bibliography

/bɪbliˈɒɡɹəfi/

bibliography noun: a section of a written work containing citations, not quotations, to all the books referred to in the work.

Noun

bibliography (plural bibliographies)

A section of a written work containing citations, not quotations, to all the books referred to in the work.
- The supplementary bibliography (in Vol. VI) attests to the comprehensiveness of the effort.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page viii
A list of books or documents relevant to a particular subject or author.
The study of the history of books in terms of their classification, printing and publication.

bibliography meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali

bibliography in Tamil

உயவுத்துணை, உசாத்துணை, ஆதார நூற்பட்டியல், துணைநூல் பட்டியல், புத்தகப் பட்டியல், நூற்பெயர்க்கோவை

bibliography in Bengali

গ্রন্থপঞ্জি

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bibliography in Telugu: గ్రంథసూచి
bibliography in Malayalam: ഗ്രന്ഥസൂചി
bibliography in Kannada: ಚಾಡಿಯೋಲೆ, ಗ್ರಂಥಸೂಚಿ
bibliography in Gujarati: ગ્રંથસૂચિ, ગ્રંથસૂચિકા, ગ્રંથસૂચી
bibliography in Odia: ଗ୍ରନ୍ଥପଞ୍ଜି, ଗ୍ରନ୍ଥସୂଚୀ, ଗ୍ରନ୍ଥସୂଚିକା
bibliography in Sinhala: ග්‍රන්ථනාමාවලිය
bibliography in Nepali: ग्रन्थावली
bibliography in Tagalog: talaaklatan
bibliography in Indonesian: bibliografi
bibliography in Vietnamese: thư mục, thư mục học, thư tịch học

Forms of bibliography

plural	bibliographies

Plural of bibliography: bibliographies

Origin of bibliography

From Ancient Greek βιβλιογραφία (bibliographía, “the act or habit of writing books”), from βιβλιογράφος (bibliográphos, “a writer of books”), from βιβλίον (biblíon, “small book”) + γράφω (gráphō, “I write”).

Words formed from bibliography

Words that rhyme with bibliography

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Questions about bibliography

What does bibliography mean?: Bibliography means a section of a written work containing citations, not quotations, to all the books referred to in the work.
What is bibliography in Hindi?: Bibliography in Hindi is ग्रंथ सूची, ग्रंथसूची, ग्रन्थ सूची. See Bibliography meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is bibliography?: Bibliography is a noun.
How do you pronounce bibliography?: Bibliography is pronounced /bɪbliˈɒɡɹəfi/.
What is the plural of bibliography?: The plural of bibliography is bibliographies.

Words near bibliography in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: bibliography (page history and authors); bibliography (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bibliography (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bibliography (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bibliography (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bibliography (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bibliography (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bibliography (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bibliography (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bibliography (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bibliography (Sinhala Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bibliography (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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