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notebook

noun · 5 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.

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊtˌbʊk/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈnoʊtˌbʊk/
  • CMU ARPABET: N OW1 T B UH2 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A book (physical or digital) in which notes or memoranda are written.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: notepad, rough book, writing pad, logbook, journal

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: by-book, notepad, rough book, writing pad, logbook, journal

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: book, record

2

noun

Meaning 2

A kind of user interface in literate programming, allowing calculations to be interspersed with human-readable comments, diagrams, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: attributive, sometimes

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Ellipsis of notebook computer (“laptop computer”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a small compact portable computer

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: notebook computer

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: portable computer

Narrower terms: planner

5

noun

Meaning 5

a book with blank pages for recording notes or memoranda

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: book, volume

Narrower terms: commonplace book, jotter, playbook

History

Etymology

From note + book.

Across languages

Translations

297 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: атетрад (atʼetʼrad) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Abkhaz: аблокнот (ablokʼnotʼ) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Acehnese: buku catatan — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Acehnese: buku tuleh — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Acholi: buk me coc — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Acholi: buk me coyo piny — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Afar: kassit buuk — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Afar: kassiisenti buuk — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Afrikaans: oefeningboek — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Afrikaans: notaboek — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Afrikaans: aantekeningboek — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Albanian: fletore — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Albanian: fletore — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Albanian: bllok shënimesh — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Albanian: fletore shënimesh — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Albanian: kompjuter i vogël — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Albanian: nout-buk — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Amharic: ደብተር (däbtär) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Arabic: دَفْتَر (daftar) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Arabic: مُذَكِّرَة (muḏakkira) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Arabic: مُفَكِّرَة (mufakkira) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Arabic: دفتر (daftar) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Arabic: كشكول (kaškūl) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Arabic: كراسة (kurrāsa) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Arabic: نوتبوك (nūtbuk) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Arabic: نوتة (nūta) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Arabic: دفتر (daftar) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Arabic: دفتر (daftar) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Arabic: كشكول (kaškūl) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Arabic: نوتة (nōta) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Arabic: دفتر (dáftar) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Armenian: տետր (tetr) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Armenian: նոթատետր (notʻatetr) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Armenian: բլոկնոտ (bloknot) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Armenian: ծոցատետր (cocʻatetr) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Assamese: বহী (bohi) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Atayal: biru bruwan — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Azerbaijani: dəftər — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Bashkir: дәфтәр (dəftər) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Basque: koaderno — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Belarusian: ната́тнік (natátnik) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Belarusian: блакно́т (blaknót) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Belarusian: запісна́я кні́жка (zapisnája knížka) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Belarusian: сшы́так (sšýtak) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Bengali: খাতা (khata) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Bulgarian: тетра́дка (tetrádka) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Bulgarian: беле́жник (beléžnik) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Bulgarian: тефте́р (teftér) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Burmese: မှတ်စုစာအုပ် (hmatcu.caup) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Catalan: llibreta — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Catalan: quadern — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 筆記本 /笔记本 (bǐjìběn) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 本子 (běnzi) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 簿子 (bùzi) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Crimean Tatar: bloknot — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Crimean Tatar: defter — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Czech: zápisník — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Czech: blok — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Czech: notes — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Czech: sešit — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Danish: skrivehæfte — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Danish: notebog — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Danish: notesbog — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Dutch: schrift — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Dutch: cahier — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Dutch: notitieboek — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Dutch: aantekenboek — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Esperanto: kajero — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Esperanto: notlibreto — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Estonian: vihik — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Estonian: kaustik — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Fala: libreta — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Faroese: uppskriftabók — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Faroese: uppritsbók — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Finnish: vihko — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Finnish: muistikirja — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Finnish: taskumuistio — empty book able to be used for notes
