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bookshop

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A shop that sells books.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a shop where books are sold

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bookstore, bookstall

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shop, store

History

Etymology

From book + shop.

Across languages

Translations

126 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: boekwinkel — shop that sells books
  • Albanian: librari — shop that sells books
  • Arabic: مَكْتَبَة (maktaba) — shop that sells books
  • Aragonese: librería — shop that sells books
  • Armenian: գրախանութ (graxanutʻ) — shop that sells books
  • Asturian: llibrería — shop that sells books
  • Azerbaijani: kitab mağazası — shop that sells books
  • Azerbaijani: kitab dükanı — shop that sells books
  • Basque: liburudenda — shop that sells books
  • Belarusian: кні́жны магазі́н (knížny mahazín) — shop that sells books
  • Belarusian: кніга́рня (knihárnja) — shop that sells books
  • Belarusian: кні́жны магазы́н (knížny mahazýn) — shop that sells books
  • Bengali: বইয়ের দোকান (boiẏer dōkan) — shop that sells books
  • Bulgarian: книжа́рница (knižárnica) — shop that sells books
  • Burmese: စာအုပ်ဆိုင် (cauphcuing) — shop that sells books
  • Carpathian Rusyn: книга́рня (knyhárnja) — shop that sells books
  • Catalan: llibreria — shop that sells books
  • Chinese Cantonese: 書局 /书局 — shop that sells books
  • Chinese Cantonese: 書店 /书店 (syu1 dim3) — shop that sells books
  • Chinese: 冊店 /册店 (chheh-tiàm) — shop that sells books
  • Chinese Mandarin: 書店 /书店 (shūdiàn) — shop that sells books
  • Chinese Mandarin: 書局 /书局 (shūjú) — shop that sells books
  • Czech: knihkupectví — shop that sells books
  • Danish: boghandel — shop that sells books
  • Dhivehi: ބުކްޝޮޕް (buk̊šop) — shop that sells books
  • Dutch: boekwinkel — shop that sells books
  • Dutch: boekenwinkel — shop that sells books
  • Dutch: boekhandel — shop that sells books
  • Esperanto: librobutiko — shop that sells books
  • Esperanto: librovendejo — shop that sells books
  • Estonian: raamatupood — shop that sells books
  • Faroese: bókahandil — shop that sells books
  • Faroese: bókasøla — shop that sells books
  • Faroese: bókabúð — shop that sells books
  • Finnish: kirjakauppa — shop that sells books
  • French: librairie — shop that sells books
  • Galician: libraría — shop that sells books
  • Galician: librería — shop that sells books
  • Georgian: წიგნების მაღაზია (c̣ignebis maɣazia) — shop that sells books
  • German: Buchhandlung — shop that sells books
  • German: Buchladen — shop that sells books
  • Greek: βιβλιοπωλείο (vivliopoleío) — shop that sells books
  • Ancient Greek: βῐβλῐοπωλεῖον (bĭblĭopōleîon) — shop that sells books
  • Haitian Creole: libreri — shop that sells books
  • Hebrew: חֲנוּת סְפָרִים (khanút sfarím) — shop that sells books
  • Hindi: किताबों की दुकान (kitābõ kī dukān) — shop that sells books
  • Hungarian: könyvesbolt — shop that sells books
  • Icelandic: bókaverslun — shop that sells books
  • Icelandic: bókabúð — shop that sells books
  • Icelandic: bóksala — shop that sells books
  • Indonesian: toko buku — shop that sells books
  • Irish: siopa leabhar — shop that sells books
  • Italian: libreria — shop that sells books
  • Japanese: 本屋 (hon'ya) — shop that sells books
  • Japanese: 書店 (shoten) — shop that sells books
  • Kabyle: tanedlist — shop that sells books
  • Kannada: ಪುಸ್ತಕದಂಗಡಿಯ (pustakadaṅgaḍiya) — shop that sells books
  • Kazakh: кітап дүкені (kıtap dükenı) — shop that sells books
  • Khmer: ហាងសៀវភៅ (haang siəw phɨw) — shop that sells books
  • Korean: 서점 (seojeom) — shop that sells books
  • Korean: 책방 (chaekbang) — shop that sells books
  • Kumyk: китап тюкен (kitap tüken) — shop that sells books
