English Explanatory Dictionary

pocketbook

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A purse or handbag.
  2. A wallet for paper money.
  3. One's personal budget or financial capacity; the amount one can afford.
  4. A small book, particularly (US) a paperback or (UK) notebook able to fit into a pocket (of any genre, from reference work to fine art).
  5. A romance novel published as a small paperback.

Pronunciation

/ˈpɒ.kɪt.bʊk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pocketbook.wav /ˈpɑ.kɪtˌbʊk/

Word forms

pocketbook pocketbooks pocket-book pocket book

Etymology

1610s, from pocket + book, popularized in its sense as a paperback by the success of Pocket Books in the United States after its 1939 launch.

Synonyms

pocket

Related words

pocketable pocket-sized vade mecum

Derived words

champagne taste on a beer pocketbook pocketbook issue

Translations

Bulgarian: джобна книжка Bulgarian: книга малък формат Chinese Mandarin: 袖珍本 Dutch: pocketboek Esperanto: poŝlibro Finnish: taskukirja Finnish: pokkari French: livre de poche French: pocket German: Taschenbuch Greek: βιβλίο τσέπης Hungarian: zsebkönyv Hungarian: kiskönyv Hungarian: notesz Italian: tascabile Italian: libro tascabile Italian: pocket-book Japanese: 袖珍本 Japanese: 小型版 Korean: 수진본 Korean: 소형판 Norwegian Bokmål: pocketbok Polish: wydanie kieszonkowe Polish: notes Polish: notatnik Polish: brulion Russian: кни́га небольшо́го форма́та Russian: карма́нная кни́га Russian: по́кет Scottish Gaelic: leabhar-pòcaid Swedish: pocketbok Swedish: pocket Turkish: cep kitabı
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