🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

encuadernado en cuero

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /eŋ.kwad.eɾˈna.ðo en ˈkwe.ɾo/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Leatherbound/ˈleð.ɚ.baʊnd/
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El testamento antiguo estaba encuadernado en cuero."

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1 sense
As adjective
  1. 1

    Bound in covers made of leather, typically referring to books.

    "He carefully placed the antique leatherbound volume back onto the mahogany shelf."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of the noun 'leather' (from Old English 'lether') and the past participle of 'bind' (from Old English 'bindan'). The term emerged in the early modern bookbinding era to describe volumes encased in animal hide for durability and prestige.

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