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dictionary
English
Alternative forms
- dictionnary (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin dicti?n?rium, from Latin dicti?n?rius, from dicti? (“speaking”), from dictus, perfect past participle of d?c? (“speak”) + -?rium (“room, place”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?d?k??n??i/, /?d?k??n?i/, /?d?k?n??i/
- (General American, Canada) enPR: d?k'sh?-n?r-?, IPA(key): /?d?k???n??i/
- Hyphenation: dic?tion?ary
- Rhymes: -?k??n???i
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; see also Thesaurus:dictionary
- (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.
- Hyponym: hash table
Derived terms
Related terms
- diction
Translations
See also
- encyclopedia
- lexicon
- thesaurus
- vocabulary
- wordlist
Verb
dictionary (third-person singular simple present dictionaries, present participle dictionarying, simple past and past participle dictionaried)
- (transitive) To look up in a dictionary.
- (transitive) To add to a dictionary.
- (intransitive, rare) To compile a dictionary.
Further reading
- dictionary at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- indicatory
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glossary
- There is a Glossary of terms used in Wiktionary. See also Wiktionary's Category:Glossaries by language
English
Etymology
From Middle English glosarie, from Latin gloss?rium, from Ancient Greek ?????? (glôssa, “tongue”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??l?s??i/
Noun
glossary (plural glossaries)
- A list of terms in a particular domain of knowledge with their definitions.
Synonyms
- clavis
- idioticon
- vocabulary
Coordinate terms
- terminology
Derived terms
- bilingual glossary
Related terms
- gloss
Translations
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- glossary what does it mean
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