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phrasebook

adj · noun · 4 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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  • /ˈfɹeɪzbʊk/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to a phrasebook.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncommon

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2

adj

Meaning 2

Of one's fluency of a language, limited or deficient.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, uncommon

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A book containing common phrases in two or more languages, used to learn a foreign language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A usually pocket-sized book consisting of everyday expressions and vocabulary in two languages and intended for travellers who wish to communicate with locals while in other countries.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From phrase + book.

Across languages

Translations

82 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: كِتَابُ ٱلْعِبَارَات (kitābu l-ʕibārāt) — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Armenian: զրուցարան (zrucʻaran) — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Azerbaijani: danışıq kitabı — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Belarusian: размо́ўнік (razmównik) — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Bulgarian: разгово́рник (razgovórnik) — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Burmese: နှစ်ဘာသာစကားပြောစာအုပ် (hnacbhasaca.ka:prau:caup) — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Chinese Mandarin: 短語集 /短语集 (duǎnyǔjí) — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Chinese Mandarin: 常用語手冊 /常用语手册 (chángyòngyǔ shǒucè) — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Chinese Mandarin: 慣用語手冊 /惯用语手册 (guànyòngyǔ shǒucè) — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Chinese Mandarin: 會話手冊 /会话手册 (huìhuà shǒucè) — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Chinese Mandarin: 會話課本 /会话课本 (huìhuà kèběn) — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Chuvash: калаҫу кӗнеки (kalaś̬u k̬ĕnek̬i) — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Crimean Tatar: laqırdı kitabı — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Czech: konverzace — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Czech: konverzační příručka — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Czech: frázovník — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Danish: parlør — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Dutch: taalgids — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Esperanto: frazlibro — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Estonian: vestmik — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Finnish: tulkkisanakirja — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Finnish: fraasisanakirja — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • French: carnet de phrases — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • French: guide de conversation — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • French: recueil d'expressions — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Georgian: სასაუბრო (sasaubro) — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • German: Sprachführer — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • German: Gesprächsbuch — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Greek: λεξικό εκφράσεων (lexikó ekfráseon) — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Greek: εγχειρίδιο συνομιλιών (encheirídio synomilión) — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Hebrew: נִיבוֹן (nivón) — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Hindi: मुहावरे की किताब (muhāvre kī kitāb) — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Hindi: वाक्यांश पुस्तक (vākyāñś pustak) — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Hindi: मुहावरा पुस्तिका (muhāvrā pustikā) — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Hindi: फ़्रेज़बुक (frezbuk) — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Hungarian: társalgási zsebkönyv — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Icelandic: frasabók — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Indonesian: buku percakapan — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Italian: frasario — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Japanese: 熟語集 (jukugoshū) — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Japanese: 会話帳 (kaiwachō) — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Japanese: フレーズブック (furēzubukku) — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Kazakh: тілашар (tılaşar) — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Khmer: សៀវភៅកន្សោម (siəw phɨw kɑɑkɑnsaom) — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Korean: 숙어집 (sugeojip) — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Korean: 일상 회화 사전 (ilsang hoehwa sajeon) — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Korean: 회화집 (hoehwajip) — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Kyrgyz: тилачар (tilacar) — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Lao: ປຶ້ມວະລີ (pưm wa lī) — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Latvian: sarunvārdnīca — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Latvian: idiomu vārdnīca — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Lithuanian: pokalbių knygelė — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Macedonian: разго́ворник (razgóvornik) — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Mongolian: ярианы дэвтэр (jariany devter) — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Norwegian Bokmål: parlør — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Iranian Persian: کِتابِ عِبارات (ketâb-e ebârât) — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Iranian Persian: کِتابِ مُکالِماتِ روزْمَرِّه (ketâb-e mokâlemât-e ruzmarre) — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Polish: rozmówki — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Portuguese: livro de frases — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Portuguese: livro de expressões — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Romanian: dicționar de expresii — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Russian: разгово́рник (razgovórnik) — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Russian: фразеологи́ческий слова́рь (frazeologíčeskij slovárʹ) — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Serbo-Croatian: ра̏зговорнӣк — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Serbo-Croatian: rȁzgovornīk — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Slovak: konverzačná príručka — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Slovak: konverzácia — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Slovene: priročnik s frazami — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Spanish: libro de frases — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Swedish: parlör — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Tajik: сӯҳбатнома (sühbatnoma) — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Tajik: китоби гуфтугӯ (kitob-i guftugü) — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Tatar: сөйләүлек (söyläwlek) — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Thai: หนังสือวลี (nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ-wá-lii) — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Turkish: sözcük grupları kitabı — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Turkish: konuşma kitabı — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Turkish: konuşma kılavuzu — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Ukrainian: розмо́вник (rozmóvnyk) — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Urdu: مُحاوَرَہ کِتاب (muhāvara kitāb) — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Urdu: فِریز بُک (firez buk) — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Uzbek: soʻzlashuv kitobi — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary
  • Vietnamese: từ điển đàm thoại — book of everyday expressions and vocabulary