Standard Lemma guide

e-reader

noun · 1 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

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • General-American: /ˈiˌɹidɚ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A hardware device or software program used to read e-books.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English electronic English e- English reader English e-reader From e- + reader.

Across languages

Translations

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: e-boekleser — device
  • Afrikaans: e-leser — device
  • Arabic: قَارِئ اَلْكِتَاب اَلْإِلِكْتْرُونِيّ (qāriʔ al-kitāb al-ʔiliktrōniyy) — device
  • Armenian: ելեկտրոնային ընթերցիչ (elektronayin əntʻercʻičʻ) — device
  • Catalan: lector de llibres electrònics — device
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電子閱讀器 /电子阅读器 (diànzǐ yuèdúqì) — device
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電紙書 /电纸书 (diànzhǐshū) — device
  • Chinese Mandarin: 墨水屏 (mòshuǐpíng) — device
  • Czech: čtečka — device
  • Danish: e-bogslæser — device
  • Dutch: e-reader — device
  • Esperanto: bitlegilo — device
  • Estonian: e-luger — device
  • Finnish: lukulaite — device
  • Finnish: e-lukulaite — device
  • French: liseuse — device
  • French: e-reader — device
  • French: livre électronique — device
  • Georgian: ელწამკითხველი (elc̣amḳitxveli) — device
  • Georgian: ელწიგნების წამკითხველი (elc̣ignebis c̣amḳitxveli) — device
  • Georgian: ელექტრონული წიგნების წამკითხველი (elekṭronuli c̣ignebis c̣amḳitxveli) — device
  • German: E-Book-Lesegerät — device
  • German: E-Book-Reader — device
  • German: E-Reader — device
  • Greek: ηλεκτρονικός αναγνώστης (ilektronikós anagnóstis) — device
  • Hebrew: קורא ספרים אלקטרוני (koré sfarím elektróni) — device
  • Hindi: ई-पाठक (ī-pāṭhak) — device
  • Icelandic: lestölva — device
  • Ido: e-lektilo — device
  • Irish: ríomhléitheoir — device
  • Italian: lettore di ebook — device
  • Italian: lettore di libri elettronici — device
  • Italian: ebook reader — device
  • Italian: eReader — device
  • Japanese: 電子リーダー (denshi-rīdā) — device
  • Japanese: 電子ブックリーダー (denshi-bukkurīdā) — device
  • Japanese: eブックリーダー (ī-bukkurīdā) — device
  • Japanese: eリーダー (ī-rīdā) — device
  • Korean: e리더 (i-rideo) — device
  • Korean: 이북 리더 (ibuk rideo) — device
  • Korean: 이리더 (i-rideo) — device
  • Korean: 전자책 단말기 (jeonjachaek danmalgi) — device
  • Macedonian: е-читач (e-čitač) — device
  • Polish: czytnik książek elektronicznych — device
  • Polish: czytnik e-książek — device
  • Polish: czytnik e-booków — device
  • Polish: e-czytnik — device
  • Polish: czytnik ebooków — device
  • Polish: opton — device
  • Russian: устро́йство для чте́ния электро́нных книг (ustrójstvo dlja čténija elektrónnyx knig) — device
  • Russian: электро́нный ри́дер (elektrónnyj ríder) — device
  • Russian: цифрово́й ри́дер (cifrovój ríder) — device
  • Russian: чита́тель электро́нных книг (čitátelʹ elektrónnyx knig) — device
  • Scottish Gaelic: leughadair-d — device
  • Spanish: lector de libros electrónicos — device
  • Swedish: läsplatta — device
  • Turkish: e-kitap okuyucu — device
  • Ukrainian: електронна книга (elektronna knyha) — device
  • Vietnamese: máy đọc sách — device
  • Welsh: e-ddarllenydd — device