phrasebook

• phrase book, phrase-book

From phrase +‎ book.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɹeɪzbʊk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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phrasebook (plural phrasebooks)

1. A book containing common phrases in two or more languages, used to learn a foreign language.
2. A usually pocket-sized book consisting of everyday expressions and vocabulary in two languages and intended for travellers who wish to communicate with locals while in other countries.
   • 1996, Paul Heaton, Dave Rotheray, “Alone”, in Blue Is the Colour, performed by The Beautiful South:

     He knows, ‘Hello’ in eighteen languages / ‘I love you’ in only one / By the time he's got his phrasebook / The chance is usually gone

phrasebook

1. (uncommon) Of or pertaining to a phrasebook.
2. (uncommon, idiomatic) Of one's fluency of a language, limited or deficient.

• Category:Phrasebooks by language

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “phrasebook”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “phrasebook”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “phrase book”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.