bible
English
/ˈbaɪbəl/
noun
Definitions
- An exemplar of the Bible (Bible).
- A comprehensive manual that describes something. (e.g., handyman’s bible).
- (nautical) : a piece of sandstone used for scouring wooden decks on ships.
- (at certain US universities) A compilation of problems and solutions from previous years of a given course, used by some students to cheat on tests or assignments.
- Omasum, the third compartment of the stomach of ruminants
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bible derived from Ancient Greek βιβλία (books).
Origin
Ancient Greek
βιβλία
Gloss
books
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Bible English
- antibiblical English
- biblical English
- biblicality English
- biblically English
- extrabiblical English
- nonbiblical English
- postbiblical English
- prebiblical English
- unbiblical English
- Biblia Latin
- biblia Latin
- biblia, Biblia Latin
- би́блия Russian
- βιβλία Ancient Greek
- bibel Norwegian Bokmål
- bibel Norwegian Nynorsk
- bible Middle English
- bible Old French
- Beibl Welsh
- bibel Middle High German
- 바이블 Korean
- ბიბლია Old Georgian
- 𐤂𐤁𐤋 Phoenician