sketchbook

English

Etymology

sketch +‎ book

Noun

sketchbook (plural sketchbooks)

1. A book or pad with blank pages for sketching; a sketch pad.
2. A book of printed sketches.
   • 2005, Wendy Baker, Compact Sketchbook of Blinds, →ISBN:

     This compact sketchbook displays every style of blinds imaginable, from rollers to Romans and from London to Austrian blinds.

   • 2012, Tony Hunt, Sir Norman Foster, Tony Hunt's Second Sketchbook, →ISBN, page iv:

     Since writing the preface for my sketchbook, I have, of course, been involved in a number of more recent projects where I have sketched ideas for structural solutions.

   • 2013, Bahamas Sketchbook: Islands in the Sun, →ISBN, page 11:

     This sketchbook provides an artist's impression in watercolours and drawings of the city's varied past, linked to the buildings and neighbourhoods still here today, as well as a glimpse of some of the beautifully conserved historic settlements on nearby islands.

3. (dated) A printed book of literary sketches or skits.

Synonyms

• (book for sketching): visual diary

Translations

book or pad with blank pages for sketching

• Arabic: دفتر رسم m (daftar rasm)
• Armenian: էսքիզների տետր (ēskʻizneri tetr); նկարչական ալբոմ (nkarčʻakan albom)
• Belarusian: альбо́м m (alʹbóm), блакно́т m (blaknót), скетчбу́к m (skjetčbúk)
• Bulgarian: ски́цник m (skícnik)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 素描本 (sùmiáoběn)

• Czech: skicák m
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• Dutch: schetsboek (nl) n
• Esperanto: skizlibro
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• Finnish: luonnoslehtiö (pad); luonnoskirja (book)
• French: carnet de croquis m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Skizzenbuch (de) n
• Hungarian: vázlatfüzet (hu)
• Irish: leabhar sceitseála m
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: skisseblokk m or f, skissebok m or f

• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: szkicownik m
• Russian: скетчбу́к (ru) m (sketčbúk), блокно́т (ru) m (bloknót), альбо́м (ru) m (alʹbóm)
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• Swedish: skissbok c
• Turkish: eskiz defteri, taslak defteri
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• Volapük: skätabuk, skätamabuk