Phrase guide

publishing house

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A company that produces books, magazines, brochures and other texts in print or electronic form.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: publisher, house

2

noun

Meaning 2

a firm in the publishing business

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: publisher, publishing firm, publishing company

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: firm, house, business firm

Narrower terms: newspaper, paper, newspaper publisher, magazine, magazine publisher

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: uitgewery — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • Arabic: دَار نَشْر (dār našr) — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • Arabic: نَشْر (našr) — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • Armenian: հրատարակչություն (hratarakčʻutʻyun) — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • Azerbaijani: nəşriyyat — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • Bashkir: нәшриәт (nəşriət) — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • Belarusian: выдаве́цтва (vydavjéctva) — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • Bulgarian: издателска къща (izdatelska kǎšta) — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • Bulgarian: изда́телство (izdátelstvo) — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • Burmese: ပုံနှိပ်တိုက် (pumhniptuik) — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • Catalan: editorial — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • Chinese Mandarin: 出版社 (chūbǎnshè) — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • Chinese Mandarin: 書局 /书局 (shūjú) — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • Chinese Mandarin: 書社 /书社 (shūshè) — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • Czech: nakladatelství — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • Dutch: uitgeverij — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • Finnish: kustantamo — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • Finnish: kirjankustantamo — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • French: maison d'édition — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • German: Verlag — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • German: Verlagshaus — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • German: Verlagsgesellschaft — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • Greek: εκδοτικός οίκος (ekdotikós oíkos) — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • Hindi: प्रकाशक (prakāśak) — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • Hindi: प्रकाशन (prakāśan) — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • Hungarian: kiadó — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • Italian: casa editrice — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • Italian: editore — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • Japanese: 出版社 (shuppansha) — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • Kazakh: баспа (baspa) — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • Korean: 출판사 (chulpansa) — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • Latin: domus editoria — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • Latin: societas editrix — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • Latin: officina libraria — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • Lithuanian: leidykla — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • Nogai: баспа (baspa) — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • Norwegian Bokmål: forlag — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: forlag — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • Polish: wydawnictwo — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • Portuguese: editora — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • Portuguese: editorial — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • Romanian: editură — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • Russian: изда́тельство (izdátelʹstvo) — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • Slovak: nakladateľstvo — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • Spanish: editorial — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • Swedish: förlag — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • Tamil: பதிப்பகம் (patippakam) — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • Ukrainian: видавни́цтво (vydavnýctvo) — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • Vietnamese: nhà xuất bản — company that produces books — see also publisher
  • Zhuang: cuzbanjse — company that produces books — see also publisher