bookshelf

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʊkˌʃɛlf/

Etymology

book +‎ shelf

Noun

bookshelf (plural bookshelves)

1. A shelf or shelves for storing books for easy visual reference.

Translations

shelf for storing books

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 書架, 书架 (syu¹ gaa²)

  Mandarin: 書架 (zh), 书架 (zh) (shūjià), 書櫥 (zh), 书橱 (zh) (shūchú)

• Dutch: boekenkast (nl) c
• Esperanto: libro-bretaro
• Finnish: kirjahylly (fi)
• French: bibliothèque (fr) f, étagère (fr) f
• Georgian: თარო (taro)
• German: Regal (de) n, Bücherregal (de) n
• Hebrew: ארון ספרים‏‎ m (aron sfarym)
• Hungarian: könyvespolc (hu)
• Icelandic: bókahylla
• Italian: libreria (it) f
• Japanese: 本棚 (ja) (ほんだな, hondana), 書架 (ja) (しょか, shoka), 書棚 (しょだな, shodana)
• Korean: 책장 (ko) (chaekjang) (冊欌 (ko))
• Luxembourgish: Bicherschaf m

• Lü: ᦠᦱᧂᧉᦗᦸᧇ (ḣaang²poab)
• Maltese: librerija (mt)
• Maori: whata pukapuka
• Norwegian: bokhylle (no)
• Polish: półka na książki f
• Portuguese: estante (pt)
• Romanian: raft (ro) n, etajeră (ro) f
• Russian: кни́жная по́лка f (knížnaja pólka), этаже́рка (ru) f (etažérka)
• Shan: ၵၢင်ႉပပ်ႉ (kaang5 pap5)
• Slovak: knižnica f
• Slovene: knjižna polica f
• Spanish: estantería (es) f, librero (es) m
• Swedish: bokhylla (sv) c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: giá sách, kệ sách

See also

• bookcase
• bookend