| Principal Translations/Principales traductions |
| book | n | (written work) | livre nm |
| | familier | bouquin nm |
| I'm reading a very good book. |
| She has many books in her shelves. |
| Je suis en train de lire un très bon livre. |
| Elle a beaucoup de bouquins sur ses étagères. |
| book | vtr | (reserve a place) | réserver⇒ vtr |
| We're going to book seats on the early flight. |
| Nous allons réserver des billets pour le premier vol. |
| book | vtr | (police: charge) juridique | arrêter⇒ vtr |
| The police booked the suspects for murder. |
| La police a arrêté le suspect pour meurtre. |
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| Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires |
| book | adj | (of, about books) | en livres adj inv |
| | littéraire | es livres adj inv |
| Sidney is a book expert. |
| Sidney est un spécialiste en livres. |
| Sidney est un expert es livres. |
| book | adj | (finance: pro forma) finance | comptable adj |
| The merchandise should sell at book value. |
| La marchandise devrait se vendre à sa valeur comptable. |
| book | n | (volume) d'une série | volume nm |
| The first book in the series is a good one. |
| Le premier volume de la série est bien. |
| book | n | (part of a written work) | chapitre nm |
| | chapitre | livre nm |
| The last book of the novel is very exciting. |
| Le dernier chapitre du roman est très intéressant. |
| Le dernier livre du roman est très intéressant. |
| book | n | (book: the Bible) religion | livre nm |
| The Bible begins with the Book of Genesis. |
| La Bible commence avec le Livre de la Genèse. |
| book | n | (music: libretto) | scénario nm |
| The producer liked the book for the musical, and decided to stage it. |
| Le producteur ayant aimé le scénario de la comédie musicale, il a décidé de la mettre en scène. |
| book | n | (betting: record) | pari nm |
| Let's open a book on whether John and Jane will actually get married next week. |
| Ouvrons les paris sur le fait que John et Jane se marieront vraiment la semaine prochaine. |
| book | n | (packet) | traduction non disponible |
| I wrote her number on a matchbook. |
| book | vi | (reserved, full) | réserver⇒ vtr |
| The ballroom was booked yesterday. |
| La salle de bal était réservée hier. |
| book | vtr | (record) | enregistrer⇒, inscrire⇒ vtr |
| Erin booked the sale in her ledger. |
| Erin enregistra (or: inscrivit) la vente dans son journal. |
| book | vtr | (hire, engage) | engager⇒ vtr |
| The parents are going to book a clown for the party. |
| Les parents vont engager un clown pour la fête. |
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| Compound Forms/Formes composées |
| account book | n | US (accounting ledger) | livre de comptes nm |
| The bookmaker kept two sets of account books: one for the tax man, and another for his investors. |
| | | livre comptable nm |
| address book | n | (book of contact details) | carnet d'adresses nm |
| My address book used to be an actual book, but now it's a file on my computer. |
| Je conserve un carnet d'adresses papier en cas de panne d'ordinateur. |
| alphabet book | | livre de l'alphabet | abécédaire nm |
| answer book | n | (book of solutions to exercises) Scol | livre du maître, livre de l'enseignant nm |
| I purchased the math texbook, but did not buy the answer book. |
| J'ai acheté le manuel, mais je n'ai pas acheté le livre de l'enseignant. |
| association book | | | exemplaire annoté |
| attendance book | n | (register of those present) Scol | cahier de présence, cahier d'appel nm |
| Students need to sign the attendance book at the beginning of class. |
| audio book | n | (recording of a book) | livre audio nm |
| Note: also one word "audiobook" |
| Truck drivers check out lots of audiobooks from the public library. |
| Certains acteurs célèbres ont participé à des livres audio. |
| bank book | | | livret de banque |
| bank-book | | | livret de banque |
| bill book | | livre | échéancier nm |
| black book | | | en défaveur |
