publishing house

noun

A company that produces books, magazines, brochures and other texts in print or electronic form.

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publisherpublishing firmpublishing company
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Meanings

nounpublishing house (plural publishing houses)

plural publishing houses

  1. A company that produces books, magazines, brochures and other texts in print or electronic form.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna firm in the publishing business

Similar
publisherpublishing firmpublishing company
Broader
firmhousebusiness firm
Also see
printerprinting housepublisher

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Afrikaans uitgewery
  • uitgewerycompany that produces books — see also publisher
Arabic دَار نَشْر, نَشْر
  • دَار نَشْر (dār našr)company that produces books — see also publisher
  • نَشْر (našr)company that produces books — see also publisher
Bulgarian издателска къща, изда́телство
  • издателска къща (izdatelska kăšta)company that produces books — see also publisher
  • изда́телство (izdátelstvo)company that produces books — see also publisher
Catalan editorial
  • editorialcompany that produces books — see also publisher
Chinese Mandarin 出版社, 書局 /书局
  • 出版社 (chūbǎnshè)company that produces books — see also publisher
  • 書局 /书局 (shūjú)company that produces books — see also publisher
  • 書社 /书社 (shūshè)company that produces books — see also publisher
Czech nakladatelství
  • nakladatelstvícompany that produces books — see also publisher
Dutch uitgeverij
  • uitgeverijcompany that produces books — see also publisher
Finnish kustantamo, kirjankustantamo
  • kustantamocompany that produces books — see also publisher
  • kirjankustantamocompany that produces books — see also publisher
French maison d'édition
  • maison d'éditioncompany that produces books — see also publisher
German Verlag, Verlagshaus
  • Verlagcompany that produces books — see also publisher
  • Verlagshauscompany that produces books — see also publisher
  • Verlagsgesellschaftcompany that produces books — see also publisher
Greek εκδοτικός οίκος
  • εκδοτικός οίκος (ekdotikós oíkos)company that produces books — see also publisher
Hindi प्रकाशक, प्रकाशन
  • प्रकाशक (prakāśak)company that produces books — see also publisher
  • प्रकाशन (prakāśan)company that produces books — see also publisher
Hungarian kiadó
  • kiadócompany that produces books — see also publisher
Italian casa editrice, editore
  • casa editricecompany that produces books — see also publisher
  • editorecompany that produces books — see also publisher
Japanese 出版社
  • 出版社 (shuppansha)company that produces books — see also publisher
Korean 출판사
  • 출판사 (chulpansa)company that produces books — see also publisher
Latin domus editoria, societas editrix
  • domus editoriacompany that produces books — see also publisher
  • societas editrixcompany that produces books — see also publisher
  • officina librariacompany that produces books — see also publisher
Lithuanian leidykla
  • leidyklacompany that produces books — see also publisher
Norwegian Bokmål forlag
  • forlagcompany that produces books — see also publisher
Polish wydawnictwo
  • wydawnictwocompany that produces books — see also publisher
Portuguese editora, editorial
  • editoracompany that produces books — see also publisher
  • editorialcompany that produces books — see also publisher
Romanian editură
  • editurăcompany that produces books — see also publisher
Russian изда́тельство
  • изда́тельство (izdátelʹstvo)company that produces books — see also publisher
Slovak nakladateľstvo
  • nakladateľstvocompany that produces books — see also publisher
Spanish editorial
  • editorialcompany that produces books — see also publisher
Swedish förlag
  • förlagcompany that produces books — see also publisher
Tamil பதிப்பகம்
  • பதிப்பகம் (patippakam)company that produces books — see also publisher
Turkish yayınevi
  • yayınevicompany that produces books — see also publisher
Ukrainian видавни́цтво
  • видавни́цтво (vydavnýctvo)company that produces books — see also publisher
Vietnamese nhà xuất bản
  • nhà xuất bảncompany that produces books — see also publisher
Cite this entry
APA

publishing house. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/publishing%20house

MLA

“publishing house.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/publishing%20house. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “publishing house,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/publishing%20house.

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