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A referential book such as a handbook or manual, especially one that is pocketable.
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A useful object, constantly carried on one's person.
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Alternative letter-case form of vade mecum.
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a concise reference book providing specific information about a subject or location
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: handbook, enchiridion
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Broader terms: reference book, reference, reference work, book of facts
Narrower terms: manual, bible, guidebook, guide, reckoner, ready reckoner
From the Latin vāde (“come”) mēcum (“with me”).
Across languages
Translations
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
كتاب تعليمي
— referential book
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Bulgarian:
ръководство
(rǎkovodstvo)
— referential book
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Bulgarian:
справочник
(spravočnik)
— referential book
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Bulgarian:
наръчник
(narǎčnik)
— referential book
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Bulgarian:
пътеводител
(pǎtevoditel)
— referential book
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Dutch:
vademecum
— referential book
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Finnish:
käsikirja
— referential book
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Finnish:
opaskirja
— referential book
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Finnish:
opas
— referential book
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Finnish:
vade mecum
— referential book
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French:
vade-mecum
— referential book
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French:
vadémécum
— referential book
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Georgian:
სახელმძღვანელო
(saxelmʒɣvanelo)
— referential book
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Georgian:
ცნობარი
(cnobari)
— referential book
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German:
Vademecum
— referential book
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Ancient Greek:
ἐγχειρίδιον
(enkheirídion)
— referential book
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Hungarian:
zsebkönyv
— referential book
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Hungarian:
kisokos
— referential book
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Hungarian:
kalauz
— referential book
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Hungarian:
tájékoztató
— referential book
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Hungarian:
vademecum
— referential book
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Icelandic:
handbók
— referential book
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Icelandic:
vasakver
— referential book
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Icelandic:
uppsláttarkver
— referential book
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Ido:
vade-mecum
— referential book
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Italian:
vademecum
— referential book
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Polish:
vademecum
— referential book
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Polish:
wademekum
— referential book
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Portuguese:
vade-mécum
— referential book
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Portuguese:
manual
— referential book
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Portuguese:
apostila
— referential book
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Russian:
руково́дство
(rukovódstvo)
— referential book
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Russian:
спра́вочник
(správočnik)
— referential book
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Spanish:
vademécum
— referential book
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Turkish:
el kitabı
— referential book
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Ukrainian:
довідни́к
(dovidnýk)
— referential book
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Ukrainian:
інстру́кція
(instrúkcija)
— referential book
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French:
vade-mecum
— useful object
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French:
vadémécum
— useful object
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Icelandic:
handargagn
— useful object
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Icelandic:
handhægur hlutur
— useful object
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Ido:
vade-mecum
— useful object
