hardcover

English

Etymology

hard +‎ cover

Noun

hardcover (plural hardcovers)

1. A book with a rigid binding, often of cardboard or leather.

Translations

a book with a rigid binding

• French: livre relié m
• German: gebundenes Buch n, gebundene Ausgabe f
• Greek: σκληρόδετο βιβλίο n (skliródeto vivlío)
• Hungarian: keménykötésű könyv
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• Italian: copertina rigida f, libro con copertina rigida m
• Portuguese: capa dura f
• Scottish Gaelic: còmhdach cruaidh m
• Spanish: tapa dura f

Adjective

hardcover (not comparable)

1. (of a book) Having a rigid binding.

Synonyms

• hardback

Translations

of a book: having a rigid binding

• Esperanto: rigidkovrila
• Finnish: kovakantinen
• French: relié (fr)
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• German: gebunden (de)
• Greek: σκληρόδετος m (skliródetos)
• Hungarian: keménykötésű (hu)

See also

• paperback

Anagrams

• hovercard