dictionary

dictionnaire

Livre ou ressource en ligne qui explique les mots, leur orthographe et souvent leur prononciation.

En anglais simple : A book or online resource that explains words, their spellings, and often their pronunciation.

• Use a dictionary to check the spelling.
• My dictionary explains how to pronounce each word.
• Have you looked it up in a dictionary?

Comment l'utiliser : look something up in a dictionary (I looked the word up in a dictionary.)

Expressions courantes : online dictionary, English dictionary, dictionary entry, use a dictionary

dictionnaire spécialisé

Ouvrage de référence qui présente des informations sur un sujet par ordre alphabétique.

En anglais simple : A reference book that lists information about a subject in alphabetical order.

• He bought a medical dictionary.
• The dictionary of music explains unfamiliar terms.
• Our library has several dictionaries of art and architecture.

Comment l'utiliser : dictionary of something (She consulted a dictionary of legal terms.)

Synonymes : reference book

Expressions courantes : medical dictionary, law dictionary, dictionary of something