paperback
UK/ˈpeɪ.pə.bæk//ˈpeɪ.pɚˌbæk/
paperback noun: a book with flexible binding.
Noun
paperback (plural paperbacks)
- A book with flexible binding.
- Synonyms:
- pocketbook, livre de poche
Adjective
paperback (not comparable)
- Having flexible binding.
- Synonyms:
- paperbacked, paperbound, softcovered
Verb
paperback (third-person singular simple present paperbacks, present participle paperbacking, simple past and past participle paperbacked)
- To issue or publish (a book) in a paperback edition.
- Max was anticipating paperbacking The Bodley Head's books in house rather than licensing the paperback rights to a third party, like Penguin, which reduced his royalties and might eventually lose him authors to vertical publishers.2009, J. Adamson, Max Reinhardt: A Life in Publishing, page 71
paperback meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
paperback in Hindi
- book
- पत्रावरणबद्ध पुस्तक patrāvraṇbaddh pustak, पेपरबैक peparbaik
- having flexible binding
- पत्रावरणबद्ध patrāvraṇbaddh
paperback in Tamil
- பேப்பர்பேக்
paperback in Marathi
- पेपरबॅक, पेपरबाॅक, पेपरबॅकिंग
paperback in Urdu
- پیپر بیک
More languagesFewer languages
- paperback in Bengali
- মলাটত্তয়ালা বই
- paperback in Telugu
- పేపర్బ్యాక్, పేపర్బ్యాకింగ్, పేపర్బ్యాక్ చేయడం
- paperback in Malayalam
- പേപ്പർബാക്ക്, പേപ്പർബാക്കിംഗ്, പേപ്പർബാക്കിങ്
- paperback in Kannada
- ಪೇಪರ್ಬ್ಯಾಕ್, ಪೇಪರ್ಬ್ಯಾಕಿಂಗ್, ಪೇಪರ್ಬ್ಯಾಕ್ ಮಾಡುವಿಕೆ
- paperback in Punjabi
- ਪੇਪਰਬੈਕ, ਪੇਪਰਬੈਕਿੰਗ, ਪੇਪਰਬੈੱਕਿੰਗ
- paperback in Gujarati
- પેપરબેક, પેપરબેકિંગ, પેપરબેકીંગ
- paperback in Odia
- ପେପରବ୍ଯ଼ାକ୍, ପେପର୍ବ୍ଯ଼ାକ୍, ପେପରବ୍ଯ଼ାକିଂ
- paperback in Nepali
- पेपरब्याक, पेपर्ब्याक, पेपरब्याकिङ
- paperback in Tagalog
- rustika
Examples of paperback in a sentence
- The publisher's core competency was paperbacks, but they decided to branch out into online publishing.
- His new novel just came out in boards. The paperback will follow in about a year.
- The drug store had a small rotating rack filled with paperback books provided by a rack jobber.
Synonyms of paperback
- pocketbook
- livre de poche
- paperbacked
- paperbound
- softcovered
Forms of paperback
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | paperbacks |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | paperbacks |
| present participle | paperbacking |
| past participle | paperbacked |
| past | paperbacked |
Origin of paperback
From paper + back, a shortening of the older term paper-backed book.
Words formed from paperback
Questions about paperback
- What does paperback mean?
- Paperback means a book with flexible binding.
- What is paperback in Hindi?
- Paperback in Hindi is पत्रावरणबद्ध पुस्तक (patrāvraṇbaddh pustak), पेपरबैक (peparbaik), पत्रावरणबद्ध (patrāvraṇbaddh). See Paperback meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is paperback?
- Paperback can be a noun, an adjective or a verb.
- How do you pronounce paperback?
- Paperback is pronounced /ˈpeɪ.pə.bæk/ (UK).
- What is the plural of paperback?
- The plural of paperback is paperbacks.
Words near paperback in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: paperback (page history and authors); paperback (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); paperback (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); paperback (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); paperback (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); paperback (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); paperback (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); paperback (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); paperback (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); paperback (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); paperback (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); paperback (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.
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