bibliography
/ˌbɪbliˈɒɡɹəfi/bih-blee-O-gruh-fee
/ˌbɪbliˈɑɡɹəfi/bih-blee-AH-gruh-fee
Meaningbook writing
Common meaning: a list of books
- bibla book, scrollLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 150 · scan
- ioGreek linking form
- graphto scratch marks, hence to write or drawLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 317 · scan
- ynoun ending: study, state or act
‘a book, scroll’ + ‘to scratch marks, hence to write or draw’ → bibliography
Journey through time
- bibl — Greek βιβλίον “a book, scroll” (path traced)
- graph — Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) “to scratch marks, hence to write or draw” (path traced)
- Greekβιβλίον + γράφω (gráphō)‘a book, scroll + to scratch marks, hence to write or draw’
- Englishbibliography‘a list of books’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
- No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
- No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.
Origin: Built on Greek βιβλίον ‘a book, scroll’ + Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) ‘to scratch marks, hence to write or draw’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry γράφω (gráphō), p. 317 · dictionary scan
Roots
- βιβλίον Greek “a book, scroll”
- γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek “to scratch marks, hence to write or draw”
Related words
bibleautobiographyautographbiographycalligraphyepigraphethnographygeographylithographmonographorthographypalaeography
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