English
Etymology
From must + read.
Pronunciation
Noun
must-read (plural must-reads)
- A book, article, etc. that one is strongly recommended to read.
Usage notes
- This word usually refers to a specific publication. One doesn't say, for example, "French newspapers are must-reads to improve your French."
Translations
product strongly recommended to read
- Danish: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: no equivalent term in Finnish (the verb lukea (“to read”) is used as part of the standard grammatical structure for expressing need, such as on luettava, on pakko lukea, täytyy lukea, pitää lukea)
- German: Pflichtlektüre (de) f (which however also means a book which one is not only recommended but required to read, sometimes called set book in English)
- Russian: мастри́д m (mastríd); кни́га, обязательная к прочтению (kníga, objazatelʹnaja k pročteniju)
- Japanese: 必読 (hitsudoku)
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