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nounA piece of furniture for the storage and display of books.
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Ancient Greek πῆγμα
- πῆγμα (pêgma)furniture displaying books
Arabic مَكْتَبَة, خِزَانَةُ الْكُتُب
- مَكْتَبَة (maktaba)furniture displaying books
- خِزَانَةُ الْكُتُب (ḵizānatu l-kutub)furniture displaying books
Basque liburutegi
- liburutegifurniture displaying books
Bengali বইয়ের আলমারি
- বইয়ের আলমারি (boiẏer almari)furniture displaying books
Bulgarian библиоте́ка
- библиоте́ка (bibliotéka)furniture displaying books
Catalan prestatgeria
- prestatgeriafurniture displaying books
Chinese Cantonese 書櫃 /书柜
- 書櫃 /书柜 (syu¹ gwai⁶)furniture displaying books
Chinese Mandarin 書架 /书架, 書櫥 /书橱
- 書架 /书架 (shūjià)furniture displaying books
- 書櫥 /书橱 (shūchú)furniture displaying books
- 書櫃 /书柜 (shūguì)furniture displaying books
Czech knihovna
- knihovnafurniture displaying books
Danish bogreol, bogskab
- bogreolfurniture displaying books
- bogskabfurniture displaying books
Dutch boekenkast
- boekenkastfurniture displaying books
Esperanto libroŝranko, librobretaro
- libroŝrankofurniture displaying books
- librobretarofurniture displaying books
- bretarofurniture displaying books
Estonian raamatukapp, raamaturiiul
- raamatukappfurniture displaying books
- raamaturiiulfurniture displaying books
Finnish kirjakaappi, kirjahylly
- kirjakaappifurniture displaying books
- kirjahyllyfurniture displaying books
French bibliothèque
- bibliothèquefurniture displaying books
German Bücherregal
- Bücherregalfurniture displaying books
Greek βιβλιοθήκη
- βιβλιοθήκη (vivliothíki)furniture displaying books
Hebrew אֲרוֹן סְפָרִים
- אֲרוֹן סְפָרִים (arón s'farím)furniture displaying books
Hindi किताबों की अलमारी
- किताबों की अलमारी (kitābõ kī almārī)furniture displaying books
Hungarian könyvszekrény
- könyvszekrényfurniture displaying books
Icelandic bókaskápur
- bókaskápurfurniture displaying books
Indonesian rak buku, lemari buku
- rak bukufurniture displaying books
- lemari bukufurniture displaying books
Irish leabhragán
- leabhragánfurniture displaying books
Italian libreria
- libreriafurniture displaying books
Japanese 本棚
- 本棚 (hondana)furniture displaying books
Korean 책장
- 책장 (chaekjang)furniture displaying books
Latin librarium, librarius
- librariumfurniture displaying books
- librariusfurniture displaying books
- pluteusfurniture displaying books
- pēgmafurniture displaying books
Latvian grāmatu skapis, grāmatskapis
- grāmatu skapisfurniture displaying books
- grāmatskapisfurniture displaying books
Lithuanian knygų spinta
- knygų spintafurniture displaying books
Malay rak buku, almari buku
- rak bukufurniture displaying books
- almari bukufurniture displaying books
Norwegian Bokmål bokhylle
- bokhyllefurniture displaying books
Polish biblioteczka, biblioteka
- biblioteczkafurniture displaying books
- bibliotekafurniture displaying books
- regałfurniture displaying books
Portuguese estante
- estantefurniture displaying books
Romanian bibliotecă
- bibliotecăfurniture displaying books
Russian кни́жный шкаф, этаже́рка
- кни́жный шкаф (knížnyj škaf)furniture displaying books
- этаже́рка (etažérka)furniture displaying books
Slovak knižnica
- knižnicafurniture displaying books
Spanish estantería, librero
- estanteríafurniture displaying books
- librerofurniture displaying books
- bibliotecafurniture displaying books
Swedish bokhylla, bokskåp
- bokhyllafurniture displaying books
- bokskåpfurniture displaying books
Thai ตู้หนังสือ, ชั้นหนังสือ
- ตู้หนังสือ (dtûu-nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ)furniture displaying books
- ชั้นหนังสือ (chán-nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ)furniture displaying books
Turkish kitaplık, bibliyotek
- kitaplıkfurniture displaying books
- bibliyotekfurniture displaying books
Ukrainian книжко́ва ша́фа
- книжко́ва ша́фа (knyžkóva šáfa)furniture displaying books
Urdu کِتابوں کی اَلْماری
- کِتابوں کی اَلْماری (kitābõ kī almārī)furniture displaying books
Vietnamese tủ sách, kệ sách
- tủ sáchfurniture displaying books
- kệ sáchfurniture displaying books
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Cite this entry
APA
bookcase. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bookcase
MLA
“bookcase.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bookcase. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bookcase,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bookcase.
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