Translation of dictionary – English–German dictionary

dictionary

 
noun
  /ˈdikʃənəri/  
plural dictionaries
a book containing the words of a language alphabetically arranged, with their meanings etc
das Wörterbuch
Look up any unknown words in the dictionary.
a book containing other information alphabetically arranged
das Wörterbuch
a dictionary of place-names.

(Translation of dictionary from the PASSWORD English–German Dictionary © 2014 K Dictionaries Ltd)

Examples of dictionary

dictionary
Assessing the effectiveness of monolingual, bilingual, and "bilingualized" dictionaries in the comprehension and production of new words.
Words once excluded from most dictionaries are researched by the same methods as have been applied to the whole lexis of the language.
In searching for the best matches, similarity is established by means of word-cooccurrence and part-of-speech information, generalised templates and bilingual dictionaries.
In some instances, the program was used creatively, in combination with external tools such as the users' own dictionaries, knowledge of other languages, or teachers.
Unlike in the explicit case, the method dictionaries are packed implicitly with the component values.
No one will miss the photographs found in other dictionaries.
The success of this technique depends heavily on the compatibility between the two tag dictionaries being used.
An issue of increasing importance to modern users of dictionaries is the treatment of technical vocabulary.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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Translations of dictionary

in Chinese (Traditional)
字典,詞典, 專業詞典,專門詞典…
in Chinese (Simplified)
字典,词典, 专业词典,专门词典…
in Spanish
diccionario, diccionario [masculine]…
in Portuguese
dicionário, dicionário [masculine]…
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शब्दकोश…
辞書, 辞書(じしょ)…
sözlük, lügat, …sözlüğü…
dictionnaire [masculine], dictionnaire…
diccionari…
woordenboek, lexicon…
அகர வரிசைப்படி சொற்களின் பட்டியலைக் கொண்ட ஒரு புத்தகம் மற்றும் அவற்றின் அர்த்தங்களை விளக்குகிறது, அல்லது அவற்றுக்கான ஒரு வார்த்தையை வேறொரு மொழியில் தருகிறது, கணினி…
शब्दकोष…
શબ્દકોશ…
ordbog, opslagsbog, leksikon…
ordbok, lexikon…
kamus…
ordbok [masculine], ordbok, oppslagsbok…
ڈکشنری, لغت…
словник, довідник…
словарь…
నిఘంటువు, డిక్షనరీ…
قاموس, مُعْجَم…
অভিধান, শব্দকোষ…
slovník…
kamus…
พจนานุกรม, ปทานุกรม, นามานุกรม…
từ điển…
słownik…
사전…
dizionario…
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