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The detachable paper cover of a book; used to protect the binding, and to provide a blurb.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: media, printing, publishing
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a paper jacket for a book; a jacket on which promotional information is usually printed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: book jacket, dust cover, dust wrapper
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: jacket
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
boekomslag
— detachable protective cover of a book
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Bengali:
মলাট
(molaṭ)
— detachable protective cover of a book
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Bulgarian:
калъфка
(kalǎfka)
— detachable protective cover of a book
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Catalan:
sobrecoberta
— detachable protective cover of a book
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Catalan:
camisa
— detachable protective cover of a book
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Chinese Mandarin:
書皮 /书皮
(shūpí)
— detachable protective cover of a book
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Chinese Mandarin:
護封 /护封
(hùfēng)
— detachable protective cover of a book
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Chinese Mandarin:
書衣 /书衣
(shūyī)
— detachable protective cover of a book
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Chinese Mandarin:
書套 /书套
(shūtào)
— detachable protective cover of a book
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Chinese Mandarin:
封套
(fēngtào)
— detachable protective cover of a book
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Dutch:
boekomslag
— detachable protective cover of a book
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Faroese:
bókakápa
— detachable protective cover of a book
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Finnish:
suojakansi
— detachable protective cover of a book
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French:
jaquette
— detachable protective cover of a book
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French:
liseuse
— detachable protective cover of a book
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German:
Schutzumschlag
— detachable protective cover of a book
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German:
Buchumschlag
— detachable protective cover of a book
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Hungarian:
borító
— detachable protective cover of a book
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Hungarian:
védőborító
— detachable protective cover of a book
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Hungarian:
könyvborító
— detachable protective cover of a book
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Icelandic:
kápa
— detachable protective cover of a book
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Japanese:
カバ-
(kabā)
— detachable protective cover of a book
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Japanese:
ブックカバー
(bukku kabā)
— detachable protective cover of a book
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Polish:
obwoluta
— detachable protective cover of a book
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Portuguese:
sobrecapa
— detachable protective cover of a book
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Russian:
суперобло́жка
(superoblóžka)
— detachable protective cover of a book
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Spanish:
sobrecubierta
— detachable protective cover of a book
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Spanish:
forro
— detachable protective cover of a book
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Swedish:
skyddsomslag
— detachable protective cover of a book
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Tagalog:
pabalat
— detachable protective cover of a book
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Tagalog:
balot-aklat
— detachable protective cover of a book
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Welsh:
siaced lwch
— detachable protective cover of a book
