notebook

See also: Notebook and note book

English

A Moleskine notebook

Alternative forms

• note book

Etymology

From note +‎ book.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnəʊtˌbʊk/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnoʊtˌbʊk/

Noun

notebook (plural notebooks)

1. A book in which notes or memoranda are written.

   Synonyms: notepad, by-book, rough book, writing pad

   • 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii], page 125, column 1:

     For Caſſius is a-weary of the World: / Hated by one he loues, brau'd by his Brother, / Check'd like a bondman, all his faults obſeru'd, / Set in a Note-booke, learn'd, and con'd by roate / To caſt into my Teeth.

   • 1946 March and April, R. A. H. Weight, “Euston to the North-West”, in Railway Magazine, page 69:

     With an unquenchable enthusiasm for locomotives and their work, at an early age I had commenced to keep engine and traffic-recording notebooks, compiled in a schoolboy's round hand.

2. (computing, sometimes attributive) A kind of user interface in literate programming, allowing calculations to be interspersed with human-readable comments, diagrams, etc.
   • 2016, David Ming, David Glasser, Diane Hildebrandt, Attainable Region Theory, page 317:

     We have found the use of Jupyter notebooks to be a convenient way of sharing work and code in a compact and reproducible manner. Jupyter notebooks are easy to update and adapt over time compared to a static CD-ROM.

3. (computing) Ellipsis of notebook computer. A laptop.
   • 2006, Corey Sandler, Upgrading and Fixing Laptops For Dummies, page 8:

     Over time, the difference in size between laptops and notebooks became a matter of no more than an inch or two in length and width, and a fraction of an inch in thickness.

Derived terms

• composition notebook
• notebookful
• notebookish
• notebookless
• subnotebook

 

Descendants

• → Czech: notebook
• → Portuguese: notebook
• → Spanish: notebook

Translations

empty book able to be used for notes

• Abkhaz: атетрад (atʼetʼrad), аблокнот (ablokʼnotʼ)
• Acehnese: buku catatan, buku tuleh
• Acholi: buk me coc, buk me coyo piny
• Afar: kassit buuk, kassiisenti buuk
• Afrikaans: oefeningboek, notaboek, aantekeningboek
• Albanian: fletore (sq) m, fletore (sq) f, bllok shënimesh m, fletore shënimesh f, kompjuter i vogël m, nout-buk m
• Amharic: ደብተር (däbtär)
• Arabic: دَفْتَر m (daftar), مُذَكِرَة f (muḏakira), مُفَكِّرَة f (mufakkira)

  Egyptian Arabic: دفتر m (daftar), كشكول m (kaškūl), كراسة f (karasa, kurasa), نوتبوك f (nūtbuk), نوتة f (nūta)

  South Levantine Arabic: دفتر m (dáftar)

• Armenian: տետր (hy) (tetr), նոթատետր (notʻatetr), բլոկնոտ (hy) (bloknot), ծոցատետր (hy) (cocʻatetr)
• Assamese: বহী (bohi)
• Atayal: biru bruwan
• Azerbaijani: dəftər (az)
• Bashkir: дәфтәр (dəftər)
• Basque: koaderno (eu)
• Belarusian: ната́тнік m (natátnik), блакно́т m (blaknót), запісна́я кні́жка f (zapisnája knížka), сшы́так m (sšýtak)
• Bulgarian: тетра́дка (bg) f (tetrádka), беле́жник (bg) m (beléžnik), тефте́р (bg) m (teftér)
• Burmese: မှတ်စုစာအုပ် (hmatcu.caup)
• Catalan: llibreta (ca) f, quadern (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 筆記本／笔记本 (zh) (bǐjìběn), 本子 (zh) (běnzi), 簿子 (zh) (bùzi)

