The following table contains a vocabulary list covering various kinds of books, terms relating to newspapers and publishing, people involved in publishing as well as related verbs.
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| KINDS OF BOOKS AND PRINT | |
|---|---|
| advertising | la publicité |
| book | un livre |
| book | un livre |
| - autobiography | une autobiographie |
| - best-seller | un best-seller |
| - biography | une biographie |
| - book of adventure | un livre d’aventure |
| - fiction | un ouvrage de fiction |
| - mystery novel | un roman policier |
| - mystery novel | un roman policier |
| - non-fiction | un ouvrage nonromanesque |
| - paperback | un livre de poche |
| - plot | l’intrige (f) |
| - novel | un roman |
| - science-fiction book | un livre de science-fiction |
| bookstore | une librarie |
| comic book | un magazine de bandes dessinées |
| cookbook | un livre de cuisie |
| draft | un brouillon |
| guidebook | un guide |
| magazine | un magazine, une revue |
| newspaper | un journal |
| - article | un article |
| - classified | une petite annonce |
| - editorial | un éditorial |
| - front page | la une, la première page |
| - heading | une ribrique |
| - headline | une manchette |
| - illustration | une illustration |
| - interview | une interview |
| - news | les actualités |
| - obituary | une notice nécrologique |
| - photo | une photo(graphie) |
| - review | une critique |
| - weekly magazine | un hebdominaire |
| page | une page |
| pamphelet, brochure | une dépilant, une brochure |
| play | une pièce de théâtre |
| - comedy | une comédie |
| - drama | un drame |
| - musical | une comédie musicale |
| poetry | la poésie |
| printing edition | un tirage |
| reference book | un ouvrage de référence |
| - atlas | un atlas |
| - encyclopedia | une encyclopédie |
| - almanac | un almanach |
| - handbook | un manuel |
| short story | un conte |
| technical book | un livre de technologie |
| textbook | un manuel scolairemanuel scolaire |
| PARTS OF THE BOOK | |
| appendix | un appendice |
| cover | la couverture |
| footnotes | les notes de bas de page (f) |
| table of contents | un sommaire, la table des matières |
| text | le texte |
| title | un titre |
| un index | un index |
| chapter | un chapitre |
| paragraph | un paragraphe |
| PEOPLE | |
| author | un(e) auteur(e) |
| editor, proofreader (correcting) | un correcteur |
| edtior (writing) | un rédacteur |
| journalist | un(e) journalist(e) |
| poet | un poète |
| publisher | un éditeur |
| publishing house | une maison d’édition |
| reader | un lecteur, une lectrice |
| reporter | un(e) reporter, un(e) journalist(e) |
| writer | un(e) écrivain(e) |
| VERBS | |
| to publish | publier |
| to read | lire |
| to turn pages | tourner les pages, feuilleter |
| to write | écrire |
Related terms:
More resources:
- French book vocabulary (Frenchtoday.com)
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