French Unabridged Dictionary (Hardcover)

by Beryl T. Atkins (Author), Alain Duval (Author), Rosemary Milne (Author), Pierre-Henri Cousin (Author), Helene M. A. Lewis (Author), Lorna A. Sinclair (Author), Renee O. Birks (Author), Marie-Noelle Lamy (Author)

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Product Description
The HarperCollins Robert is simply the best French dictionary you can buy.Here's why:

Over 850,000 entries and translations, completely revised and updated.The HarperCollins Robert goes with you into the 21st Century.With complete coverage of contemporary terms in business, technology, politics, culture, and medicine, the HarperCollins Robert is the most authoritative single-volume French-English dictionary available.

More up-to-date.Unlike its competitors, the HarperCollins Robert is updated every two years.Prepared in conjunction with the leading dictionary publisher in France, this dictionary is highly praised for its accuracy, especially in the notoriously slippery arena of French slang.

More colloquial usage than any other French Dictionary.With its emphasis on current French and English, extensive cross referencing, and an in-depth guide to usage of idioms and phrases, the HarperCollins Robert has triple the breadth of its competitors.

More effective guidance.The HarperCollins Robert contains a 76-page "Language in Use" section, designed to facilitate self-expression in the foreign language, and a comprehensive system of style labels identify whether a word is formal, informal, literary, vulgar, dated, or euphemistic.

Here's a sampling of the new terms this edition includes:

alcopop
frequent Flyer
assisted suicide
internet cafe
cashback
living will
channel-surf
surround sound
Ebola virus
website
E-coli
windfall tax
feng shui

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 2081 pages
• Publisher: Harper Resource; 5th Indexe edition (July 15, 1998)
• Language: French
• ISBN-10: 0062708163
• ISBN-13: 978-0062708168
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 7.9 x 2.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #990,752 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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58 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best of the best, November 23, 1999

By	ENEDINA SANCHEZ (Los Angeles, California) - See all my reviews

Once you buy this dictionary, you can throw away all other French dictionaries. No other dictionary compares to the quantity of words in this one. With its quick grammar reference at the end, this dictionary is ESSENTIAL to the serious student of the French language who occasionally needs to look up grammar. Every word imaginable is in there, it's equally beneficial for native speakers of either language. Stop wasting your money on inexpensive but useless dictionaries, make the investment that will stop all your frustrations with not being able to find crucial words in other dictionaries!

32 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Dictionary, October 12, 1999

By	Heath M. Hewitt (Claremont, CA) - See all my reviews

As a college student majoring in French, I can guarantee that this dictionary is wonderful. My friends have dropped by on occasion to look up words that their dictionaries don't have. I get requests over email for word look-ups. I can recommend this dictionary wholeheartedly.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Ultimate French Dictionary, October 16, 2000

By	Meredith Moseley (California) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I wholeheartedly agree with those who say that this particular dictionary is THE French dictionary for students of French (and French enthusiasts). Not only is the vocabulary comprehensive, but the usage notes are invaluable; symbols indicate British versus American usage, the "slang quotient" of a word, and archaic and colloquial words, among others. The entries are full of examples that make it very easy to find out exactly how to use the word in context. There is also a special "Language in Use" section in the middle for particular cases, especially idiomatic phrases. The pronunciations are in IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet), with guides in English and French. Highly recommended!!