nonfiction

See also: non-fiction

English

Alternative forms

• non-fiction

Etymology

non- +‎ fiction

Noun

nonfiction (countable and uncountable, plural nonfictions)

1. Written works intended to give facts, or true accounts of real things and events. Often used attributively.

   Encyclopedias, how-to manuals and biographies are all considered nonfiction and so are kept in the nonfiction section.

Translations

written works intended to give facts

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 非虛構文學／非虚构文学 (fēi-xūgòu wénxué), 非虚构文学 (fēi-xūgòu wénxué)

• Czech: literatura faktu f
• Danish: faglitteratur
• Dutch: non-fictie
• Finnish: tietokirjallisuus
• French: nonfiction
• Georgian: დოკუმენტური ლიტერატურა (doḳumenṭuri liṭeraṭura), სამეცნიერო ლიტერატურა (samecniero liṭeraṭura), არამხატვრული ლიტერატურა (aramxaṭvruli liṭeraṭura), აკადემიური ლიტერატურა (aḳademiuri liṭeraṭura)
• German: Sachliteratur (de) f
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• Italian: saggistico m, saggistica f
• Japanese: ノンフィクション (nonfikushon)
• Macedonian: стручна литерату́ра f (stručna literatúra), на́учно-документа́рна литерату́ра f pl (náučno-dokumentárna literatúra)
• Norwegian: faglitteratur
• Persian: غیرداستانی (ğeyrdâstâni)
• Polish: literatura faktu (pl) f
• Russian: документа́льная литерату́ра f (dokumentálʹnaja literatúra)
• Thai: สารคดี (sǎa-rá-ká-dii)
• Vietnamese: phi hư cấu (vi), không hư cấu