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dictionnaire.

dictionary (a list of words, usually arranged alphabetically and presented with definitions or translations)

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Meaning & usage

noun/dik.sjɔ.nɛʁ/[dik.sjɔ.nɛʁ]Belgium, France[d̪ik.sjo.n̪ɛʁ]France, Western[dik.sjɔ.ˈnɛ.ʁə]
  1. dictionary (a list of words, usually arranged alphabetically and presented with definitions or translations)

    masculine
  2. dictionary (an associative array)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French dictionnaire, borrowed from Medieval Latin dictiōnārium (“dictionary”), derived from Latin dictiō (“saying, speaking”) + -ārium.

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