Pronunciation
Noun
dictionary (plural dictionaries)
- A reference work with a list of words from one or more languages, normally ordered alphabetically, explaining each word's meaning, and sometimes containing information on its etymology, pronunciation, usage, translations, and other data.
- Synonyms: wordbook
- (preceded by the) A synchronic dictionary of a standardised language held to only contain words that are properly part of the language.
- (by extension) Any work that has a list of material organized alphabetically; e.g., biographical dictionary, encyclopedic dictionary.
- (computing) An associative array, a data structure where each value is referenced by a particular key, analogous to words and definitions in a physical dictionary.
- hyponyms en
For more, see Thesaurus:dictionary
Related terms Translations- French: dictionnaire, dico (informal)
- German: Wörterbuch, Diktionär
- Italian: dizionario, vocabolario
- Portuguese: dicionário
- Russian: слова́рь
- Spanish: diccionario
- French: tableau associatif, dictionnaire, table d'association
- German: assoziatives Datenfeld
- Portuguese: dicionário, array associativo
- Russian: слова́рь
Verb
dictionary
- (transitive) To look up in a dictionary.
- (transitive) To add to a dictionary.
- (intransitive, rare) To compile a dictionary.
Dictionary
Proper noun
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