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Meaning of Bookworm | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

ˈbʊk.wɜːm

Definitions

Any of various insects that infest books.
An avid book reader.
figuratively

Equivalents

العربية المثقّف قراء

Bosanski библиофил

Català lletraferida lletraferit

Čeština knihomol

Dansk bogorm læsehest

Deutsch Bücherbohrer Bücherwurm Leseratte

Ελληνικά βιβλιοφάγος βιβλιόφιλος φιλαναγνώστης

Español comelibros letraherido ratón de biblioteca tragalibros

Suomi kirjatoukka lukutoukka

Français bibliophage papivore rat de bibliothèque

हिन्दी किताबी कीड़ा पुस्तक कीट

Hrvatski библиофил

Magyar könyvmoly

Bahasa Indonesia kutu buku

Italiano bibliofago topo di biblioteca

日本語書痴本の虫本読み

ქართული წიგნის ჭია

한국어 독서광 좀 책벌레

Македонски книгољубец

Bahasa Melayu kutu buku ulat buku

Nederlands boekenwurm

ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਕਿਤਾਬੀ ਕੀੜਾ

Polski książkojad mól książkowy

Português bibliófago rato de biblioteca traça

Română șoarece de bibliotecă

Русский библиофил книгое́д книголюб книгоче́й кни́жная вошь кни́жник книжный червь

Српски библиофил

Svenska bokmål bokslukare läslus

ไทย หนอนหนังสือ

Tagalog palabasa

Türkçe kitap kurdu

Українська бібліофіл книголю́б книжник

Tiếng Việt mọt sách

Yorùbá igi iwe

Examples

““This,” remarked the sedate observer beside me, “is a bookworm,—one of those men who are born to gnaw dead thoughts. His clothes, you see, are covered with the dust of libraries.”

CEFR level

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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