dictionnaire

See also: Dictionnaire

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French dictionnaire, borrowed from Medieval Latin dictiōnārium (“dictionary”), derived from Latin dictiō (“saying, speaking”) + -ārium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dik.sjɔ.nɛʁ/

• Audio (France):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛʁ

Noun

dictionnaire m (plural dictionnaires)

1. dictionary: a list of words, usually arranged alphabetically and presented with definitions or translations
2. (computing) dictionary, an associative array

Derived terms

• attaque par dictionnaire
• dico
• dictionnaire de langue
• dictionnaire des données
• dictionnaire encyclopédique
• dictionnaire visuel
• dictionnairique
• dictionnairisable
• dictionnairiser
• dictionnairite
• dictionnarisable
• dictionnarisé
• dictionnariser
• dictionnariste
• prédictionnairique
• traduire à coups de dictionnaire
• Wiktionnaire

 

Related terms

• diction
• dire

 

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: diksyonè
• Louisiana Creole: diksyonær, diksyonè, diksyonèr
• → Dutch: dictionaire
• → German: Diktionär
• → Franco-Provençal: diccionèro
• → Romanian: dicționar
• → Turkish: diksiyoner

Further reading

• “dictionnaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dictiōnārium (“dictionary”), derived from Latin dictiō (“saying, speaking”) + -ārium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di(k).sjoˈnɛ.rə/

Noun

dictionnaire m (plural dictionnaires)

1. dictionary

Descendants

• French: dictionnaire
  • Haitian Creole: diksyonè
  • Louisiana Creole: diksyonær, diksyonè, diksyonèr
  • → Dutch: dictionaire
  • → German: Diktionär
  • → Franco-Provençal: diccionèro
  • → Romanian: dicționar
  • → Turkish: diksiyoner