Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary | 
 enlarge | Creators: Marie-helene Correard, Valerie Grundy, Jean-benoit Ormal-grenon, Nicholas Rollin
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Category: Book
List Price: $55.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 51333
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 4
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 1945
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6.2
Dimensions (in): 10.4 x 7.9 x 2.9
ISBN: 0198614225
Dewey Decimal Number: 443.21
EAN: 9780198614227
ASIN: 0198614225
Publication Date: July 23, 2007
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Product Description
Acclaimed by language professionals the world over, the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary has long been the market leader. Using the statistical evidence provided by vast electronic databanks of language currently being written and spoken, our expert editors have made it the most comprehensive, reliable, and up-to-date dictionary of French and English available today. This fully updated fourth edition has even better coverage of the language than ever before, with improved treatment of acronyms and EU terminology, as well as thousands of new words in both English and French. A must for anyone studying the French language, this dictionary has been tailored to the needs of students in consultation with key academic advisors. This edition contains even more of the useful information for language students or part-time residents abroad, including sample bills and rental agreements. By far the most up-to-date and complete French dictionary of its size, it will provide one-stop shopping for all your language needs.
NEW thousands of new words spanning everything from technology and medicine to colloquial slang
NEW headwords in color and changes to layout to further improve accessibility
Increased coverage of acronyms and EU terminology
More material for students on their year abroad or anyone living in the French speaking world e.g. sample utility bills, bank statements, rent agreements
NEW and updated cultural notes--grasp the essence of the language
A 'numbers' page at the start of the dictionary covers the increasing frequency of numeric abbreviations, such as '0800 number' and '24/7'
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 Oxford, dictionary extraordinary!!!!!!!!!!!! November 29, 2008
Anyone who is interested in any language, OXFORD DICTIONSRY, is the best.
This dictionary, collaboration with HACHETTE is a very exstensive and precise.
Great French Dictionary October 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Oxford Hachette French/English-English/French Dictionary (Fourth Edition) is a great dictionary in every sense of the word, one that will probably provide for most if not all of your dictionary needs with regard to the French language (or to the English--both American and British--if you are francophone). Besides the usual definitions, including slang and technical terms, there are all sorts of additional goodies, including extensive cultural notes, notes on grammatical usage and pronunciation,including special difficulties of French and English, French verbs and English irregular verbs, model letters related to general and business correspondence (including looking for a job), electronic text messaging, using email and the Internet, telephone language and manners and more. All this plus 360,000 words and phrases and 550,000 translations--in fact, the dictionary has been designed especially to aid in translation work. A special bonus is a guide to doing the paperwork for renting, buying and living in France, as well as a guide for living in an anglophone country.An audio pronunciation guide, Speak French, comes as a free CD with the dictionary. All in all, a lot for your money, but be forewarned: this is definitely not a dictionary you will want to carry in your book bag or take on tour in France. It's a desk dictionary weighing somewhat over six pounds, but it is six pounds of truly concentrated and useful information--well worth the relatively modest price.
 Oxford Hachette French Dictionary September 15, 2008
When I ordered this dictionary I was assuming that it was a FRENCH dictionary, one in which EVERYTHING is in French. It is NOT. It is an English/French and French/English dictionary. I was tempted to return it, but I did discover that it is a very fine French/English dictionary, quite up to date and easily used. So I tossed my old one and kept this one.
Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread! August 28, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a review for The Oxford-Hachette French/English Dictionary: Windows. CD-Rom.
I see that other older reviews are for the paper dictionary, but not this one. Anyhoo! I really get a kick out of using this. Its so handy to have the WHOLE 1945 page dictionary downloaded onto my PC desktop. {XP PRO} I also downloaded to my laptop which runs Vista and NO Problemo to report. Of course the best feature is the terrrifffic pronunciation of the software. The "Real Speak" feature allows you copy text form whatever website your on, be it a single sentence of a few paragraphs and click the button and a extremely well spoken lady repeats all the words back to you! Nothing even comes close to this state of the art software! Also you can write in your own words or phrases for playback or just look up individual words. Click one at a time or hold the shift key and right click for the whole sentence to be spoken.
And lastly let me tell ya once again! That this is the whole monster dictionary that is in hardcover at 1945 pages! The whole thing! I know I checked it out! So you only need one. For me, the talking dictionary is a no brainer! Salut!
Second best (to the first edition) April 20, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I'm French and I have been living in the US for almost 15 years. About 10 years ago, I outgrew my pocket dictionary and started to look for something heftier. I did a thorough review of the few serious French-English dictionaries and finally went with the Oxford-Hachette. At the time, it was the only dictionary that was based on computer-generated corpuses originating from millions of pages copied from books, magazines and newspapers. It means that the editors saw every single word listed in all the possible ways. Result: I haven't found a single expression, as modern as it could be, that I haven't been able to translate in one way or the other. It's a perfect dictionary for the modern world, for expats who want to understand the movies, lyrics and modern language from the country they live in, whether they are a French-speaking person like me living in an English-speaking area, or - God forbid - an English-speaking person feeling at home in one of these oh-so-stinkin' but fascinating French-speaking countries.
I would have given 5 stars to the edition that I originally bought in 1997. I just bought the new edition in 2008 but the blue color that they used for the main titles is a bit annoying. It looks like the words are floating on top of the paper and it gives me some kind of headache. The dictionary is as good as it used to be but I realize that I don't spend as much time as I used to just browsing through it to learn new words. Result: 4 stars. Ok, 4 1/2 because it's second best only to the first edition...
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