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Le Nouveau Petit Robert: Dictionnaire De LA Langue Francaise

Le Nouveau Petit Robert: Dictionnaire De LA Langue Francaise

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Le meilleur
Review: C'est le meilleur dictionnaire que j'ai vue de la langue francaise. Il y a tout dedans, l'étymologie, les homonymes et toutes les explications. je n'utilise patiquemment que cela pour chercher les mots que je ne connais pas. En europe il y a encore le Grand Robert avec plus d'informations, mais ceci est en un seul volume. Je l'aime!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: For a novice like I am, it is worth the buy
Review: Once finished with the second semester French (or the latest, fourth semester, if you wait until you learn more about the subjunctive), one should primarily use this dictionary to find the meaning and etymology of the French vocabulary. One can still have a translational dictionary standing by, but by using le Petit Robert, one is forced to read the definition also in the same language, thus enforcing one's comprehension of the written language. As a companion to this dictionary, Le Petit Robert Des Noms Propres helps a lot once one starts to delve into the French literature, politic, and culture.

The Larousse version is better illustrated, if one prefers such.

For conjugation, I would recommend Bescherelle 1: La Conjugaison pour Tous, instead of the "501 French verbs." The former is logically arranged (and thinner and easier to carry!) by presenting one way of conjugating and then listing the rest of the words that fall into this category at the end-pages.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: An undeclared national treasure
Review: The French really ought to declare this dictionary a national treasure. It is a monument of competent lexicography and contains a lot more information than the user suspects he or she might need some day. For each entry there is an etymology and date of first appearance in French; a vast cross-referencing network for synonyms, antonyms, analogues and homonyms; a complete definition covering social connotations; examples of how the word is actually used in diverse situations; and a phonetic transcription in IPA. Anyone with a serious interest in learning French will probably want to have this volume.


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