Phrase guide

guide book

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A book that provides guidance, but especially one designed for travellers which provides local tourist information about a particular country or area.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tour guide, travel guide

Antonyms: none provided

History

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Across languages

Translations

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: دَلِيل (dalīl) — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Arabic: دَلِيل (dalīl) — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Belarusian: даве́днік (davjédnik) — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Bulgarian: пътеводи́тел (pǎtevodítel) — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Catalan: guia — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Chinese Mandarin: 指南 (zhǐnán) — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Chinese Mandarin: 手冊 /手册 (shǒucè) — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Czech: průvodce — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Danish: rejsebog — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Danish: rejsebrochure — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Danish: rejseguide — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Dutch: reisgids — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Esperanto: gvidlibro — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Estonian: reisijuht — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Finnish: opaskirja — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Finnish: opas — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • French: guide touristique — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • German: Reiseführer — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • German: Führer — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Greek: οδηγός (odigós) — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Ancient Greek: ὁδοιπορῐκόν (hodoiporĭkón) — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Hindi: गाइडबुक (gāiḍbuk) — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Hungarian: útikalauz — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Hungarian: útikönyv — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Hungarian: ismertető — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Indonesian: panduan — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Indonesian: buku panduan — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Indonesian: pedoman — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Indonesian: buku pedoman — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Indonesian: buku petunjuk — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Italian: guida turistica — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Japanese: 手引き (tebiki) — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Japanese: ガイドブック (gaidobukku) — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Korean: 가이드북 (gaideubuk) — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Korean: 안내서 (annaeseo) — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Korean: 지침서 (jichimseo) — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Latvian: ceļvedis — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Macedonian: во́дич (vódič) — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Macedonian: при́рачник (príračnik) — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Māori: pukapuka tātaki — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Māori: pukapuka aratohu — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Māori: pukatohu — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Norwegian Bokmål: guidebok — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: guidebok — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Iranian Persian: راهْنَما (râhnamâ) — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Iranian Persian: کِتابِ راهْنَما (ketâb-e râhnamâ) — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Polish: przewodnik — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Polish: bedeker — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Portuguese: guia — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Portuguese: roteiro — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Romanian: ghid — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Russian: путеводи́тель (putevodítelʹ) — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Scottish Gaelic: leabhar-iùil — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Serbo-Croatian: во̀дӣч — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Serbo-Croatian: vòdīč — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Slovak: prievodca — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Slovene: vodnik — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Spanish: guía turística — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Spanish: guía de viaje — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Swedish: reseguide — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Tagalog: patnubayang aklat — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Turkish: rehber — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Turkish: seyahat rehberi — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Ukrainian: путівни́к (putivnýk) — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Vietnamese: sách hướng dẫn — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Volapük: tävageidian — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Volapük: geidian — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide
  • Yiddish: וועגווײַזער (vegvayzer) — book that provides guidance — see also travel guide