1 definition found From en.wiktionary.org (full) [en-full]: dictionary English Etymology {{ML.}} dictionarium < {{L.}} dictionarius < dictio ('speaking') < perfect passive participle dictus < verb dicere ('to speak'), plus suffix -arium, indicating "room" or "place". Pronunciation * (UK) {{IPA|/ˈdɪkʃən(ə)ɹi/}}, {{SAMPA|/"dIkS@n(@)ri/}} * (US) {{AHD|dĭk'shə-nĕr"ē}}, {{IPA|/ˈdɪkʃənˌɛɹi/}}, {{SAMPA|/"dIkS@n%Eri/}} * {{audio|en-us-dictionary.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{audio|en-uk-dictionary.ogg|Audio (UK)}} Noun {{en-noun|dictionar|ies}} 1. A publication, usually in the form of a book, which gives an ordered list (normally alphabetically) of words, normally explaining their meaning and sometimes containing information on etymology, usage, translations and other items related to the word. Some dictionaries list the words of more than one language and/or give translations in more than one language. {{seeCites}} Translations {{trans-top|publication that explains the meanings of an ordered list of words}} * Albanian: fjalor * Amuzgo: tzoⁿ 'tzítyui' jñ'o * Arabic: {{ARchar|قاموس}} (qá:mus), {{ARchar|معجم}} (mo‘ádjam) * Armenian: բառարան (baŕaran) * Azeri: lüghɘt * Basque: hiztegi * Binisayâ: pagpurulungan * Bosnian: rječnik {{m}} * Breton: geriadur * Bulgarian: речник (rečnik) {{m}} * Burmese: အဘိဓာန္ (abhidhān) * Catalan: diccionari {{m}} * Chinese: 字典 (zìdiǎn), 詞典/词典 (cídiǎn) * :Wu (Suzhou dialect): zïtip * Croatian: rječnik {{m}} * Czech: slovník {{m}} * Danish: ordbog {{c}} * Dutch: woordenboek {{n}} * Erzya: валкс * Esperanto: vortaro * Estonian: sõnaraamat, sõnastik * Faeroese: orðabók {{f}} * Finnish: sanakirja * French: dictionnaire {{m}} * Frisian: wurdboek * Fulani: saggitorde * Galician: diccionario {{m}} * Georgian: ლექსიკონი (leksik‘oni) * German: Wörterbuch {{n}} * Greek: λεξικό (lexikó) {{n}} * Hausa: kamus * Hawaiian: puke wehewehe ‘ōlelo * Hebrew: מילון (milón) {{m}} * Hindi: शब्दकोश (shabdkosh), कोश (kosh) * Hopi: lavaytutuveni * Hungarian: szótár * Icelandic: orðabók {{f}} * Ido: vortaro * Igbo: nkowaokwu * Indonesian: kamus * Interlingua: dictionario * Irish: foclóir {{m}} * Italian: dizionario {{m}} * Japanese: 辞書, 字書 (じしょ, jísho); 辞典, 字典 (じてん, jitén) * Kannada: ನಿಘಂಟು {{unicode|(nighangṭu)}}, ಅರ್ಥಕೋಶ (arthakōsh) * Kazakh: {{RUchar|сөздик}} (sözdik) * Kapampangan: talabaldugan * Khmer: {{KMchar|វចនានុក្រម}} (wachanānūgrom) * Korean: 사전 (辭典, sajeon) * Kurdish: ferheng {{f}}, peyvname {{f}}, bêjename {{f}}, qamûs {{f}}, {{KUchar|فهرههنگ}} {{trans-mid}} * Kyrgyz: {{RUchar|сөздүк}} (sözdük) * Latin: dictionarium {{n}} * Latvian: vārdnīca {{f}} * Lithuanian: žodynas {{m}} * Luxembourgish: Wierderbuch {{n}}, Dixionär {{m}} * Malayalam: നിഘണ്ടു (nighantu) * Maltese: dizzjunarju (dittsyunaryu) * Manchu: (buleku bithe) * Maori: pukapuka taki kupu * Marathi: शब्दकोष, विश्वकोष * Nepali: शब्दकोश (shabdkosh) * Northern Sami: sátnegirji * Norwegian: ordbok {{c}} * Novial: lexike * Persian: {{FAchar|لغتنامه}} (loghat-nâmeh) * Polish: słownik {{m}} * Portuguese: dicionário {{m}} * Romanian: dicţionar {{n}} * Russian: словарь (slovár’) {{m}} * Sanskrit: निघण्टु {{unicode|(nighaṇṭu)}} * Sardinian: dizionariu {{m}} * Scots: dictionar * Scottish Gaelic: faclair {{m}} * Serbian: * :Cyrillic: речник {{m}} * :Roman: rečnik {{m}} * Sicilian: vocabbulariu {{m}} * Sinhala: shabda koshaya * Slovak: slovník {{m}} * Slovene: slovar {{m}} * Somali: qaamuus, abwan-ka * Spanish: diccionario {{m}} * Swahili: kamusi noun 5 * Swedish: ordbok {{c}}, lexikon {{n}} * Tamil: அகரமுதலி (akaramutali) * Tatar: süzlek * Telugu: పద కోశము(pada kosamu), నిఘంటువు (nighamtuvu) * Thai: {{THchar|พจนานุกรม}} (photnanukrom) * Tibetan: ཚིག་མཛོད་ (tshig mdzod) * Turkish: sözlük, lûgat (obsolete) * Uyghur: (lughät) * Urdu: {{URchar|لغت}} (lughat) * Ukrainian: словник (slóvnyk) {{m}} * Uzbek: {{RUchar|луғат}} (lughat) * Vietnamese: tự điển * Volapük: vödabuk * Welsh: geiriadur * Xhosa: idikshinari noun 5 * Yiddish: ווערטערבוך (vörterbukh) * Zulu: isichazimazwi noun 4 {{trans-bottom}} Derived terms * fictionary * Pictionary * translating dictionary * translationary * Wiktionary Ref: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dictionary