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May 10, 2024 · Welcome to the English-language Wiktionary, a collaborative project to produce a free-content multilingual dictionary. It aims to describe all words of all languages using definitions and descriptions in English.
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From Middle English dixionare, learned borrowing from Medieval Latin dictiōnārium, from Latin dictiōnārius, from dictiō (“a speaking”), from dictus, perfect past participle of dīcō (“to speak”) + -ārium (“room, place”). By surface analysis, diction + -ary.
(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɪkʃənəɹi/, /ˈdɪkʃənɹi/, /ˈdɪkʃnəɹi/(General American, Canada) enPR: dĭk'shə-nĕr-ē, IPA(key): /ˈdɪkʃəˌnɛɹi/Rhymes: -ɪkʃənɛəɹiHyphenation: dic‧tion‧a‧ry, dic‧tion‧arydictionary (plural dictionaries) 1. A reference work with a list of words from one or more languages, normally ordered alphabetically, explaining each word's meanings (senses), and sometimes also containing information on its etymology, pronunciation, usage, semantic relations, and translations, as well as other data. 1.1. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:d...
dictionary (third-person singular simple present dictionaries, present participle dictionarying, simple past and past participle dictionaried) 1. (transitive) To look upin a dictionary. 2. (transitive) To add to a dictionary. 2.1. 1866, William Henry Ward, The international day, night, and fog signal telegraph, page 12: 2.1.1. By a reference to the...
dictionary on Wikipedia.Wikipediadictionary (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia“dictionary”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.1 day ago · Used in many idiomatic expressions and proverbs to refer to common objects, roles, or situations connected with something definite, as by analogy. square the circle; feel the pinch; beat around the bush; throw the baby out with the bathwater.
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