bookcase

See also: book-case

English

a bookcase

Alternative forms

book-case (archaic)

Etymology

book +‎ case

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbʊkˌkeɪs/, [ˈbʊʔk̚keɪs]
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

bookcase (plural bookcases)

A piece of furniture for the storage and display of books.
Synonym: bookpress

Derived terms

public bookcase

Translations

furniture displaying books

Albanian: raft librash
Arabic: مَكْتَبَة f (maktaba), خِزَانَة اَلْكُتُب f (ḵizānat al-kutub)
Hijazi Arabic: مَكْتَبة f (maktaba)
Armenian: գրապահարան (hy) (grapaharan)
Basque: liburutegi (eu)
Belarusian: кніжная шафа f (knižnaja šafa)
Bulgarian: библиоте́ка (bg) f (bibliotéka)
Catalan: prestatgeria (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 書架／书架 (zh) (shūjià), 書櫥／书橱 (zh) (shūchú)
Czech: knihovna (cs) f
Danish: bogreol (da), bogskab c
Dutch: boekenkast (nl) c
Esperanto: libroŝranko, librobretaro, bretaro
Estonian: raamatukapp, raamaturiiul
Finnish: kirjakaappi (fi), kirjahylly (fi)
French: bibliothèque (fr) f
Georgian: ბიბლიოთეკა (biblioteḳa), წიგნის თარო (c̣ignis taro)
German: Bücherregal (de) n
Greek: βιβλιοθήκη (el) f (vivliothíki)
Ancient: πῆγμα n (pêgma)
Hebrew: ארון ספרים m (aron sfarym)
Hungarian: könyvszekrény (hu)
Icelandic: bókaskápur m
Ido: biblioteko (io)
Indonesian: rak buku (id), lemari buku (id)
Italian: libreria (it) f
Japanese: 本棚 (ja) (ほんだな, hondana)
Khmer: ទូសៀវភៅ (tuu siǝv pʰɨv)
Korean: 책장 (ko) (chaekjang)
Lao: ຕູ້ໜັງສື (tū nang sư̄), ຕູ້ພັບ (tū phap) (dialect), ຮ້ານ (hān), ຫິ້ງ (hing), ຕູ້ (lo) (tū), ຂາກະເຍັຽ (khā ka nyīa)
Latin: librarium n, librarius m, pluteus m
Latvian: grāmatu skapis m, grāmatskapis m
Lithuanian: knygų spinta f
Lü: ᦠᦱᧂᧉᦗᦸᧇ (ḣaang²poab)
Macedonian: библиотека f (biblioteka)
Malay: rak buku, almari buku
Manx: kishtey lioar m
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norman: bibliothèque f
Norwegian: bokhylle (no) f or m
Ottoman Turkish: كتبخانه (kütübhâne)
Persian: قفسه کتاب (qafase-ye ketâb)
Plautdietsch: Buakschaup n
Polish: biblioteczka (pl) f, biblioteka (pl) f, regał (pl) m
Portuguese: estante (pt) f
Romanian: bibliotecă (ro) f
Russian: кни́жный шкаф (ru) m (knížnyj škaf), этаже́рка (ru) f (etažérka)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: библиотека f, полица за књиге f

Roman: biblioteka (sh) f, polica za knjige f
Slovak: knižnica f
Slovene: knjižna polica f
Spanish: estantería (es) f, librero (es) m, biblioteca (es) f
Swedish: bokhylla (sv) c, bokskåp (sv) n
Thai: ตู้หนังสือ (dtûu-nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ), ชั้นหนังสือ (chán-nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ)
Turkish: kitaplık (tr)
Ukrainian: книжко́ва ша́фа f (knyžkóva šáfa)
Vietnamese: tủ sách (vi)

Anagrams

case book, case-book, casebook

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