For advanced learners, especially at university level

Harrap's Shorter French Dictionary has been France's favourite bilingual dictionary for over a century. This, the eighth edition, benefits from a brand-new dictionary text based on that of the acclaimed Unabridged dictionary. The accurate, up-to-date dictionary content combined with a wealth of helpful features will ensure that the dictionary continues to be an essential tool for students and language professionals alike.

The eighth edition of the dictionary boasts many useful features:

• Thousands of new words
• Over 200 notes providing information about cultural topics
• Over 400 longer entries with menus for easier navigation
• Extensive treatment of colloquial and technical vocabulary
• Hundreds of usage notes providing information about false friends and easily confused words
• A brand-new word-building feature based on common prefixes and suffixes

Idioms Supplement

A full-colour illustrated supplement, both informative and entertaining, explains the origins and usages of 500 English and French idioms

Features

• Brand-new dictionary text for even greater coverage and accuracy
• A wealth of up-to-date slang and colloquial language
• Thousands of technical terms from a wide variety of fields
• Longer entries include menus for easier navigation
• Numerous illustrative examples show how terms are used
• Boxed notes give information about hundreds of cultural topics
• Hundreds of boxed usage notes help avoid translation pitfalls
• Compounds are listed alphabetically at the end of entries
• Clear two-colour, three-column design
• Headwords and parts of speech in blue for easy navigation

Downloadable sample pages -
Shorter French Dictionary.pdf (262k)

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