reference book

English

Noun

reference book (plural reference books)

A book providing factual information.
Hypernym: reference work

The Red Book is the standard reference book for those naming inorganic chemical compounds.
(libraries) A book that can be consulted in the library but cannot be borrowed.
I wanted to take out the encyclopedia, but the librarian said it was a reference book.

Synonym: book of reference

Translations

book providing factual information

Arabic: كِتَاب مَرْجِعِيّ m (kitāb marjiʕiyy)
Belarusian: даве́днік m (davjédnik)
Bulgarian: спра́вочник (bg) m (správočnik)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 參考書／参考书 (zh) (cānkǎoshū), 工具書／工具书 (zh) (gōngjùshū)
Dutch: naslagwerk (nl) n
Estonian: teatmeteos
Finnish: lähdeteos (fi)
French: livre de référence m
German: Nachschlagewerk (de) n, Referenzbuch n
Gujarati: સંદર્ભગ્રંથ (sandarbhagranth)
Hungarian: segédkönyv (hu)
Japanese: 参考書 (ja) (さんこうしょ, sankōsho)
Korean: 참고서(參考書) (ko) (chamgoseo)
Malayalam: ഗ്രന്ഥം (ml) (granthaṁ)
Maori: pukatara
Norwegian:
Bokmål: referansebok m or f

Nynorsk: referansebok f
Portuguese: livro de consulta m
Russian: спра́вочник (ru) m (správočnik)
Scottish Gaelic: leabhar-fiosrachaidh m
Tagalog: sangguniang aklat
Thai: หนังสืออ้างอิง (nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ-âang-ing)
Ukrainian: дові́дник (uk) m (dovídnyk)
Vietnamese: sách hướng dẫn, sách chỉ dẫn

library: book that may not be borrowed

Chinese:
Mandarin: 參考書／参考书 (zh) (cānkǎoshū), 工具書／工具书 (zh) (gōngjùshū)
Finnish: käsikirjaston kirja
German: Präsenzbestand m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: referansebok m or f

Nynorsk: referansebok f
Portuguese: livro de consulta m
Tagalog: sangguniang aklat

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