handbook

English

1814, from hand +‎ book, or perhaps a reintroduction of Middle English hond book, hondebooke, from Old English handbōc (“handbook”), or a loan-translation of German Handbuch "handbook". Compare Dutch handboek, Danish håndbog, Swedish handbok.

handbook (plural handbooks)

A topically organized book of reference on a certain field of knowledge, regardless of size.

a book of reference

Armenian: ձեռնարկ (hy) (jeṙnark)
Basque: eskuliburu, gidaliburu
Belarusian: даве́днік m (davjédnik)
Bulgarian: справочник (bg) m (spravočnik), наръчник (bg) m (narǎčnik)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 手冊 (zh), 手册 (zh) (shǒucè)
Czech: příručka (cs) f
Dutch: handboek (nl) n
Esperanto: manlibro
Finnish: käsikirja (fi)
French: manuel (fr) m
German: Handbuch (de) n
Greek: εγχειρίδιο (el) n (encheirídio)
Ancient: ἐγχειρίδιον n (enkheirídion)
Hebrew: סֵפֶר עֵזֶר‎ m (séfer 'ézer), סֵפֶר כִּיס‎ m (séfer kís), ספר שימוש \ סֵפֶר שִׁמּוּשׁ‎ m (séfer shimúsh)
Hungarian: kézikönyv (hu), segédkönyv (hu), tankönyv (hu)
Icelandic: handbók f
Italian: manuale (it) m, guida (it) f
Japanese: 便覧 (べんらん, benran), ハンドブック (handobukku), 手帳 (ja) (てちょう, techō), 手帖 (てちょう, techō), 案内書 (あんないしょ, annaisho)

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