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'pa pdd chac-sb tc-bd bw hbr-20 hbss lpt-25' : 'hdn'" {{word}} {{#beta}} Beta{{/beta}} {{#preferredDictionaries}} {{^selected}} {{name}} {{/selected}} {{/preferredDictionaries}} Translation of dictionary – English–German dictionary dictionary noun  /ˈdikʃənəri/ plural dictionaries Add to word list Add to word list ● 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 I should indeed have liked to discuss the dictionaries as reflections of a cultural standpoint, but that would be an article in itself. From the Cambridge English Corpus A particular case of lexical maps is specially convenient for building invertible morphological operations such as inflected forms dictionaries, using a notion of differential word. From the Cambridge English Corpus Automata are in fact not sufficient to represent these dictionaries, since one also needs to store corresponding codes. From the Cambridge English Corpus I recently heard a radio presenter refer to dictionaries as babble-babble. From the Cambridge English Corpus Words once excluded from most dictionaries are researched by the same methods as have been applied to the whole lexis of the language. From the Cambridge English Corpus The divergence can most easily be seen if we compare the definitions of abduction in some recent dictionaries of linguistics and of philosophy. From the Cambridge English Corpus The section ends with a brief note on etymology, including one or two pointers to etymological abbreviations and conventions found in dictionaries. From the Cambridge English Corpus The three most crucial explicit lexical instruction and learning strategies are acquiring decontextualised lexis, using dictionaries and inferring from context. From the Cambridge English Corpus 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. A1 Translations of dictionary in Chinese (Traditional) 字典，詞典, 專業詞典，專門詞典… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 字典，词典, 专业词典，专门词典… See more in Spanish diccionario, diccionario [masculine]… See more in Portuguese dicionário, dicionário [masculine]… See more in more languages in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Russian in Telugu in Arabic in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian शब्दकोश… See more 辞書, 辞書（じしょ）… See more sözlük, lügat, …sözlüğü… See more dictionnaire [masculine], dictionnaire… See more diccionari… See more woordenboek, lexicon… See more அகர வரிசைப்படி சொற்களின் பட்டியலைக் கொண்ட ஒரு புத்தகம் மற்றும் அவற்றின் அர்த்தங்களை விளக்குகிறது, அல்லது அவற்றுக்கான ஒரு வார்த்தையை வேறொரு மொழியில் தருகிறது, கணினி… See more शब्दकोष… See more શબ્દકોશ… See more ordbog, opslagsbog, leksikon… See more ordbok, lexikon… See more kamus… See more ordbok [masculine], ordbok, oppslagsbok… See more ڈکشنری, لغت… See more словник, довідник… See more словарь… See more నిఘంటువు, డిక్షనరీ… See more قاموس, مُعْجَم… See more অভিধান, শব্দকোষ… See more slovník… See more kamus… See more พจนานุกรม, ปทานุกรม, นามานุกรม… See more từ điển… See more słownik… See more 사전… See more dizionario… See more Need a translator? 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