noun
Meaning 1
A small or thin book.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
booklet
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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/ˈbʊk.lət/
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rhymes with -ʊklət
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CMU ARPABET: B UH1 K L IH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
a small book usually having a paper cover
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: brochure, folder, leaflet, pamphlet
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: book
Narrower terms: blue book, ticket book
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English book Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English booklet From book + -let.
Across languages
Translations
94 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Southern Altai: бичигеш (bičigeš) — small book
- Arabic: كُتَيِّب (kutayyib) — small book
- Arabic: كُرَّاسَة (kurrāsa) — small book
- Belarusian: кні́жка (knížka) — small book
- Belarusian: кні́жачка (knížačka) — small book
- Belarusian: брашу́ра (brašúra) — small book
- Belarusian: памфле́т (pamfljét) — small book
- Belarusian: букле́т (bukljét) — small book
- Bulgarian: кни́жка (knížka) — small book
- Bulgarian: брошу́ра (brošúra) — small book
- Bulgarian: памфле́т (pamflét) — small book
- Chinese Cantonese: 小冊子 /小册子 (siu2 caak3 zi2) — small book
- Chinese Mandarin: 小冊子 /小册子 (xiǎocèzi) — small book
- Chinese Mandarin: 冊 /册 (cè) — small book
- Czech: brožura — small book
- Czech: knížka — small book
- Danish: brochure — small book
- Dutch: boekje — small book
- Dutch: pamflet — small book
- Esperanto: libreto — small book
- Esperanto: broŝureto — small book
- Estonian: brošüür — small book
- Finnish: kirjanen — small book
- Finnish: vihkonen — small book
- Finnish: pamfletti — small book
- French: livret — small book
- French: brochure — small book
- French: pamphlet — small book
- Georgian: წიგნაკი (c̣ignaḳi) — small book
- German: Heft — small book
- German: Broschüre — small book
- German: Büchlein — small book
- Greek: φυλλάδιο (fylládio) — small book
- Greek: βιβλιάριο (vivliário) — small book
- Gujarati: ચોપાનિયું (copāniyũ) — small book
- Hebrew: סִפְרוֹן (sifrón) — small book
- Icelandic: bæklingur — small book
- Ido: kayereto — small book
- Ido: libreto — small book
- Irish: leabhrán — small book
- Italian: libretto — small book
- Italian: libello — small book
- Italian: libricino — small book
- Japanese: 小冊子 (shōsasshi) — small book
- Japanese: 小冊 (shōsatsu) — small book
- Japanese: パンフレット (panfuretto) — small book
- Japanese: ブックレット (bukuretto) — small book
- Korean: 소책자 (sochaekja) — small book
- Korean: 팸플릿 (paempeullit) — small book
- Central Kurdish: نامیلکە (namîlke) — small book
- Ladino: bukyeto — small book
- Latin: libellus — small book
- Latvian: grāmatiņa — small book
- Lithuanian: knygelė — small book
- Maltese: ktejjeb — small book
- Māori: mātārere — small book
- Marathi: पुस्तिका (pustikā) — small book
- Nahuatl: pitzahuac amoxtli — small book
- Norwegian Bokmål: hefte — small book
- Norwegian Bokmål: pamflett — small book
- Norwegian Bokmål: brosjyre — small book
- Norwegian Bokmål: flygeblad — small book
- Norwegian Nynorsk: hefte — small book
- Old Prussian: lāiskas — small book
- Iranian Persian: کِتابْچِه (ketâbče) — small book
- Iranian Persian: دَفْتَرَک (daftarak) — small book
- Iranian Persian: بُروشور (borošur) — small book
- Iranian Persian: رِسالِه (resâle) — small book
- Polish: książeczka — small book
- Polish: broszura — small book
- Portuguese: livreto — small book
- Romanian: cărticică — small book
- Romanian: broșură — small book
- Romanian: plachetă — small book
- Russian: брошю́ра (brošúra) — small book
- Russian: букле́т (buklét) — small book
- Russian: проспе́кт (prospékt) — small book
- Russian: памфле́т (pamflét) — small book
- Russian: кни́жка (knížka) — small book
- Russian: кни́жечка (knížečka) — small book
- Northern Sami: girjjáš — small book
- Spanish: libreto — small book
- Spanish: cuadernillo — small book
- Swedish: broschyr — small book
- Tagalog: muntaklat — small book
- Turkish: kitapçık — small book
- Turkish: broşür — small book
- Turkish: risale — small book
- Ukrainian: букле́т (buklét) — small book
- Ukrainian: кни́жечка (knýžečka) — small book
- Ukrainian: брошу́ра (brošúra) — small book
- Ukrainian: памфле́т (pamflét) — small book
- Volapük: bukil — small book
- Welsh: llyfryn — small book
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