ebook

See also: eBook, e-book, and E-Book

English

Etymology

e- +‎ book

Noun

ebook (plural ebooks)

1. Alternative spelling of e-book
   • 2009 January 23, Simon Jenkins, “Old is new. Even Gutenberg's ghost has returned to live in Silicon Valley”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Technology's constant attempts to re-invent the "ebook" prove only the vigour of the real thing.

Anagrams

• booke

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English ebook.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈbuk/ [iˈβ̞uk]
• Rhymes: -uk

Noun

ebook m (plural ebooks)

1. e-book

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.