e-book

See also: ebook, eBook, and E-Book

English

Alternative forms

ebook, eBook

Etymology

Contraction of electronic book: e- +‎ book.

Noun

e-book (plural e-books)

(authorship) Electronic book, a book published in electronic form.
- 2004, Sunil Saxena, Breaking News: The Craft and Technology of Online Journalism
  The hype around e-books was electrifying in the year 2000 when Stephen King became the first celebrity writer to publish an e-novel.

Translations

electronic book

Arabic: كِتَاب إِلِكْتْرُونِيّ‎ m (kitāb ʾiliktrōniyy), إِيبُوك‎ m (ʾibūk)
Azerbaijani: Rəqəmsəl Kitab
Bengali: ই-বই (i-bôi)
Bulgarian: е-кни́га f (e-kníga)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 電子書, 电子书 (diànzǐshū)
Czech: Ebook m, elektronická kniha f
Dutch: boek (nl) n, e-book (nl)
Estonian: e-raamat (et)
Finnish: sähkökirja (fi), e-kirja (fi)
French: livre numérique (fr) m, livrel (fr), livre électronique (fr)
Georgian: ელწიგნი (elc̣igni), ელ-წიგნი (el-c̣igni), ელექტრონული წიგნი (elekṭronuli c̣igni)
German: E-Book (de) n, E-Buch (de) n, elektronisches Buch n, Digitalbuch n
Greek: ηλεκτρονικό βιβλίο n (ilektronikó vivlío)
Hindi: ई-पुस्तक f (ī-pustak)
Icelandic: rafbók
Indonesian: buku elektronik
Irish: ríomhleabhar m, rleabhar m, r-leabhar m

Italian: e-book (it) m, libro elettronico m
Japanese: 電子書籍 (でんししょせき, denshi-shoseki), 電子本 (でんしほん, denshi-hon), イーブック (ībukku), ｅブック (e-bukku)
Korean: 전자책 (jeonjachaek), 이북 (ko) (ibuk)
Kurdish: e-pirtûk (ku)
Macedonian: е-кни́га f (e-kníga), електро́нска кни́га f (elektrónska kníga)
Persian: کتاب الکترونیکی‎ (ketâb-e elektroniki)
Polish: e-book (pl) m, książka elektroniczna (pl) f, e-książka (pl) f, ebook (pl) m, eBook (pl) m
Portuguese: e-book (pt) m, livro digital m, livro eletrónico m (Portugal), livro eletrônico m (Brazil)
Russian: электро́нная кни́га f (elektrónnaja kníga), электрокни́га f (elektrokníga), э-кни́га f (e-kníga), ибу́к m (ibúk)
Slovene: e-knjiga f
Spanish: ebook m
Swahili: kitabu (sw)
Swedish: e-bok (sv) c
Tagalog: dagisiking aklat
Thai: หนังสืออิเล็กทรอนิกส์ (năng-sĕu ì-lék-tror-nìk)
Turkish: e-kitap
Vietnamese: sách điện tử
Welsh: e-lyfr

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Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} sách (vi)

Anagrams

booke

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English

Noun

e-book m (plural e-books)

e-book
Synonyms: livro digital, livro eletrónico

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