handbook

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhændˌbʊk/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈhandˌbɵk/
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• Australian, General-American: /ˈhændˌbʊk/
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• Australian, General-American: [ˈhɛəndˌbʊk]
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• Australian, General-American: [ˈheənd-]
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• New-Zealand: /ˈhɛndˌbʊk/
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• Northern-Ireland, Scotland: /ˈhandˌbʉk/
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• CMU ARPABET: HH AE1 N D B UH2 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English handbok, from Old English handbōc (“handbook”), possibly reinforced as a calque of German Handbuch (“handbook”). By surface analysis, hand + book. Compare West Frisian hânboek (“handbook”), Dutch handboek (“handbook”), German Low German Handbook (“handbook”), Danish håndbog (“handbook”), Swedish handbok (“handbook”), Icelandic handbók (“handbook”).

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: دَلِيل (dalīl) — a book of reference
• Arabic: كُتَيِّب (kutayyib) — a book of reference
• Armenian: ձեռնարկ (jeṙnark) — a book of reference
• Azerbaijani: vəsait — a book of reference
• Basque: eskuliburu — a book of reference
• Basque: gidaliburu — a book of reference
• Belarusian: даве́днік (davjédnik) — a book of reference
• Bulgarian: справо́чник (spravóčnik) — a book of reference
• Bulgarian: наръ́чник (narǎ́čnik) — a book of reference
• Chinese Mandarin: 手冊 /手册 (shǒucè) — a book of reference
• Chinese Mandarin: 便覽 /便览 (biànlǎn) — a book of reference
• Czech: příručka — a book of reference
• Danish: håndbog — a book of reference
• Dutch: handboek — a book of reference
• Esperanto: manlibro — a book of reference
• Estonian: käsiraamat — a book of reference
• Finnish: käsikirja — a book of reference
• French: manuel — a book of reference
• West-Frisian: hânboek — a book of reference
• German: Handbuch — a book of reference
• Greek: εγχειρίδιο (encheirídio) — a book of reference
• Ancient Greek: ἐγχειρίδιον (enkheirídion) — a book of reference
• Hebrew: סֵפֶר עֵזֶר (séfer 'ézer) — a book of reference
• Hebrew: סֵפֶר כִּיס (séfer kís) — a book of reference
• Hebrew: ספר שימוש \ סֵפֶר שִׁמּוּשׁ (séfer shimúsh) — a book of reference
• Hindi: लघु ग्रंथ (laghu granth) — a book of reference
• Hungarian: kézikönyv — a book of reference
• Hungarian: segédkönyv — a book of reference
• Hungarian: tankönyv — a book of reference
• Icelandic: handbók — a book of reference
• Indonesian: buku pegangan — a book of reference
• Italian: manuale — a book of reference
• Italian: guida — a book of reference
• Japanese: 便覧 (benran) — a book of reference
• Japanese: ハンドブック (handobukku) — a book of reference
• Japanese: 手帳 (techō) — a book of reference
• Japanese: 手帖 (techō) — a book of reference
• Japanese: 案内書 (annaisho) — a book of reference
• Korean: 편람 (pyeollam) — a book of reference
• Korean: 안내서 (annaeseo) — a book of reference
• Korean: 핸드북 (haendeubuk) — a book of reference
• Latvian: rokasgrāmata — a book of reference
• Lithuanian: vadovėlis — a book of reference
• Macedonian: при́рачник (príračnik) — a book of reference
• Macedonian: у́патство (úpatstvo) — a book of reference
• Malay: buku panduan — a book of reference
• Māori: pukapuka aratohu — a book of reference
• Norwegian Bokmål: håndbok — a book of reference
• Old English: handbōc — a book of reference
• Polish: podręcznik — a book of reference
• Portuguese: manual — a book of reference
• Romanian: manual — a book of reference
• Russian: спра́вочник (správočnik) — a book of reference
• Russian: посо́бие (posóbije) — a book of reference
• Scottish Gaelic: leabhar-làimhe — a book of reference
• Serbo-Croatian: при́ручнӣк — a book of reference
• Serbo-Croatian: упу̀тство — a book of reference
• Serbo-Croatian: príručnīk — a book of reference
• Serbo-Croatian: upùtstvo — a book of reference
• Sindhi: دَستِينامو (dastīnāmo) — a book of reference
• Slovak: príručka — a book of reference
• Slovene: priročnik — a book of reference
• Spanish: prontuario — a book of reference
• Spanish: enquiridión — a book of reference
• Spanish: manual — a book of reference
• Swedish: handbok — a book of reference
• Tagalog: dalaklat — a book of reference
• Thai: คู่มือ (kûu-mʉʉ) — a book of reference
• Ukrainian: довідни́к (dovidnýk) — a book of reference
• Ukrainian: посі́бник (posíbnyk) — a book of reference
• Vietnamese: sổ tay — a book of reference
• Welsh: llawlyfr — a book of reference
• Yiddish: האַנטבוך (hantbukh) — a book of reference
• Yiddish: האַנטביכל (hantbikhl) — a book of reference