  • French: cahier — empty book able to be used for notes
  • French: calepin — empty book able to be used for notes
  • West-Frisian: jeft — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Galician: caderno — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Georgian: ბლოკნოტი (bloḳnoṭi) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Georgian: რვეული (rveuli) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • German: Notizbuch — empty book able to be used for notes
  • German: Notizheft — empty book able to be used for notes
  • German: Notizblock — empty book able to be used for notes
  • German: Merkheft — empty book able to be used for notes
  • German: Schmierheft — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Greek: σημειωματάριο (simeiomatário) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Greek: τετράδιο (tetrádio) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Greenlandic: blokki — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Gujarati: નોટબુક (noṭbuk) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Haitian Creole: kaye — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Hebrew: מַחְבֶּרֶת (makhbéret) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Hebrew: דִּפְתָּר (diftar) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Hebrew: פִּנְקָס (pinkás) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Hindi: नोटबुक (noṭbuk) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Hindi: कापी (kāpī) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Hungarian: jegyzetfüzet — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Hungarian: notesz — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Hungarian: naptár — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Hungarian: füzet — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Icelandic: stílabók — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Icelandic: skrifbók — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Ido: kayero — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Indonesian: notes — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Indonesian: buku catatan — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Indonesian: bloknot — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Irish: leabhar nótaí — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Italian: blocco — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Italian: taccuino — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Italian: quaderno — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Japanese: 帳面 (chōmen) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Japanese: ノート (nōto) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Japanese: 手帳 (techō) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Japanese: 手帖 (techō) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Kazakh: дәптер (däpter) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Kazakh: блокнот (bloknot) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Khmer: សៀវភៅ (siəw phɨw) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Korean: 공책 (gongchaek) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Korean: 노트 (noteu) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Korean: 수첩 (sucheop) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Central Kurdish: دەفتەر (defter) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Northern Kurdish: lênûsk — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Northern Kurdish: defter — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Kyrgyz: дептер (depter) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Kyrgyz: блокнот (bloknot) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Lao: ພັບຂຽນ (phap khīan) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Lao: ສະມຸດ (sa mut) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Latin: commentārius — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Latin: pugillārēs — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Latvian: burtnīca — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Latvian: klade — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Lithuanian: užrašų knygutė — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Luxembourgish: Calepin — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Luxembourgish: Bichelchen — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Macedonian: тетратка (tetratka) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Macedonian: бележник (beležnik) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Macedonian: нотес (notes) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Macedonian: тефтер (tefter) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Macedonian: свеска (sveska) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Malay: buku catatan — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Malay: buku nota — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Māori: pukapuka tuhi — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Māori: pukatuhi — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Marathi: वही (vahī) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Mongolian: дэвтэр (devter) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Norwegian Bokmål: notatbok — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Norwegian Bokmål: notisbok — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Norwegian Bokmål: skrivebok — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: notatbok — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: notisbok — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: skrivebok — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Pashto: کتابچه (ketābča) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Pashto: دفتر (daftar) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Iranian Persian: دَفْتَرْچِه (daftarče) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Iranian Persian: دَفْتَر (daftar) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Plautdietsch: Heft — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Plautdietsch: Skribla — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Plautdietsch: Schriewbuak — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Polish: notes — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Polish: zeszyt — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Polish: kajet — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Portuguese: caderno — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Romanian: caiet — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Russian: блокно́т (bloknót) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Russian: записна́я кни́жка (zapisnája knížka) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Russian: тетра́дь (tetrádʹ) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Russian: тетра́дка (tetrádka) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Sanskrit: टिप्पणीपुस्तक (ṭippaṇīpustaka) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Scottish Gaelic: leabhar-pòcaid — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Serbo-Croatian: свеска — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Serbo-Croatian: пи́са̄нка — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Serbo-Croatian: те́ка f бѐлежница — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Serbo-Croatian: бѝљежница — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Serbo-Croatian: