English
Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Ancient Greek εἶμι (eîmi)der. English e-reader
From e- + reader.
Pronunciation
Noun
e-reader (plural e-readers)
- A hardware device or software program used to read e-books.
2019 June 27, Jack Schofield, “What’s the best cheap tablet or e-reader for PDF files?”, in The Guardian[1]:I am looking for an e-reader for technical papers. These are usually only available in fixed, non-reflowable, PDF format and sized for printing on A4 paper. […] Indeed, so many people need to read PDF files for business and educational research purposes, there are e-readers designed for the task.
Synonyms
Translations
device
- Afrikaans: e-boekleser (af), e-leser (af)
- Arabic: قَارِئ اَلْكِتَاب اَلْإِلِكْتْرُونِيّ m (qāriʔ al-kitāb al-ʔiliktrōniyy)
- Armenian: ելեկտրոնային ընթերցիչ (elektronayin əntʻercʻičʻ)
- Catalan: lector de llibres electrònics m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 電子閱讀器 / 电子阅读器 (diànzǐ yuèdúqì), 電紙書 / 电纸书 (zh) (diànzhǐshū), 墨水屏 (mòshuǐpíng)
- Czech: čtečka (cs) f
- Danish: e-bogslæser c
- Dutch: e-reader (nl) m
- Esperanto: bitlegilo
- Estonian: e-luger
- Finnish: lukulaite (fi), e-lukulaite
- French: liseuse (fr) f, e-reader (fr) m, livre électronique (fr) m
- Georgian: ელწამკითხველი (elc̣amḳitxveli), ელწიგნების წამკითხველი (elc̣ignebis c̣amḳitxveli), ელექტრონული წიგნების წამკითხველი (elekṭronuli c̣ignebis c̣amḳitxveli)
- German: E-Book-Lesegerät n, E-Book-Reader (de) m, E-Reader (de) m
- Greek: ηλεκτρονικός αναγνώστης m (ilektronikós anagnóstis)
- Hebrew: קורא ספרים אלקטרוני m (koré sfarím elektróni)
- Hindi: ई-पाठक (ī-pāṭhak)
- Icelandic: lestölva f
- Ido: e-lektilo
- Indonesian: please add this translation if you can
- Irish: ríomhléitheoir m
- Italian: lettore di ebook m, lettore di libri elettronici m, ebook reader m, eReader m
- Japanese: 電子リーダー (denshi-rīdā), 電子ブックリーダー (denshi-bukkurīdā), ｅブックリーダー (ī-bukkurīdā), ｅリーダー (ī-rīdā)
- Kannada: please add this translation if you can
- Khmer: please add this translation if you can
- Korean: e리더 (i-rideo), 이북 리더 (ibuk rideo), 이리더 (i-rideo), 전자책 단말기 (jeonjachaek danmalgi)
- Macedonian: е-читач m (e-čitač)
- Maltese: please add this translation if you can
- Persian: please add this translation if you can
- Polish: czytnik książek elektronicznych (pl) m, czytnik e-książek (pl) m, czytnik e-booków (pl) m, e-czytnik (pl) m, czytnik ebooków m, opton (pl)
- Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
- Russian: устро́йство для чте́ния электро́нных книг n (ustrójstvo dlja čténija elektrónnyx knig), электро́нный ри́дер m (elektrónnyj ríder), цифрово́й ри́дер m (cifrovój ríder), чита́тель электро́нных книг m (čitátelʹ elektrónnyx knig)
- Scottish Gaelic: leughadair-d m
- Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
- Spanish: lector de libros electrónicos m
- Swedish: läsplatta (sv) c
- Tagalog: please add this translation if you can
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
- Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: e-kitap okuyucu
- Ukrainian: електронна книга f (elektronna knyha)
- Vietnamese: máy đọc sách
- Welsh: e-ddarllenydd m
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Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English e-reader.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iˈri.der/
- Rhymes: -ider
Noun
e-reader m (invariable)
- (electronics, neologism) e-reader
- Synonym: e-book
See also
Further reading
- e-reader in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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