English
Etymology
From Middle English boksellere , bok-sillere , equivalent to book + seller .
Pronunciation
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Noun
bookseller (plural booksellers )
A person engaged in the business of selling books .
A business that sells books.
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Derived terms
Translations
person
Asturian: llibreru m
Catalan: llibreter (ca) m , llibretera (ca) f , llibrer m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 賣書者 / 卖书者 , 卖书者 ( màishūzhě )
Czech: knihkupec m
Danish: boghandler c
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: kirjakauppias (fi) ( one who runs his own business ) ; kirjamyyjä ( one who works for someone )
French: libraire (fr) m or f
Friulian: librâr m
Galician: libreiro m
German: Buchhändler (de) m , Buchhändlerin (de) f , Buchverkäufer (de) m , Buchverkäuferin (de) f
Greek:
Ancient: βιβλιοπώλης m ( bibliopṓlēs )
Ido: libristo (io) , librovendisto
Italian: libraio (it) m , libraia (it) f
Latin: librārius m , bibliopola c
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Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bokhandler (no) m
Nynorsk: bokhandlar m
Occitan: librari m
Polish: księgarz (pl) m , bukinista (pl) m
Portuguese: livreiro (pt) m
Romanian: librar (ro) m
Russian: книготорго́вец (ru) m ( knigotorgóvec ) , продаве́ц книг m ( prodavéc knig ) , букини́ст (ru) ( bukiníst ) ( usually of second-hand or ancient books )
Sicilian: libbraru m
Slovak: kníhkupec m
Spanish: librero (es) m , librera (es) f
Swedish: bokhandlare (sv) c
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: kitapçı (tr)
Venetian: łibrer m , librer m , librar m
Volapük: ( ♂♀ ) bukiselan (vo) , ( ♂ ) bukihiselan , ( ♀ ) bukijiselan