Meanings
plural e-readers · alternative ereader · alternative eReader
- A hardware device or software program used to read e-books.
I am looking for an e-reader for technical papers. These are usually only available in fixed, non-reflowable, PDF format and sized for printing on A4 paper. […] Indeed, so many people need to read PDF files for business and educational research purposes, there are e-readers designed for the task.
2019 June 27, Jack Schofield, “What’s the best cheap tablet or e-reader for PDF files?”, in The GuardianSynonyms: e-book reader
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA hardware device or software program used to read e-books.
Origin
- Ancient Greekἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)
- Latinēlectrum
- New Latinēlectricus
- Englishelectric
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁ey-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éyti
- Proto-Hellenic*éimi
- Ancient Greekἰόν (ión)
- Englishion
- Englishelectron
- Englishelectronic
- Englishe-
- Englishreader
- Englishe-reader
Translations
Afrikaans e-boekleser, e-leser
- e-boekleserdevice
- e-leserdevice
Arabic قَارِئ اَلْكِتَاب اَلْإِلِكْتْرُونِيّ
- قَارِئ اَلْكِتَاب اَلْإِلِكْتْرُونِيّ (qāriʔ al-kitāb al-ʔiliktrōniyy)device
Catalan lector de llibres electrònics
- lector de llibres electrònicsdevice
Chinese Mandarin 電子閱讀器 /电子阅读器, 電紙書 /电纸书
- 電子閱讀器 /电子阅读器 (diànzǐ yuèdúqì)device
- 電紙書 /电纸书 (diànzhǐshū)device
- 墨水屏 (mòshuǐpíng)device
Czech čtečka
- čtečkadevice
Danish e-bogslæser
- e-bogslæserdevice
Dutch e-reader
- e-readerdevice
Esperanto bitlegilo
- bitlegilodevice
Estonian e-luger
- e-lugerdevice
Finnish lukulaite, e-lukulaite
- lukulaitedevice
- e-lukulaitedevice
French liseuse, e-reader
- liseusedevice
- e-readerdevice
- livre électroniquedevice
German E-Book-Lesegerät, E-Book-Reader
- E-Book-Lesegerätdevice
- E-Book-Readerdevice
- E-Readerdevice
Greek ηλεκτρονικός αναγνώστης
- ηλεκτρονικός αναγνώστης (ilektronikós anagnóstis)device
Hebrew קורא ספרים אלקטרוני
- קורא ספרים אלקטרוני (koré sfarím elektróni)device
Hindi ई-पाठक
- ई-पाठक (ī-pāṭhak)device
Icelandic lestölva
- lestölvadevice
Irish ríomhléitheoir
- ríomhléitheoirdevice
Italian lettore di ebook, lettore di libri elettronici
- lettore di ebookdevice
- lettore di libri elettronicidevice
- ebook readerdevice
- eReaderdevice
Japanese 電子リーダー, 電子ブックリーダー
- 電子リーダー (denshi-rīdā)device
- 電子ブックリーダー (denshi-bukkurīdā)device
- ｅブックリーダー (ī-bukkurīdā)device
- ｅリーダー (ī-rīdā)device
Korean e리더, 이북 리더
- e리더 (i-rideo)device
- 이북 리더 (ibuk rideo)device
- 이리더 (i-rideo)device
- 전자책 단말기 (jeonjachaek danmalgi)device
Polish czytnik książek elektronicznych, czytnik e-książek
- czytnik książek elektronicznychdevice
- czytnik e-książekdevice
- czytnik e-bookówdevice
- e-czytnikdevice
- czytnik ebookówdevice
- optondevice
Russian устро́йство для чте́ния электро́нных книг, электро́нный ри́дер
- устро́йство для чте́ния электро́нных книг (ustrójstvo dlja čténija elektrónnyx knig)device
- электро́нный ри́дер (elektrónnyj ríder)device
- цифрово́й ри́дер (cifrovój ríder)device
- чита́тель электро́нных книг (čitátelʹ elektrónnyx knig)device
Scottish Gaelic leughadair-d
- leughadair-ddevice
Spanish lector de libros electrónicos
- lector de libros electrónicosdevice
Swedish läsplatta
- läsplattadevice
Turkish e-kitap okuyucu
- e-kitap okuyucudevice
Ukrainian електронна книга
- електронна книга (elektronna knyha)device
Vietnamese máy đọc sách
- máy đọc sáchdevice
Welsh e-ddarllenydd
- e-ddarllenydddevice
Cite this entry
e-reader. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/e-reader
“e-reader.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/e-reader. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “e-reader,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/e-reader.
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