different between cataloguing vs catalogue

English

Verb

cataloguing

1. present participle of catalogue

Noun

cataloguing (countable and uncountable, plural cataloguings)

1. (British spelling) The act of arranging in, or as if in, a catalogue.

Anagrams

• coagulating

English

Alternative forms

• catalog (American)

Etymology

From Middle English cathaloge, from Old French catalogue, from Late Latin catalogus, itself from Ancient Greek ????????? (katálogos, “enrollment, register”), from ???????? (katalég?, “to recount, make a list”), from ????- (kata-, “downwards, towards”) + ???? (lég?, “to say, to speak, to tell”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kæt.??l??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kæ?.??l??/
• (US, cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /?kæ?.??l??/

Noun

catalogue (plural catalogues)

1. A systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
   • 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.
2. A complete (usually alphabetical) list of items.
3. A list of all the publications in a library.
4. A retailer's magazine detailing the products they sell, allowing the reader to order them for delivery.
5. (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.
6. (computing, dated) A directory listing.
   • 1983, Helpline (in Sinclair User issue 21)

     The program generates a catalogue of the files on the cartridge selected by the user, reads the catalogue into memory and erases the cartridge copy, so that an up-to-date copy is always generated.

   • 2001, "Michael Foot", BeebIt 0.32 and BBCFiles 0.29 released (on newsgroup comp.sys.acorn.announce)

     BBCFiles is a BBC file converter that converts between some of the various types of files used by BBC emulators on Acorn & PC formats. It supports 6502Em style applications & scripts, /ssd dfs disc images (supporting watford double catalogue), vanilla directories, /zip of bbc files with /inf files (with limitations) and directory of bbc files with /inf files.

   • 2003, "Brotha G", Repairing Microdrive Cartridges (on newsgroup comp.sys.sinclair)

     It has two extra options using extended syntax. CAT - an extended catalogue but not as detailed as some I've seen. ( The reason that the Spectrum CAT command is restricted is that it cleverly uses the 512 bytes data buffer of the microdrive channel to sort the filenames - hence the limit of 50 ten-character filenames )

7. (music) A complete list of a recording artist's or a composer's songs.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:list

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

catalogue (third-person singular simple present catalogues, present participle cataloguing, simple past and past participle catalogued)

1. To put into a catalogue.
2. To make a catalogue of.
3. To add items (e.g. books) to an existing catalogue.

Synonyms

• (make a catalogue of): list; see also Thesaurus:tick off
• (add to an existing catalogue): put down; see also Thesaurus:enlist

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• coagulate

French

Etymology

From Late Latin catalogus, itself from Ancient Greek ????????? (katálogos, “an enrollment, a register, a list, catalogue”), from ???????? (katalég?, “to recount, to tell at length or in order, to make a list”), from ????- (kata-, “downwards, towards”) + ???? (lég?, “to gather, to pick up, to choose for oneself, to pick out, to count”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ta.l??/
• Homophone: catalogues

Noun

catalogue m (plural catalogues)

1. A systematical catalogue

Verb

catalogue

1. inflection of cataloguer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “catalogue” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Verb

catalogue

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of catalogar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of catalogar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of catalogar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of catalogar

Spanish

Verb

catalogue

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of catalogar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of catalogar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of catalogar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of catalogar.