catalogue
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English cathaloge, from Old French catalogue, from Late Latin catalogus, itself from Ancient Greek κατάλογος, from καταλέγω, from κατα- + λέγω.
Pronunciation Nouncatalogue (plural catalogues) (British spelling)
- A systematic list of books, names, pictures, etc.
- Synonyms: Thesaurus:list
- 1631 (first performance), Philip Massinger, The Emperour of the East. A Tragæ-comœdie. […], London: […] Thomas Harper, for Iohn Waterson, published 1632, →OCLC ↗, Act IV, scene iii ↗:
- [T]he charge of my moſt curious, and coſtly ingredients fraide, amounting to ſome ſeaventeene thouſand crovvnes, a trifle in reſpect of health, vvriting your noble name in my Catalogue, I ſhall acknovvledge my ſelfe amply ſatisfi'd.
- 1999, J. G. Baker, Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles:
- He intended to publish a flora of the island, and drafted out a synonymic catalogue, into which he inserted from time to time elaborate descriptions drawn up from living specimens of the species which he was able to procure.
- A complete (usually alphabetical or chronological) list of items.
- A list of all the publications in a library; a library catalogue.
- A retailer's magazine detailing the products they sell, allowing the reader to order them for delivery.
- (US) A book printed periodically by a college, university, or other institution that gives a definitive description of the institution, its history, courses and degrees offered, etc.
- (computing, dated) A directory listing.
- (music) A complete list of a recording artist's or a composer's songs.
- (in the singular, figuratively) A series of unwelcome or unpleasant things, often similar.
- The accident followed a catalogue of errors.
- Near-synonym: litany
- French: catalogue
- German: Katalog, Liste
- Italian: catalogo
- Portuguese: catálogo
- Russian: катало́г
- Spanish: catálogo
- French: catalogue, inventaire
- German: Katalog, Liste, Verzeichnis
- Italian: catalogo, cataloghi
- Portuguese: catálogo
- Russian: катало́г
- Spanish: catálogo, registro
- German: Verzeichnis, Liste
- Italian: catalogo
- Portuguese: catálogo
- Russian: катало́г
- German: Katalog, Programm
- Portuguese: programa
- Russian: програ́мма
- Spanish: calendario universitario
- French: catalogue
catalogue (catalogues, present participle cataloguing; simple past and past participle catalogued) (British spelling)
- To put into a catalogue.
- To make a catalogue of.
- To add items (e.g. books) to an existing catalogue.
- (philately) to value or sort stamps using a catalogue
- (make a catalogue of) list; see also Thesaurus:tick off
- (add to an existing catalogue) put down; see also Thesaurus:enlist
- French: cataloguer
- German: katalogisieren
- Italian: catalogare, mettere in catalogo
- Portuguese: catalogar
- French: inventorier
- German: katalogisieren
- Italian: catalogare
- Portuguese: catalogar
- French: cataloguer
- German: katalogisieren
- Italian: mettere in catalogo
- Portuguese: catalogar
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