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Harrap's unabridged dictionary = Dictionnaire.
Van Pelt Library PC2640 .H377 2001 v.1-2
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- French language--Dictionaries--English.
- French language.
- English language--Dictionaries--French.
- English language.
- Genre:
- Dictionaries.
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes ; 29 cm
- Edition:
- Unabridged edition.
- Other Title:
- Harrap's unabridged dictionnaire Anglais - Franca̧is
- Harrap's unabridged dictionnaire Franca̧is - Anglais
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Harrap, 2001.
- Summary:
- The complete dictionary for advanced learners and language professionals, Harrap's flagship title is the culminationof several years work by a large team of experienced lexicographers and translators. The Unabridged is the most complete bilingual dictionary available and offers more information than any other general bilingual dictionary with over 425,000 references and 750,000 translations.Up-to-date vocabulary from all fieldsThousands of examples put words and senses in contextMore coverage of idioms and colloquial language, including slang, than any other dictionaryThe most technical terms: from business to sport, and IT to ornithologyExtensive coverage of literary words and phrasesUnrivalled coverage of canadian, Swiss and Belgian French, and American, Australian, Scottish and Irish EnglishHundreds of boxes on cultural information included within the text to give essential background encyclopaedic informationHundreds of name of works of art (books, plays, film ect) included in the text with their often unexpected translationsSecond color clearly indentifies headwordsBoxes on illustration included within the dictionary text explain the origin and usage of phrases (quotations, advertising slogan ect) that have become part of the languageThe Unabridged contains a number of supplements that make it the complete dictionary for advanced learners and language professionals, such as a communication guide, tables of military ranks and adminitrative divisions, and a bilingual Chronology.
- Contents:
- Vol. 1. English/French
- Vol. 2. French/English.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0245504346
- 0245504559
- 0245606610
- 0245607021
- OCLC:
- 48707359
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