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10 Language-to-English Dictionarieslivre de corne
Pronunciation / Transliteration: livʁ də kɔʁn
"Le livre de corne était utilisé au Moyen Âge pour enseigner l'alphabet aux enfants."
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A historical type of primer formerly used in elementary schools, consisting of a sheet of parchment containing the alphabet, protected by a thin plate of translucent horn.
"Children in the colonial era learned their letters by reading from a wooden hornbook." - 2
An elementary treatise or introductory book on a subject; a manual.
"The professor wrote a concise hornbook on constitutional law for first-year students."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the late Middle English period, combining 'horn' and 'book'. It originally referred to a primer consisting of a single leaf of parchment or paper containing the alphabet and usually the Lord's Prayer, mounted on a wooden tablet and protected by a thin layer of transparent animal horn.
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livre de corne
Transliteration: livʁ də kɔʁn
"Le livre de corne était utilisé au Moyen Âge pour enseigner l'alphabet aux enfants."
Hornfibel
Transliteration: hɔʁnˌfiːbl̩
"Die Hornfibel diente im Mittelalter als erstes Lesebuch für Schüler."
hornbook
Transliteration: hornbook
"L'hornbook era un sussidiario scolastico protetto da una lamina di corno."
cartilla
Transliteration: kaɾˈti.ʎa
"Los niños aprendían a leer usando una cartilla de madera protegida con cuerno."
cartilha
Transliteration: kaɾˈti.ʎɐ
"A cartilha era o livro escolar básico usado nos séculos passados."
प्रारंभिक पाठ्यपुस्तक
Transliteration: prārambhik pāṭhyapustak
"प्राचीन काल में बच्चे शुरुआती शिक्षा के लिए हॉर्नबुक का उपयोग करते थे।"
角板书
Transliteration: jiǎo bǎn shū
"角板书是中世纪儿童学习字母的启蒙读物。"
혼북
Transliteration: hon-buk
"혼북은 투명한 뿔판으로 덮인 역사적인 초등 입문서이다."
ホーンブック
Transliteration: hōn-bukku
"ホーンブックは、かつて子供たちがアルファベットを学ぶために使った教材です。"
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