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catalogue.

A systematic list of books, names, pictures, etc.

9 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkæt.əˌlɒɡ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkæt.əˌlɔɡ/General-American/ˈkæt.əˌlɑɡ/cot-caught-merger
  1. A systematic list of books, names, pictures, etc.

  2. A systematic list of books, names, pictures, etc. A complete (usually alphabetical or chronological) list of items.

  3. A systematic list of books, names, pictures, etc. A list of all the publications in a library; a library catalogue.

  4. A retailer's magazine detailing the products they sell, allowing the reader to order them for delivery.

  5. A book printed periodically by a college, university, or other institution that gives a definitive description of the institution, its history, courses and degrees offered, etc.

    US
  6. A directory listing.

    dated
  7. A complete list of a recording artist's or a composer's songs.

  8. A series of unwelcome or unpleasant things, often similar.

    figuratively · singular
    The accident followed a catalogue of errors.
Where this word comes from

From Middle English cathaloge, from Old French catalogue, from Late Latin catalogus, itself from Ancient Greek κατάλογος (katálogos, “enrollment, register”), from καταλέγω (katalégō, “to recount, make a list”), from κατα- (kata-, “downwards, towards”) + λέγω (légō, “to say, to speak, to tell”). Equivalent to cata- + -logue.

verb/ˈkæt.əˌlɒɡ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkæt.əˌlɔɡ/General-American/ˈkæt.əˌlɑɡ/cot-caught-merger
  1. To put into a catalogue.

  2. To make a catalogue of.

  3. To add items (e.g. books) to an existing catalogue.

  4. to value or sort stamps using a catalogue

Where this word comes from

From Middle English cathaloge, from Old French catalogue, from Late Latin catalogus, itself from Ancient Greek κατάλογος (katálogos, “enrollment, register”), from καταλέγω (katalégō, “to recount, make a list”), from κατα- (kata-, “downwards, towards”) + λέγω (légō, “to say, to speak, to tell”). Equivalent to cata- + -logue.

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