MacBook

English

Etymology

A trademark; apparently a blend of Macintosh +‎ notebook.

Noun

MacBook (plural MacBooks)

1. A MacBook-brand notebook computer, manufactured by Apple Computer.
   • 2006, Maria Langer & Miraz Jordan, Wordpress 2, page 135

     Hooo, boy! Sometimes I just can't let things rest. I have the new MacBook Pro.

   • 2007, Paul Ruditis, Everyone's a Critic, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 52

     The faux hippie dude working on his top-of-the-line seventeen-inch MacBook Pro looked way annoyed.

   • 2007 November 11, Jay McInerney, “Faking It”, New York Times

     In Bayard's nonreading utopia the printing press would never have been invented, let alone penicillin or the MacBook.

   • 2008, Stephen James and David Thomas, How to Hit a Curve Ball, Grill the Perfect Steak, and Become a Real Man, Tyndale House Publishers, →ISBN, page 114

     I felt like such a wimp, sitting there with my MacBook and a 2 percent, decaf latte.

   • 2008 March 18, “Now Blogging: Israel's Secret Service”, Bryant Park Project, National Public Radio

     Now, normally, you would trip, you'd get back up, but apparently he was carrying his fancy new MacBook Air, and he was trying to save the MacBook Air from falling […]

Related terms

• iBook
• PowerBook
• Mac
• Macintosh

Translations

device

• Dutch: MacBook c
• German: MacBook n
• Polish: MacBook m
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• Portuguese: MacBook m
• Spanish: MacBook m

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Polish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): //ˈmaɡ.buk//

Noun

1. MacBook

Declension

Declension of MacBook

	singular	plural
nominative	MacBook	MacBooki
genitive	MacBooka	MacBooków
dative	MacBookowi	MacBookom
accusative	MacBook	MacBooki
instrumental	MacBookiem	MacBookami
locative	MacBooku	MacBookach
vocative	MacBooku	MacBooki

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Portuguese

Noun

MacBook m (plural s)

1. MacBook (device)