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Grammar : Noun
Spell : dik-shuh-ner-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɪk ʃəˌnɛr i

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Définition of dictionary

Origin :
  • 1520s, from Medieval Latin dictionarium "collection of words and phrases," from Latin dictionarius "of words," from dictio "word" (see diction). Probably first English use in title of a book was in Sir Thomas Elyot's "Latin Dictionary" (1538) though Latin Dictionarius was so used from early 13c. Grose's 1788 "Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue" has "RICHARD SNARY. A dictionary."
  • noun book of word meanings
Example sentences :
  • He had given shape and permanence to his native language by his Dictionary.
  • Extract from : « Biographical Stories » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • The Century Dictionary will please not copy this definition.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
  • He had returned to New York, and was engaged in the preparation of his dictionary.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • To decipher the message, a special code-book or dictionary would be required.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • It was written in French, and so he was obliged to save again, till he could buy a dictionary.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • He had an especial dislike of learned and "dictionary words."
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • Get that old French dictionary out of the bookcase downstairs, will you?
  • Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold
  • "I can make out some of it," he remarked to Dan, when his friend returned with the dictionary.
  • Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold
  • Like Richelieu and Napoleon, he would have the word “impossible” banished from the dictionary.
  • Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
  • Impossible,” said he, “is a word only to be found in the dictionary of fools.
  • Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles

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