paperback
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Etymology
From paper + back, a shortening of the older term paper-backed book.
Pronunciation
Noun
paperback (plural paperbacks)
Synonyms
- pocketbook (US), livre de poche (French contexts)
Derived terms
Translations
book — see also pocketbook
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Adjective
paperback (not comparable)
- (of a book) Having flexible binding.
Synonyms
Translations
having flexible binding
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Verb
paperback (third-person singular simple present paperbacks, present participle paperbacking, simple past and past participle paperbacked)
- (transitive, publishing) To issue or publish (a book) in a paperback edition.
- 2009, J. Adamson, Max Reinhardt: A Life in Publishing, page 71:
- 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.
See also
References
- “paperback”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
paperback m (plural paperbacks, diminutive paperbackje n)
Adjective
paperback (not comparable)
Declension
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