reference work

English

Etymology

reference + work

Noun

reference work (plural reference works)

1. A compendium of information, which is not intended to be read from beginning to end, and is compiled for ease of reference. Examples include encyclopedias and dictionaries.

Translations

compendium of information

• Finnish: hakuteos (fi)
• German: Nachschlagewerk (de) n
• Polish: vademecum (pl) n, informator (pl) m, poradnik (pl) m

• Romanian: lucrare de referință (ro) f, compendiu de consultare (ro) n
• Russian: справочный материал (ru) (správočnyj materiál) m,(usually in plural :)справочные материалы (ru) (správočnyje materiály) pl

See also

• Reference work on Wikipedia.Wikipedia