Grande Dizionario di Francese

Content

This edition of the Grande Dizionario di Francese, has a revised set of headwords, new explanations of language points (faux amis, usage notes, and morphology), and completely restyled graphics. It is an indispensable tool for understanding and appreciating the French and Italian of today. Plenty of space is dedicated to everyday French, as well. Truncated words, verlan, and the language of classified advertisements take their place alongside the special vocabulary of Francophone communities outside metropolitan France.
 

• 5,000 new entries and senses to keep abreast of the evolution of technical vocabulary in science, technology, law, and economics, as well as to accommodate the swift changes in the living language of daily and family life, with all its slang and regional varieties
• 350,000 entries and senses
• 65,000 scientific, technical, economic, and legal terms
• truncated words, verlan, vocabulary of classified advertisements
• Belgian, Swiss, Canadian, African, and overseas French
• phonetic transcription and morphology of French headwords
• morphology and stress of Italian headwords
• guidelines on correct grammatical, syntactic, and semantic use of French and Italian
• 800 faux amis, misleading similarities between French and Italian
• grammar, vocabulary, and encyclopedic notes
• marking of basic vocabulary items
• 94 plates with color illustrations and bilingual captions