| block book | | | réservation de groupe nf |
| block-book | | | réservation de groupe nf |
| blue book | n | US (a price list, especially of cars) | argus nm |
| Never buy a used car until you have checked its blue book value. |
| book agent | | | agent littéraire |
| book bag | n | (satchel) | cartable nm |
| My homework was in my book bag, but now I can't find it. |
| Sa fille a oublié son cartable à l'école, super excuse pour ne pas faire ses devoirs ! |
| book burning, book-burning | n | (destroying books for ideological reasons) | autodafé nm |
| The book burnings were based on the Church's views on scientific matters. |
| book card | | | fiche du livre |
| book club | n | (reading group) | club de lecture nm |
| My book club meets the first Monday of every month to discuss a new book. |
| | | cercle de lecture nm |
| book collecting | | | collection de livres |
| book collector | | | collectionneur de livres |
| book corner | | | coin du livre |
| book cover | n | (outer cover of a book) | couverture de livre nf |
| There are few bookbinders who can repair the gilt lettering on leather book covers. |
| book credit | | | crédit-client nm |
| book end, bookend | n | (support that keeps books in place) | serre-livres nm inv |
| book fair | n | (fair for selling books) | salon du livre nm |
| There is a large book fair in the main square of La Habana. |
| | | foire du livre nf |
| book house | | | maison d'édition nf |
| book in | | | réserver v |
| book into | | | faire une réservation (dans un hôtel) v |
| book jacket | n | (removable paper covering of a book) | jaquette nf |
| The library covers book jackets with plastic so they will look nice longer. |
| book knowledge | n | (theory) | connaissance livresque nf |
| book learning | | | connaissance puisée dans les livres nf |
| book list | | | palmarès nm |
| book lover | n | (bibliophile: sb who enjoys reading) | amateur de livres, de lecture nm |
| Ma mère est une grande amatrice de livres : elle peut en lire plusieurs en même temps ! |
| | fig | rat de bibliothèque nm |
| | | amoureux des livres nm |
| Amoureux des livres depuis sa plus tendre enfance, il finit par épouser une libraire. |
| book name | | | titre du livre nm |
| book of common prayer | | | missel nm |
| book of hours | | | livre d'heures |
| book of magic spells | | | grimoire nm |
| book out | | (hotel) hôtel | régler la note v |
| book plate | n | (ex libris) | ex-libris nm |
| book post | | | tarif livres nm |
| book printing | | | impression de livres |
| book production | | | reliure nf |
| book publisher | | | éditeur nm |
| book publishing | | | édition nf |
| book read | | | livre lu |
| book rest | | | support à livres nm |
| book review | n | (critique of a book) | critique littéraire nf |
| book reviewer | | | critique littéraire |
| book signing | n | (event at which author autographs books) | séance de dédicace nf |
| The bookshop was very crowded in anticipation of the book signing. |
| book size | | | format de livre |
| book society | | | société littéraire nf |
| book support | | | appui-livres nm |
| book table | | | table-bibliothèque nf |
| book up | vtr | (reserve fully) | réserver la totalité loc v |
| Note: usually as adj. participle (booked up) |
| There was no room at the hotel; they were completely booked up for the summer. |
| Les organisateurs du congrès ont réservé la totalité des chambres de l'hôtel. |
| | | complet adj |
| Il n'y avait plus de chambre à l'hôtel : tout était complet. |
| book value | n | (theoretical net value) | valeur comptable nf |
| Buying that car at far less than book value was a great bargain. |
| book-learning | | | connaissance puisée dans les livres nf |
| book-maker | | | concepteur de livres nm |
| book-taught | | | enseigné dans les livres |
| book-work | | | livre d'artiste |
| bound book | | | livre relié |
| by the rule book | | | dans les règles |
| cash-book | | | livre de caisse |
| cheque book, chequebook, US: checkbook | n | UK (book of blank money orders) | chéquier nm |
