December 30th, 2009
- ISBN13: 9781585734719
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Langenscheidt’s Pocket Dictionary French contains over 50,000 references. It includes a wealth of colloquial and idiomatic expressions, full grammar details with examples of usage, and conjugation tables. The ideal compact reference work for everyday use.
Langenscheidt French Pocket Dictionary: French/English/English/French
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4 Comments
I bought my sister the pocket dictionary for her birthday. She went to Paris shortly after, and loved having the resource available. I have been using the Japanese version here in Japan, and it has worked out very well for me. It doesn’t help you with sentence structure (it’s a dictionary, nothing more). These books have an awesome variety of current vocabulary and slang which I found extremely helpful. I would recommend this book to anyone traveling abroad, or just wanting to extend their vocabulary in another language!
Rating: 5 / 5
I bought this dictionary for a recent trip to rural France where few people speak English. This dictionary is very portable and the font type is very readable. It was small enough to carry in a purse or a waist pack. It is divided into two parts: French-English and English-French. I found it very helpful in deciphering road signs, menus, touring sites, brochures, and conversations. I consulted it daily. It contained most of the words that I wanted to translate either in English or French. Now back home, I use it regularly instead of my big French dictionary when reading French news and magazines. It has additional information about basic verb conjugations and a list of conjugations of common verbs. I highly recommend it.
Rating: 5 / 5
I’m a college professor, and I both use this dictionary myself and highly encourage my students to buy it.
It is absolutely the BEST small French-English dictionary I’ve found, and has many features of larger dictionaries at a reasonable cost (it’s also much longer lasting than plain paper back dictionaries, of which I”ve seen many ratty copies–missing 1/2 of the “a” section– in my career). While some smaller dictionaries offer not much more than one-word definitions for terms (which lead to many mistranslations), Langenscheidt’s offers numerous contextual examples that help students choose the correct word, and also shows many idiomatic expressions.
An A+!
(Note: Langenscheidt’s offers many sizes of dictionaries. This review applies only to the one list-priced at $13 .95. Some of the smaller versions are as incomplete as other dictionaries).
Rating: 5 / 5
I had the opportunity to be a foreign exchange student in France from 1991-1992 and thankfully found this before I left. Not only is this a great dictionary but logistically you can actually take it with you. Many translation dictionaries are so big that taking with you while on vacation, a business trip or any other reason would not be possible because of it’s size and weight but this fit into the pocket of my coat. It’s a little too big to fit into the back pocket of your jeans but it’s size is still small.
Overall this is a wonderful dictionary and one that I personally used extensively during my year and France and now use it again while trying to teach my daughters to speak french (the memory fades a bit after 13 years!)
Special Note: This is a new updated French/English English/French dictionary released in 2005. Previously the last update was in 1980 so be sure if you’re shopping around to get the new version vs. the old version.
Rating: 5 / 5
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