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dictionary

/ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.02 in modern English

Syllables
dic-tion-a-ry
IPA
/ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A reference work listing words or names from one or more languages, usually ordered alphabetically, explaining each term's meanings or senses, often also containing information on its etymology, pronunciation, usage, semantic relations, translations, as well as other relevant information.

noun

A reference work listing words or names from one or more languages, usually ordered alphabetically, explaining each term's meanings or senses, often also containing information on its etymology, pronunciation, usage, semantic relations, translations, as well as other relevant information.

noun

A reference work listing words or names from one or more languages, usually ordered alphabetically, explaining each term's meanings or senses, often also containing information on its etymology, pronunciation, usage, semantic relations, translations, as well as other relevant information.

noun

The collection of words used or understood by a particular individual.

noun

Someone or something regarded as a repository or compendium of information.

noun

An associative array; a data structure where each value is referenced by a particular key, analogous to words and definitions in a dictionary (noun sense 1).

verb

To look up in a dictionary.

Transitive verb

verb

To add to a dictionary.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *déyḱeti Proto-Italic *deikō Latin dīcō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin dictiō Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārium ▲ Latin dictiō ▲ Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Latin dictiōnārius? Medieval Latin dictiōnāriumlbor. Middle English dixionare English dictionary From Middle English dixionare, a 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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: dixionare, dictiōnārium, dictiōnārius

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/
  • British English: /ˈdɪk.ʃə.nə.ɹi/

Usage

Inflected Forms

dictionaries (plural) dictionnary (alternative, obsolete) dixnary (alternative, obsolete) dictionaries (present, singular) dictionarying (participle, present) dictionaried (participle, past) dictionaried (past)

Derived Forms

antidictionary dicktionary dictionarial dictionarian dictionaric dictionarily dictionarist dictionarization dictionarize Dictionary dictionaryese dictionaryless

Phrases

anagram dictionary bilingual dictionary data dictionary desk dictionary dictionary attacker dictionary attack dictionary definition dictionary form

Frequently Paired Words

diction anagram dictionary BD biographical dictionary concordance guide legend onomasticon

Synonyms

lexicon vocabulary dict dict. dictionary explanatory dictionary interpreter

Rhymes With

pictionary wiktionary fictionary

Questions

How do you pronounce dictionary?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/.
What does dictionary mean?
A reference work listing words or names from one or more languages, usually ordered alphabetically, explaining each term's meanings or senses, often also containing information on its etymology, pronunciation, usage, semantic relations, translations, as well as other relevant information.
Where does dictionary come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce dictionary

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