Meanings
nounbibliography (plural bibliographies)
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.
Origin
- Ancient Greekβιβλιογραφία“the act or habit of writing books”
- Englishbibliography
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”).
More words from Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian библиогра́фия, библиогра́фия
- библиогра́фия (bibliográfija)section of a written work
- библиогра́фия (bibliográfija)list of books or documents
- библиогра́фия (bibliográfija)study of the history of books
Catalan bibliografia, bibliografia
- bibliografiasection of a written work
- bibliografialist of books or documents
Chinese Mandarin 文獻目錄 /文献目录, 文獻目錄 /文献目录
- 文獻目錄 /文献目录 (wénxiàn mùlù)section of a written work
- 文獻目錄 /文献目录 (wénxiàn mùlù)list of books or documents
- 目錄學 /目录学 (mùlùxué)study of the history of books
Czech literatura
- literaturasection of a written work
Danish bibliografi
- bibliografisection of a written work
Esperanto bibliografio, bibliografio
- bibliografiosection of a written work
- bibliografiolist of books or documents
Finnish lähdeluettelo, julkaisuluettelo
- lähdeluettelosection of a written work
- julkaisuluettelolist of books or documents
- kirjallisuusluettelolist of books or documents
- bibliografialist of books or documents
- bibliografiastudy of the history of books
French bibliographie, bibliographie
- bibliographiesection of a written work
- bibliographielist of books or documents
- bibliographiestudy of the history of books
German Bibliographie
- Bibliographiesection of a written work
Greek βιβλιογραφία, βιβλιογραφία
- βιβλιογραφία (vivliografía)section of a written work
- βιβλιογραφία (vivliografía)list of books or documents
- βιβλιολογία (vivliología)study of the history of books
Hungarian bibliográfia, könyvészet
- bibliográfiasection of a written work
- könyvészetsection of a written work
- irodalomlist of books or documents
- könyvészetlist of books or documents
- bibliográfiastudy of the history of books
- könyvtudománystudy of the history of books
- könyvészetstudy of the history of books
Indonesian bibliografi
- bibliografilist of books or documents
Irish leabharliosta, leabharliosta
- leabharliostasection of a written work
- leabharliostalist of books or documents
- bibleagrafaíochtstudy of the history of books
- leabhareolaíochtstudy of the history of books
Italian bibliografia
- bibliografiasection of a written work
Japanese 参考文献, 文献目録
- 参考文献 (sankōbunken)section of a written work
- 文献目録 (bunkenmokuroku)section of a written work
- 書誌 (shoshi)list of books or documents
- 書誌学 (shoshigaku)study of the history of books
- 目録学 (mokurokugaku)study of the history of books
Māori rārangi pukapuka, rārangi tuhinga
- rārangi pukapukalist of books or documents
- rārangi tuhingalist of books or documents
Polish bibliografia, bibliografia
- bibliografiasection of a written work
- bibliografialist of books or documents
- bibliografiastudy of the history of books
Portuguese bibliografia, bibliografia
- bibliografiasection of a written work
- bibliografialist of books or documents
- bibliografiastudy of the history of books
Russian библиогра́фия, библиогра́фия
- библиогра́фия (bibliográfija)section of a written work
- библиогра́фия (bibliográfija)list of books or documents
- библиогра́фия (bibliográfija)study of the history of books
Spanish bibliografía, bibliografía
- bibliografíasection of a written work
- bibliografíalist of books or documents
- bibliografíastudy of the history of books
Swedish källförteckning, bibliografi
- källförteckningsection of a written work
- bibliografilist of books or documents
- bibliografistudy of the history of books
Tagalog talaaklatan, talaaklatan
- talaaklatansection of a written work
- talaaklatanlist of books or documents
Turkish bibliyografya
- bibliyografyasection of a written work
Vietnamese thư mục, thư mục
- thư mụcsection of a written work
- thư mụclist of books or documents
- thư mục họcstudy of the history of books
- thư tịch họcstudy of the history of books
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with bibliography
photographybiographygeographypornographyfilmographydiscographyautobiographychromatographycryptographytopographyradiographytomographyoceanographytypographychoreographymammographycinematographyvideographycartographydemographyangiographylithographycrystallographyechocardiography
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
bibliography. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bibliography
MLA
“bibliography.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bibliography. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bibliography,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bibliography.
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