reference work

English

Etymology

From reference +‎ work.

Noun

reference work (plural reference works)

1. A compendium of information which is not generally intended to be read from beginning to end but rather consulted on a spot basis, and is compiled for ease of reference; especially, a reference book, whether in print, digital, or both.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:reference work

   Hyponyms: reference book; see also Thesaurus:reference work

Translations

compendium of information

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 工具書 / 工具书 (zh) (gōngjùshū), 參考書 / 参考书 (zh) (cānkǎoshū)

• Danish: opslagsværk n
• Dutch: naslagwerk (nl) n
• Finnish: hakuteos (fi)
• French: ouvrage de référence (fr) m
• German: Nachschlagewerk (de) n
• Italian: opera di riferimento f, lavoro di consultazione m
• Japanese: 参考図書 (さんこうとしょ, sankōtosho)
• Kazakh: анықтамалық басылым (anyqtamalyq basylym)
• Korean: 참고서(參考書) (ko) (chamgoseo)
• Low German: Naokieksel
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: oppslagsverk (no) n

  Nynorsk: oppslagsverk n

• Persian: کتاب مرجع (fa)
• Polish: vademecum (pl) n, informator (pl) m, poradnik (pl) m
• Romanian: lucrare de referință f, compendiu de consultare n
• Russian: спра́вочный материа́л m (správočnyj materiál), (usually in plural) спра́вочные материа́лы pl (správočnyje materiály)
• Spanish: obra de referencia f (usu. with plural "obras")
• Thai: งานอ้างอิง

Further reading

• reference work on Wikipedia.Wikipedia