noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Australian, Received-Pronunciation, US:/ˈkʊkˌbʊk/
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
British, Southern, Standard:/ˈkɵkˌbɵk/
/ˈkuːkˌbuːk/some Northern England, especially Northumbria
Northern-Ireland, Scotland:/ˈkʉkˌbʉk/
rhymes with -ʊkbʊk
CMU ARPABET:K UH1 K B UH2 K
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A book or an encyclopedia of recipes and cookery tips.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
They inherited an interesting nineteenth-century cookbook from their grandparents. It tells how to render lard.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cookery book, recipe book
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Any book or set of strategies and tips.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, figuratively
Examples
Near-synonym: playbook
The Anarchist Cookbook
Reading business biographies is interesting, but they are not cookbooks that can teach hacks how to be greats.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: playbook
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
a book of recipes and cooking directions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cookery book
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: reference book, reference, reference work, book of facts
History
Etymology
From cook + book; possibly also a calque of German Kochbuch, from kochen (“cook”) + Buch (“book”).
Across languages
Translations
63 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
kookboek
— book of cooking recipes
Afrikaans:
resepteboek
— book of cooking recipes
Arabic:
كِتَاب طَبْخ
(kitāb ṭabḵ)
— book of cooking recipes
Asturian:
llibru de cocina
— book of cooking recipes
Basque:
sukaldaritzako liburu
— book of cooking recipes
Belarusian:
кулінарная кніга
(kulinarnaja kniha)
— book of cooking recipes
Bulgarian:
готварска кни́га
(gotvarska kníga)
— book of cooking recipes
Catalan:
llibre de cuina
— book of cooking recipes
Chinese Mandarin:
菜譜 /菜谱
(càipǔ)
— book of cooking recipes
Czech:
kuchařka
— book of cooking recipes
Czech:
kuchařská kniha
— book of cooking recipes
Danish:
kogebog
— book of cooking recipes
Dutch:
kookboek
— book of cooking recipes
Esperanto:
kuirlibro
— book of cooking recipes
Estonian:
kokaraamat
— book of cooking recipes
Faroese:
kókibók
— book of cooking recipes
Finnish:
keittokirja
— book of cooking recipes
French:
livre de cuisine
— book of cooking recipes
French:
livre de recettes
— book of cooking recipes
Galician:
libro de receitas
— book of cooking recipes
Georgian:
რეცეპტების წიგნი
(receṗṭebis c̣igni)
— book of cooking recipes
Georgian:
კულინარიული წიგნი
(ḳulinariuli c̣igni)
— book of cooking recipes
German:
Kochbuch
— book of cooking recipes
German:
Rezeptbuch
— book of cooking recipes
Greek:
τσελεμεντές
(tselementés)
— book of cooking recipes
Ancient Greek:
ὀψαρτυσία
(opsartusía)
— book of cooking recipes
Hebrew:
ספר בישול
(sefer bishul)
— book of cooking recipes
Hindi:
पाक कला पुस्तक
(pāk kalā pustak)
— book of cooking recipes
Hungarian:
szakácskönyv
— book of cooking recipes
Hungarian:
receptkönyv
— book of cooking recipes
Icelandic:
matreiðslubók
— book of cooking recipes
Icelandic:
kokkabók
— book of cooking recipes
Icelandic:
uppskriftabók
— book of cooking recipes
Indonesian:
buku masak
— book of cooking recipes
Irish:
leabhar cócaireachta
— book of cooking recipes
Italian:
ricettario
— book of cooking recipes
Japanese:
料理の本
(ryōri no hon)
— book of cooking recipes
Kannada:
ಅಡುಗೆಪುಸ್ತಕ
(aḍugepustaka)
— book of cooking recipes
Korean:
요리책
(yorichaek)
— book of cooking recipes
Lithuanian:
patiekalų knyga
— book of cooking recipes
Luxembourgish:
Kachbuch
— book of cooking recipes
Malay:
buku masakan
— book of cooking recipes
Malayalam:
പാചകപുസ്തകം
(pācakapustakaṁ)
— book of cooking recipes
Navajo:
chʼiyáán ííłʼíní binaaltsoos
— book of cooking recipes
Norwegian Bokmål:
kokebok
— book of cooking recipes
Norwegian Nynorsk:
kokebok
— book of cooking recipes
Pannonian Rusyn:
кухарка
(kuxarka)
— book of cooking recipes
Persian:
کتاب آشپزی
— book of cooking recipes
Polish:
książka kucharska
— book of cooking recipes
Portuguese:
livro de receitas
— book of cooking recipes
Portuguese:
livro de cozinha
— book of cooking recipes
Romanian:
carte de bucate
— book of cooking recipes
Russian:
пова́ренная кни́га
(povárennaja kníga)
— book of cooking recipes
Russian:
кулинарная книга
(kulinarnaja kniga)
— book of cooking recipes
Serbo-Croatian:
kuharica
— book of cooking recipes
Spanish:
libro de recetas
— book of cooking recipes
Spanish:
recetario
— book of cooking recipes
Spanish:
libro de cocina
— book of cooking recipes
Swedish:
kokbok
— book of cooking recipes
Thai:
ตําราอาหาร
(dtam-raa-aa-hǎan)
— book of cooking recipes
Turkish:
yemek kitabı
— book of cooking recipes
Ukrainian:
куліна́рна кни́га
(kulinárna knýha)
— book of cooking recipes
Yiddish:
קאָכבוך
(kokhbukh)
— book of cooking recipes