  • Central Kurdish: کِتێبخانە (kitêbxane) — shop that sells books
  • Northern Kurdish: pirtûkfiroş — shop that sells books
  • Northern Kurdish: kitêbfiroş — shop that sells books
  • Kyrgyz: китеп дүкөнү (kitep dükönü) — shop that sells books
  • Lao: ຮ້ານຫນັງສື (hān nang sư̄) — shop that sells books
  • Lao: ຮ້ານຂາຍຫນັງສື (hān khāi nang sư̄) — shop that sells books
  • Latin: taberna librāriī — shop that sells books
  • Latin: libraria — shop that sells books
  • Latin: bibliopolium — shop that sells books
  • Latvian: grāmatnīca — shop that sells books
  • Lithuanian: knygynas — shop that sells books
  • : ᦷᦣᧂᦃᦻᦗᦸᧇ (hongẋaaypoab) — shop that sells books
  • Luxembourgish: Bicherbuttek — shop that sells books
  • Macedonian: книжарница (knižarnica) — shop that sells books
  • Malay: kedai buku — shop that sells books
  • Marathi: पुस्तकांचे दुकान (pustakāñce dukān) — shop that sells books
  • Mongolian: номын дэлгүүр (nomyn delgüür) — shop that sells books
  • Mongolian: ᠨᠣᠮ ᠤᠨ ᠳᠡᠯᠭᠡᠭᠦᠷ (nom-un delgegür) — shop that sells books
  • Norman: librairie — shop that sells books
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bokhandel — shop that sells books
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bokhandel — shop that sells books
  • Pannonian Rusyn: кнїжкарня (knjižkarnja) — shop that sells books
  • Pashto: کتاب فروشي (ketāb froši) — shop that sells books
  • Iranian Persian: کِتابفُروشی (ketâb-foruši) — shop that sells books
  • Plautdietsch: Buaklaufkje — shop that sells books
  • Polish: księgarnia — shop that sells books
  • Portuguese: livraria — shop that sells books
  • Romanian: librărie — shop that sells books
  • Russian: кни́жный магази́н (knížnyj magazín) — shop that sells books
  • Scottish Gaelic: bùth-leabhraichean — shop that sells books
  • Serbo-Croatian: књѝжара — shop that sells books
  • Serbo-Croatian: knjìžara — shop that sells books
  • Silesian: buchgyszeft — shop that sells books
  • Slovak: kníhkupectvo — shop that sells books
  • Slovene: knjigarna — shop that sells books
  • Lower Sorbian: knigłaŕnja — shop that sells books
  • Southern Altai: бичиктер садатан магазин (bičikter sadatan magazin) — shop that sells books
  • Spanish: librería — shop that sells books
  • Swahili: duka la vitabu — shop that sells books
  • Swedish: bokhandel — shop that sells books
  • Swedish: boklåda — shop that sells books
  • Tagalog: bilihang-aklat — shop that sells books
  • Tagalog: tindahang-aklat — shop that sells books
  • Tajik: китобфурӯшӣ (kitobfurüši) — shop that sells books
  • Telugu: పుస్తకాల దుకాణం (pustakāla dukāṇaṁ) — shop that sells books
  • Thai: ร้านหนังสือ (ráan-nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ) — shop that sells books
  • Thai: ร้านขายหนังสือ (ráan-kǎai-nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ) — shop that sells books
  • Tibetan: དེབ་ཁང (deb khang) — shop that sells books
  • Turkish: kitabevi — shop that sells books
  • Turkish: kitapçı — shop that sells books
  • Ottoman Turkish: كتبخانه (kütübhâne) — shop that sells books
  • Turkmen: kitap dükany — shop that sells books
  • Tuvan: ном садыы (nom sadıı) — shop that sells books
  • Tuvan: ном магазини (nom magazini) — shop that sells books
  • Ukrainian: книга́рня (knyhárnja) — shop that sells books
  • Ukrainian: книжко́вий магази́н (knyžkóvyj mahazýn) — shop that sells books
  • Urdu: کِتابوں کی دُکان (kitābõ kī dukān) — shop that sells books
  • Uyghur: كىتابخانا (kitabxana) — shop that sells books
  • Uzbek: kitob doʻkoni — shop that sells books
  • Vietnamese: hiệu sách — shop that sells books
  • Vietnamese: nhà sách — shop that sells books
  • Welsh: siop lyfrau — shop that sells books
  • Yakut: кинигэ маҕаһыына (kinige mağahïïna) — shop that sells books
  • Yiddish: ביכערקראָם (bikherkrom) — shop that sells books
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