bookshelf

English[edit]

A bookshelf filled with books.

From book +‎ shelf.

bookshelf (plural bookshelves)

A shelf or shelves for storing books for easy visual reference.
- 1902, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, 2nd edition, page 102:
  Another, with the bump of order unnaturally developed, had his folios and quartos all reduced, in binding, to one size, so that they might look even on his bookshelves.

shelf for storing books

Armenian: գրադարակ (hy) (gradarak)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 書架, 书架 (syu¹gaa³-²)

Mandarin: 書架 (zh), 书架 (zh) (shūjià), 書櫥 (zh), 书橱 (zh) (shūchú)
Czech: knihovnička (cs) f
Danish: bogreol (da) c
Dutch: boekenkast (nl) c
Elfdalian: buokill f
Esperanto: libro-bretaro, librobreto
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Faroese: bókahill f
Finnish: kirjahylly (fi)
French: bibliothèque (fr) f, étagère (fr) f
Georgian: თარო (taro)
German: Regal (de) n, Bücherregal (de) n
Greek: ράφι για βιβλία n (ráfi gia vivlía), βιβλιοθήκη (el) f (vivliothíki)
Greenlandic: atuagaasivik
Hebrew: ארון ספרים‎ m (aron sfarym)
Hungarian: könyvespolc (hu)
Icelandic: bókahilla (is)
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(冊欌) (ko) (chaekjang)
Latin: foruli m pl, pluteus m
Latvian: grāmatu plaukts m, grāmatplaukts m