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ex libris

ex libris noun: a bookplate that identifies the owner of the book into which it is pasted.

ex libris: a bookplate that identifies the owner of the book into which it is pasted
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Noun

ex libris (plural ex libris)

  1. A bookplate that identifies the owner of the book into which it is pasted.

ex libris meaning in Tamil

ex libris in Tamil

முகப்புப் பொறிச் சீட்டு

Forms of ex libris

pluralex libris

Origin of ex libris

From Latin ex librīs (“from the books [of]”).

Questions about ex libris

What does ex libris mean?
Ex libris means a bookplate that identifies the owner of the book into which it is pasted.
What is ex libris in Tamil?
Ex libris in Tamil is முகப்புப் பொறிச் சீட்டு. See Ex libris meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ex libris?
Ex libris is a noun.
What is the plural of ex libris?
The plural of ex libris is ex libris.

Words near ex libris in the dictionary

  1. ex dividend
  2. ex facie
  3. ex gratia
  4. ex hypothesi
  5. ex juris
  6. ex libris
  7. ex negativo
  8. ex nihilo
  9. ex nihilo nihil fit
  10. ex nunc
  11. ex officio

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ex libris (page history and authors); ex libris (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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.

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