Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary: With FREE SpeakFrench pronunciation CD-ROM (selected markets only) (The Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary)

by NataliePomier (Editor), ValerieGrundy (Editor), Jean-BenoitOrmal-Grenon (Editor), ValerieGrundy (Editor), Jean-BenoitOrmal-Grenon (Editor), Marie - Hélène Corréard (Editor), Marie - Hélène Corréard (Editor), NataliePomier (Editor)

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  Hardcover
  2001

  $3.25

  Acclaimed by language professionals the world over, the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary leads the way in modern bilingual lexicography. The first ever French dictionary to be entirely compiled based on the statistical evidence of vast electronic databanks of real language, both written and spoken, it is the most comprehensive, reliable, and up-to-date dictionary of French and English available today. The previous edition was described by the Independent as 'revolutionary'. This major new edition provides new up-to-date vocabulary, a new open design, in-text cultural notes on many aspects of the French-speaking world, from political and educational systems, to festivals and national newspapers, as well as a revised correspondence section that provides many model letters, extensive information on business correspondence via email and the internet. It is the most up-to-date and complete French dictionary of its size - a must for any serious student of the French language. The dictionary comes with the ultimate pronunciation guide: a FREE CD-ROM that enables you to type in a word or phrase, or paste in text from the web, and hear it spoken back to you in perfect French (selected markets only).

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  Hardcover
  1997

  $3.25

  This dictionary is compiled entirely from electronic databases of current language, making it comprehensive, reliable, and up-to-date. This new edition provides the most recent vocabulary for both French and English, as well as additional new supplementary material. Thousands of example sentences, taken from real speech and written sources, guide the user to the most accurate translation. With Over 355,000 words and phrases and over 540,000 translations this dictionary provides comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of the general, scientific, literary, and technical vocabulary of contemporary French and English. Coverage of historical, idiomatic, colloquial, and regional French is also given. There is also an encyclopaedic supplement: an A-Z cultural reference of France providing a wealth of information on famous places, regions, acronyms, public, educational, and cultural institutions, newspapers, magazines, history, film, communications, politics, and the French legal system. It includes an effective communication guide, a guide to writing letters, job applications and CVs and a completely new guide to using the telephone in France, as well as containing useful phrases for essay-writing and a sample essay.