• Crimean Tatar: bloknot, defter
• Czech: zápisník (cs) m, blok (cs) m, notes (cs) m, sešit (cs) m
• Danish: skrivehæfte n, notebog n, notesbog n
• Dutch: schrift (nl) n, cahier (nl) n, notitieboek (nl) n, aantekenboek (nl) n
• Esperanto: kajero (eo), notlibreto
• Estonian: vihik, kaustik (thick notebook)
• Fala: libreta f
• Faroese: uppskriftabók f, uppritsbók f
• Finnish: vihko (fi), muistikirja (fi), taskumuistio
• French: cahier (fr) m, calepin (fr) m
• Galician: caderno (gl)
• Georgian: ბლოკნოტი (bloḳnoṭi), რვეული (ka) (rveuli)
• German: Notizbuch (de) n, Notizheft (de) n, Notizblock (de) m, Merkheft n, Schmierheft n
• Greek: σημειωματάριο (el) n (simeiomatário), τετράδιο (el) n (tetrádio)
• Greenlandic: blokki
• Gujarati: નોટબુક n (noṭbuk)
• Haitian Creole: kaye
• Hebrew: מַחְבֶּרֶת (he) f (makhbéret), דִּפְתָּר (he) (diftar), פִּנְקָס (he) m (pinkás)
• Hindi: नोटबुक (hi) f (noṭbuk), कापी (hi) f (kāpī)
• Hungarian: jegyzetfüzet (hu), notesz (hu), naptár (hu)
• Icelandic: stílabók f, skrifbók f
• Ido: kayero (io)
• Indonesian: notes (id), buku catatan, bloknot (id)
• Irish: leabhar nótaí m
• Italian: blocco (it) m, taccuino (it), quaderno (it) m
• Japanese: 帳面 (ja) (ちょうめん, chōmen), ノート (ja) (nōto), 手帳 (ja) (てちょう, techō), 手帖 (てちょう, techō)
• Kazakh: дәптер (kk) (däpter), блокнот (bloknot)
• Khmer: សៀវភៅ (km) (siəw phɨw)
• Korean: 공책(空冊) (ko) (gongchaek), 노트 (ko) (noteu), 수첩(手帖) (ko) (sucheop)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: دەفتەر (ckb) (defter)

  Northern Kurdish: lênûsk (ku), defter (ku)

• Kyrgyz: дептер (ky) (depter), блокнот (ky) (bloknot)
• Lao: ພັບຂຽນ (phap khīan), ສະມຸດ (sa mut)
• Latin: commentārius (la) m, pugillārēs m pl
• Latvian: burtnīca f, klade (lv) f
• Lithuanian: užrašų knygutė f
• Luxembourgish: Calepin m, Bichelchen n
• Macedonian: тетратка (mk) f (tetratka), бележник m (beležnik), нотес m (notes), тефтер m (tefter), свеска f (sveska)
• Malay: buku nota (ms)
• Maori: pukapuka tuhi, pukatuhi
• Marathi: वही (mr) f (vahī)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: дэвтэр (mn) (devter)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: notatbok m or f, notisbok m or f, skrivebok m or f

  Nynorsk: notatbok f, notisbok f, skrivebok f

• Ottoman Turkish: سفینه (sefine), دفتر (defter)
• Pashto: کتابچه (ps) f (ketābča), دفتر (ps) m (daftar)
• Persian: دَفْتَرْچِه (fa) (daftarče), دَفْتَر (fa) (daftar)
• Plautdietsch: Heft n, Skribla m, Schriewbuak n
• Polish: notes (pl) m, zeszyt (pl) m, kajet (pl) m
• Portuguese: caderno (pt) m
• Romanian: caiet (ro) n
• Russian: блокно́т (ru) m (bloknót), записна́я кни́жка (ru) f (zapisnája knížka), тетра́дь (ru) f (tetrádʹ), тетра́дка (ru) (tetrádka)
• Scottish Gaelic: leabhar-pòcaid m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: свеска f, пи́са̄нка f, те́ка f бѐлежница f, бѝљежница f, те̏фтер m

  Latin: sveska (sh) f, písānka (sh) f, téka (sh) f, bèležnica (sh) f, bìlježnica (sh) f, tȅfter (sh) m

• Sanskrit: टिप्पणीपुस्तक (ṭippaṇīpustaka)
• Slovak: zápisník m, notes m, zošit m
• Slovene: zvezek (sl) m
• Spanish: cuaderno (es) m
• Swahili: daftari (sw)
• Swedish: anteckningsbok (sv) c, anteckningsblock (sv) n, skrivbok (sv) c
• Tagalog: kuwaderno
• Tajik: дафтар (tg) (daftar)
• Tatar: дәфтәр (tt) (däftär)
• Thai: สมุด (th) (sà-mùt)
• Turkish: not defteri (tr), defter (tr), betlek (tr)
• Turkmen: depder
• Ukrainian: блокно́т (uk) m (bloknót), зо́шит (uk) m (zóšyt), записна́ кни́жка f (zapysná knýžka), нота́тник m (notátnyk)
• Urdu: نوٹ بُک f (noṭ buk), کاپی f (kāpī), دَفْتَر m (daftar)
• Uyghur: دەپتەر (depter)
• Uzbek: notepad (uz), yon daftar (uz), bloknot (uz)
• Vietnamese: tập (vi), vở (vi), sổ tay (vi)
• Welsh: nodiadur m
• West Frisian: jeft c
• Yakut: тэтэрээт (tetereet)
• Yiddish: העפֿט f or n (heft)

notebook computer

• Arabic: كَمْبْيُوتَر مَحْمُول (kambyūtar maḥmūl), حَاسُوب مَحْمُول (ḥāsūb maḥmūl)

