FIve Language Visual Dictionary : English French German Italian Spanish

by Jean Claude Corbeil

This visual dictionary employs more than 6,000 full-color pictures to illustrate a vast array of objects and their corresponding names in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. More than 35,000 terms are grouped into 17 broad subjects and range from technical terminology such as dew point, moraine, and tyrannosaur to everyday words such as doorknob and waffle iron. The authors, Corbeil, sociolinguist and specialist in comparative terminology, and Archambault, specialist in applied linguistics, address both the academic (such as heraldic symbols) and the practical (such as street signs). Terms not only include types of objects, such as the more than 20 distinct places to sit (bar stool, bench, love seat, ottoman, sofa, etc.) but also provide names for specific components of such objects (apron, seat, stile, etc.). The illustrations are crisp and extremely detailed and are printed on glossy white stock. Researchers can access terms by browsing through color-tabbed pages that indicate the different topical subsections or by consulting one of the five language-specific indexes.

1100 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2005