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paperback
- /ˈpeɪ.pə.bæk/ UK
- /ˈpeɪ.pɚˌbæk/ US
Where it comes from
From paper + back, a shortening of the older term paper-backed book.
noun paperbacks
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A book with flexible binding.
Similar: pocketbook, livre de poche
adjective
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Having flexible binding.
Similar: paperbacked, paperbound, softcovered
verb paperbacks · paperbacking · paperbacked
- To issue or publish (a book) in a paperback edition. Max was anticipating paperbacking The Bodley Head's books in house rather than licensing the paperback rights to a third party, like Penguin, which reduced his royalties and might eventually lose him authors to vertical publishers.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: softback, bound, soft-cover, roman, novel, pocketbook, pocket, vintage, penguin, originals, trade paperback, paperbound, softbound, softcover, mass-market paperback, chapbook
Translations
Every language
noun book
| Español | libro de bolsillo, libro de tapa blanda |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | पत्रावरणबद्ध पुस्तक patrāvraṇbaddh pustak, पेपरबैक peparbaik |
| Português | brochura |
| Français | livre broché |
| Deutsch | Broschur |
| Ελληνικά | χαρτόδετο βιβλίο chartódeto vivlío |
| Русский | кни́га в мя́гкой обло́жке kníga v mjáxkoj oblóžke |
adj having flexible binding
| हिन्दी | पत्रावरणबद्ध patrāvraṇbaddh |
|---|---|
| Français | broché |
| Deutsch | broschiert |
| Ελληνικά | χαρτόδετος chartódetos |
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@misc{paperback_2026,
title = {paperback},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/paperback},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
