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For the Wiktionary thesaurus, see Wiktionary:Thesaurus

English

Etymology

16th century, from Latin th?saurus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (th?saurós, “storehouse, treasure”); its current English usage/meaning was established soon after the publication of Peter Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases in 1852. Doublet of treasure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???s????s/
• Rhymes: -????s

Noun

thesaurus (plural thesauri or thesauruses)

1. A publication, usually in the form of a book, that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms) for the words of a given language.

2. (archaic) A dictionary or encyclopedia.
3. (information science) A hierarchy of subject headings — canonic titles of themes and topics, the titles serving as search keys.

Synonyms

• synonymicon

Derived terms

• metathesaurus
• thesaural

Translations

See also

• ontology
• Wiktionary's thesaurus
• Appendix:Roget's thesaurus classification

Further reading

• thesaurus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• thesaurus in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• Roget's Thesaurus can be found at: https://web.archive.org/web/20051125170203/http://www.bartleby.com/thesauri/

Latin

Alternative forms

• th?nsaurus, t?saurus, t?s?rus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (th?saurós, “storehouse, treasure”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /t?e??sau?.rus/, [t??e??s?äu???s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /te?sau?.rus/, [t???s???u?rus]

Noun

th?saurus m (genitive th?saur?); second declension

1. treasure, hoard
   • 405, Jerome and others, Vulgate, Daniel 1:2

     […] et vasa intulit in domum thesauri dei sui

     " […] and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god."

2. a dear friend, loved one
3. a vault for treasure
4. chest, strongbox
5. repository, collection

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Derived terms

• th?saur?rius
• th?saurensis
• th?sauriz?tor
• th?sauriz?

Descendants

References

• thesaurus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• thesaurus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• thesaurus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• thesaurus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• thesaurus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• thesaurus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Portuguese

Noun

thesaurus m (plural thesauri or thesaurus)

1. thesaurus (dictionary of synonyms)

   Synonyms: tesauro, (Portugal) dicionário de sinónimos, (Brazil) dicionário de sinônimos

English

Etymology

From Middle English tresorie, from Old French tresorie, from tresor (“treasure”), from Latin th?saurus (“treasure”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (th?saurós, “treasure house”). Compare French trésorerie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?????i/

Noun

treasury (plural treasuries)

1. A place where treasure is stored safely.
2. A place where state or royal money and valuables are stored.
3. Abbreviation of treasury department.
4. A collection of artistic or literary works.
5. (obsolete) A treasure.
   • 1598, John Marston, The Scourge of Villanie

     His neighbours swear he'll swell with treasury

Derived terms

Related terms

• thesaurus
• treasure
• treasurer

Descendants

• ? Hindi: ?????? (tijor?)
• ? Marathi: ?????? (tijor?)

Translations

Further reading

• treasury in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• treasury in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• treasury at OneLook Dictionary Search