  Egyptian Arabic: لاب توب m (lab tub)

• Armenian: նոթբուք (notʻbukʻ), նոութբուք (hy) (noutʻbukʻ)
• Azerbaijani: noutbuk
• Belarusian: но́ўтбук m (nóŭtbuk), лэпто́п m (leptóp)
• Bulgarian: но́утбук m (nóutbuk)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 筆記本／笔记本 (zh) (bǐjìběn), 手提計算機／手提计算机 (shǒutí jìsuànjī), 筆記本電腦／笔记本电脑 (zh) (bǐjìběn diànnǎo)

• Czech: notebook (cs) m
• Esperanto: notlibra komputilo, tekokomputilo
• Estonian: sülearvuti (et)
• Faroese: fartelda f
• French: notebook (fr) m, laptop (fr) m, ordinateur portatif m
• Georgian: ნოუთბუქი (noutbuki) (colloquial), ლეპტოპი (leṗṭoṗi)
• German: Notebook (de) n, Laptop (de) n or m
• Greek: φορητός (el) m (foritós), φορητός υπολογιστής m (foritós ypologistís)
• Hebrew: מחשב נייד / מַחְשֵׁב נַיָּד (he) m (makhshév nayád)
• Hindi: नोटबुक (hi) f (noṭbuk)
• Hungarian: notebook (hu)
• Irish: ríomhaire glúine m
• Italian: notebook (it) m, laptop (it) m
• Japanese: ノートパソコン (ja) (nōto pasokon)
• Kazakh: ноутбук (noutbuk)
• Khmer: កុំព្យូទ័រយួរដៃ (kompyuutɔəyuəday)
• Korean: 노트북 (ko) (noteubuk)
• Kyrgyz: ноутбук (ky) (noutbuk)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latvian: klēpjdators m, piezīmjdators m
• Lithuanian: nešiojamas kompiuteris m, nešiojamasis kompiuteris m
• Macedonian: пре́нослив компју́тер m (prénosliv kompjúter), ла́птоп m (láptop)
• Persian: رایانِهِٔ کیفی (râyâne-ye kifi), لَپ‌تاپ (lap-tâp)
• Polish: notebook (pl) m
• Portuguese: notebook (pt) m, laptop (pt) m
• Russian: но́утбук (ru) m (nóutbuk), ноутбу́к (ru) m (noutbúk), лэпто́п (ru) m (lɛptóp)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пре́носнӣк m, прије́носнӣк m

  Roman: prénosnīk m, prijénosnīk (sh) m

• Slovak: notbuk m, laptop m
• Slovene: prenosnik m
• Spanish: computador portátil (es) m, notebook (es) m, portátil (es) m
• Swedish: bärbar dator (sv) c, notebook (sv) c
• Tajik: ноутбук (noutbuk), роёнаи кифӣ (royona-yi kifi)
• Tatar: ноутбук (noutbuq)
• Thai: โน้ตบุ๊ก (nóot-búk), คอมพิวเตอร์โน้ตบุ๊ก
• Turkish: notebook (tr)
• Ukrainian: ноутбу́к (uk) m (noutbúk), лепто́п m (leptóp)
• Urdu: نوٹ بُک f (noṭ buk)
• Uzbek: noutbuk (uz)
• Vietnamese: máy tính xách tay (vi)

Further reading

• notebook on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Chinese

Alternative forms

• 碌卜

Etymology

Borrowed from English notebook.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nuk¹ buk¹ / luk¹ buk¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nuk¹ buk¹ / luk¹ buk¹
    • Yale: nūk būk / lūk būk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nuk⁷ buk⁷ / luk⁷ buk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: nug¹ bug¹ / lug¹ bug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nʊk̚⁵ pʊk̚⁵/, /lʊk̚⁵ pʊk̚⁵/

Noun

notebook (Hong Kong Cantonese)

1. laptop; notebook computer (Classifier: 部 c)
2. notebook (Classifier: 本 c)

Synonyms

• (laptop):

