noun
Meaning 1
A purse or handbag.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
pocketbook
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɒ.kɪt.bʊk/
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General-American: /ˈpɑ.kɪtˌbʊk/
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noun
Meaning 2
A wallet for paper money.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
One's personal budget or financial capacity; the amount one can afford.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pocket
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A small book, particularly (US) a paperback or (UK) notebook able to fit into a pocket (of any genre, from reference work to fine art).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The publishers brought out small format pocketbooks of the whole of their nature series.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A small book, particularly (US) a paperback or (UK) notebook able to fit into a pocket (of any genre, from reference work to fine art).
A romance novel published as a small paperback.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Philippines, broadly
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she reached into her bag and found a comb
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bag, handbag, purse
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: container
Narrower terms: clutch bag, clutch, etui, evening bag, reticule, shoulder bag
noun
Meaning 7
pocket-sized paperback book
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pocket book, pocket edition
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: paperback book, paper-back book, paperback, softback book, softback, soft-cover book, soft-cover
noun
Meaning 8
a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wallet, billfold, notecase
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: case
noun
Meaning 9
your personal financial means
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- that car is too expensive for my pocketbook
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: means, substance
History
Etymology
1610s, from pocket + book, popularized in its sense as a paperback by the success of Pocket Books in the United States after its 1939 launch.
Across languages
Translations
49 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: дамска чанта (damska čanta) — woman's purse
- Finnish: käsilaukku — woman's purse
- German: Handtasche — woman's purse
- Hungarian: kistáska — woman's purse
- Polish: torebka damska — woman's purse
- Russian: сумо́чка (sumóčka) — woman's purse
- Russian: да́мская сумо́чка (dámskaja sumóčka) — woman's purse
- Russian: да́мская су́мка (dámskaja súmka) — woman's purse
- Russian: су́мка (súmka) — woman's purse
- Bulgarian: джобни (džobni) — one's personal budget
- Finnish: lompakko — one's personal budget
- German: persönliche Brieftasche — one's personal budget
- German: persönlicher Geldbeutel — one's personal budget
- Hungarian: keret — one's personal budget
- Italian: portafoglio — one's personal budget
- Polish: budżet — one's personal budget
- Bulgarian: джобна книжка (džobna knižka) — small book
- Bulgarian: книга малък формат (kniga malǎk format) — small book
- Chinese Mandarin: 袖珍本 (xiùzhēnběn) — small book
- Dutch: pocketboek — small book
- Esperanto: poŝlibro — small book
- Finnish: taskukirja — small book
- Finnish: pokkari — small book
- French: livre de poche — small book
- French: pocket — small book
- German: Taschenbuch — small book
- Greek: βιβλίο τσέπης (vivlío tsépis) — small book
- Hungarian: zsebkönyv — small book
- Hungarian: kiskönyv — small book
- Italian: tascabile — small book
- Italian: libro tascabile — small book
- Italian: pocket-book — small book
- Japanese: 袖珍本 (shūchinbon) — small book
- Japanese: 小型版 (kogataban) — small book
- Korean: 수진본 (sujinbon) — small book
- Korean: 소형판 (sohyeongpan) — small book
- Norwegian Bokmål: pocketbok — small book
- Polish: wydanie kieszonkowe — small book
- Russian: кни́га небольшо́го форма́та (kníga nebolʹšóvo formáta) — small book
- Russian: карма́нная кни́га (karmánnaja kníga) — small book
- Russian: по́кет (póket) — small book
- Scottish Gaelic: leabhar-pòcaid — small book
- Swedish: pocketbok — small book
- Swedish: pocket — small book
- Turkish: cep kitabı — small book
- Hungarian: notesz — notebook
- Polish: notes — notebook
- Polish: notatnik — notebook
- Polish: brulion — notebook