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Langenscheidt's Compact French Dictionary: French-English English-French (Langenscheidt's Compact Dictionary) (French Edition)

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For a small French English dictionary, this is clearly the best. It has the same content as the slightly larger "standard" version, but is easier to flip through because of its pliable, high quality, soft cover (not plastic). The paper is much better than you will find in the other dictionaries of this type. The definitions are clearly superior in detail than those offered by Collins/Robert, Larousse, and Oxford Hachette, and are particularly useful for those with an interest in 19th century literature.

I have most of the major French-English dictionaries (mult-volume large and small). For practical everyday use, trudging through a French novel without having to guess at the meaning of a word, this is my recommendation.

NOTE: the print is very small and may not be appropriate for some readers. There I recommend the "standard" version.

For a small French English dictionary, this is clearly the best. It has the same content as the slightly larger "standard" version, but is easier to flip through because of its pliable, high quality, soft cover (not plastic). The paper is much better than you will find in the other dictionaries of this type. The definitions are clearly superior in detail than those offered by Collins/Robert, Larousse, and Oxford Hachette, and are particularly useful for those with an interest in 19th century literature.

I have most of the major French-English dictionaries (mult-volume large and small). For practical everyday use, trudging through a French novel without having to guess at the meaning of a word, this is my recommendation.

NOTE: the print is very small and may not be appropriate for some readers. There I recommend the "standard" version.

The signature yellow LANGENSCHEIDT dictionaries are like duct tape for students and others who need to have a tough, mobile, dependable bilingual dictionary that sticks to the basics without being primitive.

It meets the need in French as well as it does in German and other mainstream academic languages.

You don't want the compact LANGENSCHEIDT for home or office use, but it's perfect for taking to class, on the train, etc.

LANGENSCHEIDT quality speaks for itself, and is consistent across the range of languages its dictionaries cover.

You can't get a better compact bilingual dictionary.

The Langenscheidt foreign language dictionaries are the best I know of. I bought this one for my granddaughter who was on her way to France. She agrees with me.

I love this dictionary, mostly because of the bendable cover. That sounds odd, but it's true. I also sits open on my desk if the pages are balanced enough. I've found every word I've needed.

The only thing is that I wish the verb conjugation list in the middle was longer or included more tenses, but it's better than no list at all.

The pub. year 2003, cited by Amazon, is wrong (I've submitted a correction). The dictionary was published first in hardcover in Germany in 1989. This unrevised paperback edition was issued for the U.S. market in 2005. If you can do without updates to the vocabulary reflecting changes for the last 15 or so years, it's still a fine dictionary. Otherwise, wait for the new edition which is actually in preparation, according to the publisher.