те̏фтер — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Serbo-Croatian: sveska — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Serbo-Croatian: písānka — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Serbo-Croatian: téka — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Serbo-Croatian: bèležnica — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Serbo-Croatian: bìlježnica — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Serbo-Croatian: tȅfter — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Slovak: zápisník — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Slovak: notes — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Slovak: zošit — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Slovene: zvezek — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Spanish: cuaderno — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Spanish: libreta — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Swahili: daftari — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Swedish: anteckningsbok — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Swedish: anteckningsblock — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Swedish: skrivbok — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Tagalog: kuwaderno — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Tajik: дафтар (daftar) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Tatar: дәфтәр (däftär) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Thai: สมุด (sà-mùt) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Turkish: not defteri — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Turkish: defter — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Turkish: betlek — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Ottoman Turkish: سفینه (sefine) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Ottoman Turkish: دفتر (defter) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Turkmen: depder — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Ukrainian: блокно́т (bloknót) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Ukrainian: зо́шит (zóšyt) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Ukrainian: записна́ кни́жка (zapysná knýžka) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Ukrainian: нота́тник (notátnyk) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Urdu: نوٹ بُک (noṭ buk) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Urdu: کاپی (kāpī) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Urdu: دَفْتَر (daftar) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Uyghur: دەپتەر (depter) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Uzbek: notepad — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Uzbek: yon daftar — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Uzbek: bloknot — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Vietnamese: tập — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Vietnamese: vở — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Vietnamese: sổ tay — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Welsh: nodiadur — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Yakut: тэтэрээт (tetereet) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Yiddish: העפֿט (heft) — empty book able to be used for notes
  • Arabic: كَمْبْيُوتَر مَحْمُول (kambyūtar maḥmūl) — notebook computer
  • Arabic: حَاسُوب مَحْمُول (ḥāsūb maḥmūl) — notebook computer
  • Arabic: لاب توب — notebook computer
  • Armenian: նոթբուք (notʻbukʻ) — notebook computer
  • Armenian: նոութբուք (noutʻbukʻ) — notebook computer
  • Azerbaijani: noutbuk — notebook computer
  • Belarusian: но́ўтбук (nówtbuk) — notebook computer
  • Belarusian: лэпто́п (leptóp) — notebook computer
  • Bulgarian: но́утбук (nóutbuk) — notebook computer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 筆記本 /笔记本 (bǐjìběn) — notebook computer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 手提計算機 /手提计算机 (shǒutí jìsuànjī) — notebook computer
  • Chinese Mandarin: 筆記本電腦 /笔记本电脑 (bǐjìběn diànnǎo) — notebook computer
  • Czech: notebook — notebook computer
  • Esperanto: notlibra komputilo — notebook computer
  • Esperanto: tekokomputilo — notebook computer
  • Estonian: sülearvuti — notebook computer
  • Faroese: fartelda — notebook computer
  • French: notebook — notebook computer
  • French: laptop — notebook computer
  • French: ordinateur portatif — notebook computer
  • Georgian: ნოუთბუქი (noutbuki) — notebook computer
  • Georgian: ლეპტოპი (leṗṭoṗi) — notebook computer
  • German: Notebook — notebook computer
  • German: Laptop — notebook computer
  • Greek: φορητός (foritós) — notebook computer
  • Greek: φορητός υπολογιστής (foritós ypologistís) — notebook computer
  • Hebrew: מחשב נייד — notebook computer
  • Hebrew: מַחְשֵׁב נַיָּד (makhshév nayád) — notebook computer
  • Hindi: नोटबुक (noṭbuk) — notebook computer
  • Hungarian: notebook — notebook computer
  • Irish: ríomhaire glúine — notebook computer
  • Italian: notebook — notebook computer
  • Italian: laptop — notebook computer
  • Japanese: ノートパソコン (nōto pasokon) — notebook computer
  • Kazakh: ноутбук (noutbuk) — notebook computer
  • Khmer: កុំព្យូទ័រយួរដៃ (kompyuutɔə yuə day) — notebook computer
  • Korean: 노트북 (noteubuk) — notebook computer
  • Kyrgyz: ноутбук (noutbuk) — notebook computer
  • Latvian: klēpjdators — notebook computer
  • Latvian: piezīmjdators — notebook computer
  • Lithuanian: nešiojamas kompiuteris — notebook computer
  • Lithuanian: nešiojamasis kompiuteris — notebook computer
  • Macedonian: пре́нослив компју́тер (prénosliv kompjúter) — notebook computer
  • Macedonian: ла́птоп (láptop) — notebook computer
  • Marathi: नोटबुक (noṭbuk) — notebook computer
  • Iranian Persian: رایانِهٔ کیفی (râyâne-ye kifi) — notebook computer
  • Iranian Persian: لَپتاپ (lap-tâp) — notebook computer
  • Polish: notebook — notebook computer
  • Portuguese: notebook — notebook computer
  • Portuguese: laptop — notebook computer
  • Russian: но́утбук (nóutbuk) — notebook computer
  • Russian: ноутбу́к (noutbúk) — notebook computer
  • Russian: лэпто́п (lɛptóp) — notebook computer
  • Serbo-Croatian: пре́носнӣк — notebook computer
  • Serbo-Croatian: прије́носнӣк — notebook computer
  • Serbo-Croatian: prénosnīk — notebook computer
  • Serbo-Croatian: prijénosnīk — notebook computer
  • Slovak: notbuk — notebook computer
  • Slovak: laptop — notebook computer
  • Slovene: prenosnik — notebook computer
  • Spanish: computador portátil — notebook computer
  • Spanish: computadora portátil — notebook computer
  • Spanish: ordenador portátil — notebook computer
  • Spanish: portátil — notebook computer
  • Spanish: notebook — notebook computer
  • Swedish: bärbar dator — notebook computer
  • Swedish: notebook — notebook computer
  • Tajik: ноутбук (noutbuk) — notebook computer
  • Tajik: роёнаи кифӣ (royona-yi kifi) — notebook computer
  • Tatar: ноутбук (nowtbuq) — notebook computer
  • Thai: โน้ตบุ๊ก (nóot-búk) — notebook computer
  • Thai: คอมพิวเตอร์โน้ตบุ๊ก (kɔm-piu-dtə̂ə-nóot-búk) — notebook computer
  • Turkish: notebook — notebook computer
  • Ukrainian: ноутбу́к (noutbúk) — notebook computer
  • Ukrainian: лепто́п (leptóp) — notebook computer
  • Urdu: نوٹ بُک (noṭ buk) — notebook computer
  • Uzbek: noutbuk — notebook computer
  • Vietnamese: máy tính xách tay — notebook computer
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