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bookseller

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English

Etymology

From Middle English boksellere, bok-sillere, equivalent to book +‎ seller.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˈbʊksɛlɚ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Noun

bookseller (plural booksellers)

A person engaged in the business of selling books.
A business that sells books.

Synonyms

bibliopole, bibliopolist
(person): bookman

Derived terms

booksellerish

Translations

person

Arabic: كتابى sg or m, كتبي sg or m or c
Asturian: llibreru m
Belarusian: букіні́ст m (bukiníst) (a seller of second hand books)
Catalan: llibreter (ca) m, llibretera (ca) f, llibrer m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 賣書者／卖书者 (màishūzhě)
Czech: knihkupec m
Danish: boghandler c
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: kirjakauppias (fi) (one who runs his own business); kirjamyyjä (one who works for someone)
French: libraire (fr) m or f
Friulian: librâr m
Galician: libreiro (gl) m
German: Buchhändler (de) m, Buchhändlerin (de) f, Buchverkäufer (de) m, Buchverkäuferin (de) f
Greek:
Ancient: βιβλιοπώλης m (bibliopṓlēs)
Hungarian: könyvárus (hu)
Ido: libristo (io), librovendisto (io)
Italian: libraio (it) m, libraia (it) f
Latin: librārius m, bibliopola c
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: knygų pardavėjas m, knygininkas m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bokhandler (no) m

Nynorsk: bokhandlar m
Occitan: librari m
Ottoman Turkish: كتابجی (kitabcı)
Polish: księgarz (pl) m, bukinista (pl) m
Portuguese: livreiro (pt) m
Romanian: librar (ro) m
Russian: книготорго́вец (ru) m (knigotorgóvec), продаве́ц книг m (prodavéc knig), букини́ст (ru) (bukiníst) (usually of second-hand or ancient books)
Serbo-Croatian: knjižar (sh) m
Sicilian: libbraru m
Slovak: kníhkupec m
Spanish: librero (es) m, librera (es) f
Swedish: bokhandlare (sv) c
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: kitapçı (tr)
Ukrainian: книгопродаве́ць m (knyhoprodavécʹ), букіні́ст (uk) m (bukiníst)
Venetan: łibrer m, librer m, librar m
Volapük: (♂♀) bukiselan (vo), (♂) bukihiselan, (♀) bukijiselan
Yoruba: atàwé, tàwé-tàwé

business

Chinese:
Mandarin: 書商／书商 (zh) (shūshāng)
Danish: boghandel (da) c
Finnish: kirjakauppa (fi)
Greek:
Ancient: βιβλιοπωλεῖον n (bibliopōleîon)
Lithuanian: knygynas m
Norwegian: bokhandel (no) m
Polish: księgarnia (pl) f
Portuguese: livraria (pt) f
Russian: книготорго́вля (ru) f (knigotorgóvlja), кни́жный магази́н (ru) m (knížnyj magazín) (bookshop)
Swedish: bokhandel (sv) c, boklåda (sv) c
Turkish: kitapçı (tr)

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