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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesargumentaire
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tɛʁ/
"Le livre contient un argumentaire élogieux au dos de la couverture."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A short promotional piece written to advertise or praise a creative work, such as a book, film, or album, typically printed on the cover or in advertisements.
"The novel features an enthusiastic blurb from a bestselling author on its front cover."
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To write or provide a promotional blurb for a publication or product.
"Several prominent critics were asked to blurb the upcoming biography."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined in 1907 by the American humorist Gelett Burgess, who invented the word to describe a self-laudatory promotional blurb on a book jacket. He used the image of a fictitious pneumatic girl named Belinda Blurball, combining onomatopoeia with playful journalistic slang.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Blurb" is said worldwide
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argumentaire
Transliteration: /aʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃.tɛʁ/
"Le livre contient un argumentaire élogieux au dos de la couverture."
Klappentext
Transliteration: /ˈklapn̩ˌtɛkst/
"Der Klappentext gab einen guten Überblick über den Inhalt des Romans."
quarta di copertina
Transliteration: /ˈkwarta di ko.perˈti.na/
"Ha scritto una recensione entusiasta per la quarta di copertina."
faja
Transliteration: /ˈfa.xa/
"La faja del libro destacaba el premio que había ganado el autor."
sinopse
Transliteration: /siˈnɔp.si/
"A sinopse na contracapa atraiu a atenção de muitos leitores."
प्रशंसा-वचन
Transliteration: prashansa-vachan
"पुस्तक के आवरण पर एक प्रसिद्ध लेखक के प्रशंसा-वचन लिखे हैं।"
简介
Transliteration: jiǎnjiè
"这本书的封底有一段很吸引人的简介。"
추천사
Transliteration: chu-cheon-sa
"소설 표지에는 유명 평론가의 호평 어린 추천사가 실려 있다."
推薦文
Transliteration: suisenbun
"本の帯には著名作家による魅力的な推薦文が載っている。"
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