hardcover

English

Etymology

From hard +‎ cover.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

hardcover (plural hardcovers)

1. A book with a rigid binding, often of cardboard or leather.

Translations

a book with a rigid binding

• Afrikaans: hardeband
• French: livre relié m
• Galician: pasta dura f
• German: gebundenes Buch n, gebundene Ausgabe f
• Greek: σκληρόδετο βιβλίο n (skliródeto vivlío)
• Hungarian: kemény kötésű/fedelű/táblás könyv
• Italian: copertina rigida f, libro con copertina rigida m
• Portuguese: capa dura f
• Scottish Gaelic: còmhdach cruaidh m
• Spanish: tapa dura f, cartoné m

Adjective

hardcover (not comparable)

1. (of a book) Having a rigid binding.

Synonyms

• hardback

Translations

of a book: having a rigid binding

• Esperanto: rigidkovrila
• Finnish: kovakantinen (fi)
• French: relié (fr)
• Galician: de pasta dura
• German: gebunden (de)
• Greek: σκληρόδετος m (skliródetos)
• Hungarian: kemény kötésű/fedelű/táblás
• Romanian: cartonat (ro)

See also

• paperback

Anagrams

• hovercard