Meanings
nounpicture book (plural picture books)
plural picture books · alternative picturebook
- A book for young children in which the narrative is accompanied by illustrations.
The picture-book village of Debenham is four miles away.
2025 October 15, Stephen Roberts, “Top 10: Railway retreats: Brockford Sidings, Suffolk”, in RAIL, number 1046, page 58
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 繪本 /绘本, 連環畫 /连环画
- 繪本 /绘本 (huìběn)a book for young children with illustrations
- 連環畫 /连环画 (liánhuánhuà)a book for young children with illustrations
- 圖畫書 /图画书 (túhuàshū)a book for young children with illustrations
- 小兒書 /小儿书 (xiǎo'érshū)a book for young children with illustrations
Danish billedbog
- billedboga book for young children with illustrations
Dutch prentenboek
- prentenboeka book for young children with illustrations
Finnish kuvakirja
- kuvakirjaa book for young children with illustrations
French livre d'image
- livre d'imagea book for young children with illustrations
German Bilderbuch
- Bilderbucha book for young children with illustrations
Hungarian képeskönyv
- képeskönyva book for young children with illustrations
Indonesian buku bergambar
- buku bergambara book for young children with illustrations
Italian libro illustrato
- libro illustratoa book for young children with illustrations
Japanese 絵本
- 絵本 (ehon)a book for young children with illustrations
Korean 그림책
- 그림책 (geurimchaek)a book for young children with illustrations
Norwegian billedbok
- billedboka book for young children with illustrations
Polish książka obrazkowa
- książka obrazkowaa book for young children with illustrations
Portuguese livro ilustrado, livro de figuras
- livro ilustradoa book for young children with illustrations
- livro de figurasa book for young children with illustrations
Russian кни́жка с карти́нками
- кни́жка с карти́нками (knížka s kartínkami)a book for young children with illustrations
Spanish libro ilustrado
- libro ilustradoa book for young children with illustrations
Swedish bilderbok
- bilderboka book for young children with illustrations
Welsh llyfr lluniau
- llyfr lluniaua book for young children with illustrations
Cite this entry
APA
picture book. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/picture%20book
MLA
“picture book.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/picture%20book. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “picture book,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/picture%20book.
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