softback

• Nom désignant un livre à couverture souple ou en papier cartonné, par opposition à un livre relié avec une couverture rigide.

A noun referring to a book that has a flexible paper cover, as opposed to a hardcover.

1. Book with paper coversB1formal

   A book that has a flexible paper cover, as opposed to a hardcover.

   Livre de poche

   • I prefer buying softback books because they are lighter to carry.
   • The novel was released in softback a year after the hardcover edition.
   • She collected softback editions of all her favorite authors.

   Synonymespaperbacksoft-cover

   Antonymeshardbackhardcover