dictionary

dic·tion·ar·y  (dksh-nr)

n. pl. dic·tion·ar·ies

1. A reference book containing an alphabetical list of words, with information given for each word, usually including meaning, pronunciation, and etymology.

2. A book listing the words of a language with translations into another language.

3. A book listing words or other linguistic items in a particular category or subject with specialized information about them: a medical dictionary.

4. Computer Science

a. A list of words stored in machine-readable form for reference, as by spelling-checking software.

b. An electronic spelling checker.

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[Medieval Latin dictinrium, from Latin dicti, dictin-, diction; see diction.]

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dictionary

Noun

pl -aries

1.

a. a book that consists of an alphabetical list of words with their meanings

b. a similar book giving equivalent words in two languages

2. a reference book listing terms and giving information about a particular subject [Late Latin dictio word]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

dictionary - a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them lexicon dictionary entry, lexical entry - the entry in a dictionary of information about a word wordbook - a reference book containing words (usually with their meanings) bilingual dictionary - a dictionary giving equivalent words in two languages collegiate dictionary, desk dictionary - an abridged dictionary of a size convenient to hold in the hand etymological dictionary - a dictionary giving the historical origins of each word gazetteer - a geographical dictionary (as at the back of an atlas) learner's dictionary, school dictionary - a dictionary specially written for those learning a foreign language little dictionary, pocket dictionary - a dictionary that is small enough to carry in your pocket spell-checker, spelling checker - an electronic dictionary in a word processor that can be used to catch misspelled words unabridged, unabridged dictionary - a dictionary that has not been shortened by the omitting terms or definitions; a comprehensive dictionary

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dictionary

noun wordbook, vocabulary, glossary, encyclopedia, lexicon, concordance

Translations

dictionary [ˈdɪkʃənrɪ] n → diccionario

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dictionary [ˈdɪkʃənrɪ] n → dictionnaire m

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dictionary [ˈdɪkʃənrɪ] n → Wörterbuch nt

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dictionary [ˈdɪkʃənrɪ] n → dizionario

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dictionary

n dictionary [ˈdikʃənəri]

1 a book containing the words of a language alphabetically arranged, with their meanings etc This is an English dictionary. woordeboek قاموس речник slovník ordbog das Wörterbuch λεξικό diccionario sõnaraamat واژنامه sanakirja dictionnaire מִילוֹן शब्दकोश rječnik, leksikon szótár kamus orðabók dizionario 辞書 사전 žodynas vārdnīca kamus woordenboek ordbok słownik dicionário dicţio­nar словарь slovník slovar rečnik ordbok, lexikon พจนานุกรม sözlük, lügat 詞典 словник قاموس từ điển 词典

2 a book containing other information alphabetically arranged a dictionary of place-names. datawoordeboek, pleknaam woordeboek, leksikon كِتاب معلومات مُرَتَّبَةٌ أبْجَدِيّا речник slovník opslagsbog; leksikon; håndbog das Wörterbuch λεξικό diccionario sõnastik فرهنگ sanasto dictionnaire מִילוֹן शब्दकोश imenik lexikon, szótár kamus uppsláttarrit dizionario 事典 (정보를 알파벳순으로 정리한) 사전, 책 žodynas vārdnīca kamus lexicon oppslagsbok, leksikon słownik dicionário dicţionar справочник slovník slovar rečnik ordbok, lexikon ปทานุกรม; นามานุกรม; ประมวลคำศัพท์; อภิธานคำศัพท์ ...sözlüğü 字典 довідник کسی موضوع پر کوئی حوالے کی کتاب từ điển 字典