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textbook
- /ˈtɛkst.bʊk/ Canada, UK, US
- /ˈtekst.bʊk/ Australia, New Zealand
Where it comes from
From text + book.
noun textbooks · text-book
- A coursebook, a formal manual of instruction in a specific subject, especially one for use in schools or colleges.
adjective more textbook · most textbook
- Of or pertaining to textbooks or their style, especially in being dry and pedagogical; textbooky, textbooklike. These figures are just too textbook, or papyrus-like, as if this information came off of a shelf in the Library of Alexandria
- Having the typical characteristics of some class of phenomenon, so that it might be included as an example in a textbook. textbook case
- Done exactly correctly, in an exemplary way that might be described in a textbook. Well done everyone, the tree fell exactly where we planned. That was textbook.
- Learned from, or as if learned from, a textbook, as opposed to personal discovery or experience. He has a textbook understanding of company law but no practical experience of litigation.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: schoolbook, casebook, text, standard, school text, text edition, handbook, workbook, manual, guidebook, curriculum, book, theory, books, classic, guide
Translations
Every language
noun formal manual of instruction
| Español | manual, libro escolar, libro de texto, texto |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 교과서 gyogwaseo, 텍스트북 tekseuteubuk |
| 日本語 | 教科書 kyōkasho, テキスト tekisuto, テキストブック tekisutobukku |
| 中文 | 課本 /课本 kèběn, 教科書 /教科书 jiàokēshū |
| हिन्दी | पाठ्यपुस्तक pāṭhyapustak, टेक्स्ट-बुक ṭeksṭ-buk |
| Kiswahili | kitabu cha kiada |
| Português | livro de texto, compêndio, sebenta, apostila, livro didático |
| Français | manuel, livre de classe |
| Deutsch | Lehrbuch, Schulbuch, Handbuch |
| Italiano | libro di testo |
| Ελληνικά | σύγγραμμα sýngramma |
| Română | manual |
| Русский | уче́бник učébnik, посо́бие posóbije, руково́дство rukovódstvo |
| Tiếng Việt | sách giáo khoa |
| العربية | كِتَاب مَدْرَسِيّ kitāb madrasiyy, مَرْجِع marjiʕ |
| עברית | סֵפֶר לִמוּד séfer limúd |
adj of or pertaining to textbooks or their styles
| Español | libro |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 教科書式 /教科书式 jiàokēshū shì |
| Русский | учебный učebnyj, академический akademičeskij, сухой suxoj |
adj having the typical characteristics of some class of phenomenon
| Español | de manual |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 教科書式 /教科书式 jiàokēshū shì, 教科書般 /教科书般 jiàokēshū bān |
| Deutsch | Bilderbuch-, lehrbuchmäßig |
| Italiano | da manuale |
| Русский | этало́нный etalónnyj |
Talk about this word "textbook." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/textbook. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. textbook. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/textbook "textbook." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/textbook.Cite this
@misc{textbook_2026,
title = {textbook},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/textbook},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
