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picture book

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A book for young children in which the narrative is accompanied by illustrations.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

a book consisting chiefly of pictures

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: book, volume

Narrower terms: coloring book

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Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 繪本 /绘本 (huìběn) — a book for young children with illustrations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 連環畫 /连环画 (liánhuánhuà) — a book for young children with illustrations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 圖畫書 /图画书 (túhuàshū) — a book for young children with illustrations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小兒書 /小儿书 (xiǎo'érshū) — a book for young children with illustrations
  • Danish: billedbog — a book for young children with illustrations
  • Dutch: prentenboek — a book for young children with illustrations
  • Faroese: myndabók — a book for young children with illustrations
  • Finnish: kuvakirja — a book for young children with illustrations
  • French: livre d'image — a book for young children with illustrations
  • German: Bilderbuch — a book for young children with illustrations
  • Hungarian: képeskönyv — a book for young children with illustrations
  • Indonesian: buku bergambar — a book for young children with illustrations
  • Italian: libro illustrato — a book for young children with illustrations
  • Japanese: 絵本 (ehon) — a book for young children with illustrations
  • Korean: 그림책 (geurimchaek) — a book for young children with illustrations
  • Norwegian: billedbok — a book for young children with illustrations
  • Pannonian Rusyn: сликовнїца (slikovnjica) — a book for young children with illustrations
  • Polish: książka obrazkowa — a book for young children with illustrations
  • Portuguese: livro ilustrado — a book for young children with illustrations
  • Portuguese: livro de figuras — a book for young children with illustrations
  • Russian: кни́жка с карти́нками (knížka s kartínkami) — a book for young children with illustrations
  • Serbo-Croatian: сликовница (slikovnica) — a book for young children with illustrations
  • Spanish: libro ilustrado — a book for young children with illustrations
  • Swedish: bilderbok — a book for young children with illustrations