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• 便攜式電腦／便携式电脑 (biànxiéshì diànnǎo)
• 手提計算機／手提计算机 (shǒutí jìsuànjī)
• 手提電腦／手提电脑 (shǒutí diànnǎo)
• 掌上電腦／掌上电脑 (zhǎngshàng diànnǎo)
• 本本 (⁵pen-pen) (Wu)
• 筆本／笔本 (bǐběn) (short form)
• 筆記型電腦／笔记型电脑 (bǐjìxíng diànnǎo)
• 筆記本／笔记本 (bǐjìběn) (short form)
• 筆記本式計算機／笔记本式计算机 (bǐjìběnshì jìsuànjī)
• 筆記本電腦／笔记本电脑 (bǐjìběn diànnǎo)
• 筆電／笔电 (bǐdiàn) (short form)
• 膝上型電腦／膝上型电脑 (xīshàngxíng diànnǎo)

 

• (notebook): 筆記本／笔记本 (bǐjìběn)

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English notebook.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnou̯dbuk]

Noun

notebook m inan

1. laptop, notebook (laptop computer)

Declension

Declension of notebook (velar masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	notebook	notebooky
genitive	notebooku	notebooků
dative	notebooku	notebookům
accusative	notebook	notebooky
vocative	notebooku	notebooky
locative	notebooku	noteboocích
instrumental	notebookem	notebooky

Polish

notebook

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English notebook.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔd.buk/, /ˈnɔw.dbuk/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔdbuk
• Syllabification: note‧book

Noun

notebook m inan or m animal (related adjective notebookowy)

1. (computing) notebook, notebook computer (class of laptop computer that is around the size of a spiral-bound notebook with A4 or letter-sized pages)

   Hypernym: laptop

   Coordinate term: netbook

Declension

Declension of notebook

	singular	plural
nominative	notebook	notebooki
genitive	notebooka	notebooków
dative	notebookowi	notebookom
accusative	notebook/notebooka	notebooki
instrumental	notebookiem	notebookami
locative	notebooku	notebookach
vocative	notebooku	notebooki

Further reading

• notebook in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• notebook in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• notebook in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English notebook.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌno(w).t͡ʃiˈbu.ki/ [ˌno(ʊ̯).t͡ʃiˈbu.ki], /ˌno(w)t͡ʃˈbu.ki/ [ˌno(ʊ̯)t͡ʃˈbu.ki], /ˌnɔ.t͡ʃiˈbu.ki/, /ˌnɔt͡ʃˈbu.ki/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌno(w).t͡ʃiˈbu.ki/ [ˌno(ʊ̯).t͡ʃiˈbu.ki], /ˌno(w)t͡ʃˈbu.ki/ [ˌno(ʊ̯)t͡ʃˈbu.ki], /ˌnɔ.t͡ʃiˈbu.ki/, /ˌnɔt͡ʃˈbu.ki/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌno(w)t͡ʃˈbu.ke/ [ˌno(ʊ̯)t͡ʃˈbu.ke], /ˌno(w).t͡ʃiˈbu.ke/ [ˌno(ʊ̯).t͡ʃiˈbu.ke], /ˌnɔt͡ʃˈbu.ke/, /ˌnɔ.t͡ʃiˈbu.ke/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌnow.tɨˈbu.kɨ/ [ˌnow.tɨˈβu.kɨ]

Noun

notebook m (plural notebooks)

1. notebook computer (small, portable computer)

   Synonym: laptop

   • 2003, Info exame, volume 18, Editora Abril, page 29:

     À primeira vista, o computador da Toshiba parece um notebook comum, com teclado, tela de 12 polegadas e touch pad.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2010, Luiz Artur Ferrareto, Luciano Klöckner, E o rádio? : novos horizontes midiáticos, EDIPUCRS, →ISBN, page 130:

     Os equipamentos utilizados (notebook, mesa de som, aparelho mini system - caixa de retorno, microfones e gravadores) eram escassos e insuficientes pois muito material licitado pela Instituição ainda não havia chegado. Somente no segundo semestre de 2008 pode se contar com um computador exclusivo para as aulas de rádio, no qual foram instalados software de programas de captação e edição de áudio.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2012, Vanessa de Oliveira, Psicopatas do coração, Matrix Editora, →ISBN, page 110:

     Liguei meu notebook para ver as mensagens do dia. Aos poucos eu estava voltando a responder os e-mails de meus leitores.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English notebook.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nodˈbuk/ [noð̞ˈβ̞uk]
• Rhymes: -uk

Noun

notebook m (plural notebooks)

1. notebook computer (small, portable computer)

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.