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Translate bookworm from English to French

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book worm:
- bibliomane; rat de bibliothèque
Wiktionary:
- bookworm → rat de bibliothèque, bibliophage, légomane
- bookworm → rat de bibliothèque

English

Detailed Translations for bookworm from English to French

bookworm:

Translation Matrix for bookworm:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	pedant; scholastic

Synonyms for "bookworm":

pedant; scholastic; scholar; scholarly person; bookman; student
reader

Related Definitions for "bookworm":

someone who spends a great deal of time reading¹
a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit¹

Wiktionary Translations for bookworm:

bookworm

noun

avid reader
- bookworm → rat de bibliothèque

bookworm

noun

Animal qui mange les livres.
- bibliophage → bookworm
littéraire|fr rare|fr passionné de lecture.
- légomane → bookworm
(figuré) (familier, fr) (term, parfois péjoratif) Personne qui fréquenter très souvent les bibliothèques ; personne qui passe son temps à lire et à compulser des ouvrages.
- rat de bibliothèque → bookworm; bibliophile

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• bookworm	→ rat de bibliothèque	↔ Bücherwurm — umgangssprachlich jemand, der viel in Büchern liest

book worm:

book worm [the ~] nom

the book worm (book smart)
le bibliomane; le rat de bibliothèque
- bibliomane [le ~] nom
- rat de bibliothèque [le ~] nom

Translation Matrix for book worm:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
bibliomane	book smart; book worm
rat de bibliothèque	book smart; book worm	scholastic

External Machine Translations:

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