e-reader

See also: E-Reader

English

Alternative forms

• ereader, eReader

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor.

Latin ēlectrum

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icus

New Latin ēlectricusbor.

English electric

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey-

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti

Proto-Hellenic *éimi

Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión)der.

English ion

blend

English electron

▲

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -iquebor.

▲

Latin -icusbor.

Middle English -ik

English -ic

English electronic

English e-

English reader

English e-reader

From e- + reader.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈiˌɹidɚ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

e-reader (plural e-readers)

1. 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 Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎^[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 October 2026:

     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

• e-book reader

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

Dutch

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English e-reader.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiː.riː.dər/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: e-rea‧der

Noun

e-reader m (plural e-readers, no diminutive)

1. e-reader

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English e-reader.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈri.der/
• Rhymes: -ider

Noun

e-reader m (invariable)

1. (electronics, neologism) e-reader

   Synonym: e-book

See also

• e-book

Further reading

• “e-reader”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• eradere, eredare