paperback
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
paper + back, a shortening of the older term paper-backed book.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (US) (file)
Noun[edit]
paperback (plural paperbacks)
Synonyms[edit]
- pocketbook (US), livre de poche (French contexts)
Translations[edit]
book — See also translations at pocketbook
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Adjective[edit]
paperback (not comparable)
- (of a book) Having flexible binding.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
having flexible binding
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Verb[edit]
paperback (third-person singular simple present paperbacks, present participle paperbacking, simple past and past participle paperbacked)
- To issue or publish a book in paperback
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- “paperback”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English paperback.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
paperback m (plural paperbacks, diminutive paperbackje n)
- A paperback.
Adjective[edit]
paperback (not comparable)
Inflection[edit]
| Inflection of paperback | ||||
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| uninflected | paperback | |||
| inflected | paperback | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | ||||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | paperback | ||
| n. sing. | paperback | |||
| plural | paperback | |||
| definite | paperback | |||
| partitive | ||||
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