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

English

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Etymology

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From e- +‎ book.

Noun

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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

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English ebook.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ebook m (plural ebooks)

  1. e-book

Usage notes

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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.