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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/bɪbliˈɒɡɹəfi/
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rhymes with -ɒɡɹəfi
CMU ARPABET:B IH2 B L IY0 AA1 G R AH0 F IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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Meaning relationships
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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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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
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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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
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
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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