| I rarely use my cheque book these days as I pay most of my bills using my debit card. |
| I was frantic when I discovered that my checkbook was missing after the men left. |
| Zut ! Je n'ai plus qu'un chèque dans mon chéquier ! |
| | | carnet de chèques nm |
| Il dispose d'un carnet de chèques bien garni : pourtant, il n'arrête pas de l'utiliser. |
| children's book | n | (book intended for children) | livre pour enfants nm |
| During his career, the artist illustrated several children's books. |
| | | album pour enfants nm |
| | | littérature pour enfants, littérature (de) jeunesse nf |
| church book | | | missel nm |
| closed book | n | figurative (sb or sth who is mysterious, hard to know) | mystère nm |
| Whilst he lived, the singer carefully guarded his privacy; his personal life remained a closed book until after his death. |
| Cet homme est un véritable mystère : impossible de savoir quoi que ce soit sur sa vie. |
| closed book | n | literal (book that is not open) | livre fermé nm |
| The letter is on the desk right under that closed book. |
| La lettre se trouve sur le bureau, juste sous ce livre fermé. |
| code book | | manuel | code nm |
| coffee-table book | n | (large illustrated hardback book) | beau livre nm |
| coloring book | | US | livre de coloriage |
| colouring book, US: coloring book | n | (book of pictures in outline for children to colour) | album de coloriage nm |
| I always take colouring books on long journeys to keep the children amused. |
| Je prends toujours des albums de coloriage pour les enfants durant les longs trajets. |
| | | livre de coloriage nm |
| comic book | n | (comic-strip magazine or book) | bande dessinée nf |
| I loved to read comic books as a kid. Superman comic books were my favorite. |
| J'adorais lire des bandes dessinées quand j'étais jeune. |
| | fam | B.D. nf |
| Il est dessinateur de B.D. // As-tu lu sa dernière B.D. ? |
| | | album de bandes dessinées nm |
| comic book illustrator | n | (artist of graphic novels or magazines) | dessinateur de bande dessinée, de BD nm |
| La Belgique regorge de dessinateurs de BD de talent. |
| cook book, cookbook | n | (volume of recipes) | livre de cuisine, livre de recettes nm |
| Her mother-in-law gave her a cookbook for Christmas. |
| Je ne ferai jamais toutes les recettes qu'il y a dans mes livres de cuisine, mais j'aime bien regarder les photos. |
| cookery book | n | UK (book of recipes) | livre de cuisine nm |
| I have many cookery books but they all have different versions of the same recipe. |
| J'adore les livres de cuisine, mais je n'arrive jamais à faire des plats aussi jolis que sur les photos. |
| | | livre de recettes nm |
| course book, coursebook | n | (textbook used for study) | manuel nm |
| The recommended course book for this semester is available at all good book shops. |
| | | livre de classe nm |
| day book | n | (diary, daily log book) | agenda nm |
| I would be completely lost without my day book, my whole life is in there. |
| Sans mon agenda, je raterais tous mes rendez-vous. |
| devour a book | v | figurative (read a book eagerly) | dévorer un livre⇒ vtr |
| Cynthia is an avid reader and she often sets aside an hour or two each weekend to devour a book. |
| Cynthia est une lectrice avide qui se prend une heure ou deux chaque week-end pour dévorer un livre. |
| diet book | | | livre de régime nm |
| display book | n | (document folder with clear sleeves) | protège-documents nm |
| You can display 20 separate pages of information in a 10-pocket display book. |
| | | porte-vues nm |
| | | lutin nm |
| don't judge a book by the cover, don't judge a book by its cover | interj | proverb (appearances can be deceptive) | il ne faut pas se fier aux apparences, ne te fie pas aux apparences expr |
| She definitely looks trustworthy, but don't judge a book by its cover. |
| | | les apparences sont souvent trompeuses expr |
| | proverbe | l'habit ne fait pas le moine expr |
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