reference book

English

Noun

reference book (plural reference books)

1. A book providing factual information.

   Synonym: sourcebook

   Hypernym: reference work

   The Red Book is the standard reference book for those naming inorganic chemical compounds.

2. (library) A book that can be consulted in the library but cannot be borrowed.

   Synonym: book of reference

   I wanted to take out the encyclopedia, but the librarian said it was a reference book.

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