of books or documents
  • Vietnamese: thư mục — list of books or documents
  • Bulgarian: библиогра́фия (bibliográfija) — study of the history of books
  • Chinese Mandarin: 目錄學 /目录学 (mùlùxué) — study of the history of books
  • Finnish: bibliografia — study of the history of books
  • French: bibliographie — study of the history of books
  • Greek: βιβλιολογία (vivliología) — study of the history of books
  • Hungarian: bibliográfia — study of the history of books
  • Hungarian: könyvtudomány — study of the history of books
  • Hungarian: könyvészet — study of the history of books
  • Irish: bibleagrafaíocht — study of the history of books
  • Irish: leabhareolaíocht — study of the history of books
  • Japanese: 書誌学 (shoshigaku) — study of the history of books
  • Japanese: 目録学 (mokurokugaku) — study of the history of books
  • Macedonian: библиогра́фија (bibliográfija) — study of the history of books
  • Polish: bibliografia — study of the history of books
  • Portuguese: bibliografia — study of the history of books
  • Russian: библиогра́фия (bibliográfija) — study of the history of books
  • Spanish: bibliografía — study of the history of books
  • Swedish: bibliografi — study of the history of books
  • Vietnamese: thư mục học — study of the history of books
  • Vietnamese: thư tịch học — study of the history of books
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