Langenscheidt Standard Dictionary Italian: Italian-English/English-Italian (Langenscheidt Standard Dictionaries) [Paperback]

R. C. Melzi (Editor)

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ISBN-10: 1585735051 | ISBN-13: 978-1585735051 | Publication Date: July 2005

Langenscheidt New Standard Dictionary Italian Plain: Over 90,000 references *Completely revised and updated *A wealth of idiomatic expressions *Full coverage of Italian/English *All headwords in blue for quick reference *Full grammar details *Ingles conjugation tables *The authoritative reference work for serious users

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Since 2000. Hammond, American Map, Langenscheidt Dictionaries, Insight Travel Guides, Delorme – the famous names in the Langenscheidt family. These represent the most authoritative, up-to-date, and extensive travel and reference products available. In January 2003, the renowned Berlitz Publishing became part of the Langenscheidt Group. The Langenscheidt Publishing Group, the premier group of map and travel companies, offers over 4,000 North American and international street maps, road maps, atlases, language-learning, bilingual dictionaries, and travel-related products covering countries, cities, and languages in every continent.

Product Details

• Paperback: 710 pages
• Publisher: Langenscheidt Publishers (July 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1585735051
• ISBN-13: 978-1585735051
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.7 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #271,899 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good all-purpose reference., August 12, 2006

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Cas (the Idaho mountains) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Langenscheidt Standard Dictionary Italian: Italian-English/English-Italian (Langenscheidt Standard Dictionaries) (Paperback)

I'm very pleased with this dictionary. I keep it handy while researching and learning. My level of expertise in the language is, to say the least, at a beginner level, so it's great to have a dictionary around when I completely forget what "scarpa" means. Like any less-than-OED dictionary there are some baffling omissions (for example, there's no entry for "bell pepper," which is not good because one thing I need to know how to say when I visit Italy this fall is "my dear friend here is violently and deathly allergic to bell peppers," though I notice now that I look again that it's located under "green pepper" instead, so maybe it IS more complete than I'd thought). I got this from the library, but I'm going to be buying it on payday now that I've gotten to test drive it a bit (read: "the library is getting sick of me re-checking it out and is going to demand I return it one of these days"). It's satisfyingly thick with tabs that make finding words easier, and it does have a wealth of idiomatic expressions that are proving quite handy to have. I recommend it to any student of the language.

I won't have a lot of luggage room, but my copy of this dictionary's coming to Italy with me.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Italian/English Dictionary, August 31, 2007

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Frank Cannonito (Irvine, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Langenscheidt Standard Dictionary Italian: Italian-English/English-Italian (Langenscheidt Standard Dictionaries) (Turtleback)

This may be the ideal dictionary to take with you when travelling and an extensive vocabulary is needed. The print is a little on the small side so a magnifying glass may be necessary for older folk (like me). I have both the thumb indexed and the plain versions and I believe the plain version is better because the format isn't large and the holes cut out to accomodate the thumb index make for a very scalloped edge which tends to tear more easily than than the plain one. The cover is easily cleanable should this be necessary. Also, the tables of irregular Italian verbs are very extensive. The dictionary also has an extensive section giving most Italian abbreviations.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars These dictionaries are tops!, March 9, 2007

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Mom of 3 Teens - See all my reviews

This review is from: Langenscheidt Standard Dictionary Italian: Italian-English/English-Italian (Langenscheidt Standard Dictionaries) (Paperback)

We own four of Langenscheidt's Standard Dictionaries... and they
are nice because they are durable as well as go beyond a child's
vocabulary.