dictionnaire
French, noun/dik.sjɔ.nɛʁ/
dictionnaire is spelled D-I-C-T-I-O-N-N-A-I-R-E (12 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written French, the 4,565th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dictionnaire is a French masculine noun meaning “dictionary (a list of words, usually arranged alphabetically and presented with definitions or translations)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ouvrage de référence qui répertorie des mots dans un ordre convenu (alphabétique en général) fournissant pour…”.
What does dictionnaire mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedictionary (a list of words, usually arranged alphabetically and presented with definitions or translations)
- 2
masculinedictionary (an associative array)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ouvrage de référence qui répertorie des mots dans un ordre convenu (alphabétique en général) fournissant pour chacun d’eux différentes informations concernant son sens ou son emploi. 2. Recueil fait par ordre alphabétique sur des matières de littérature, de sciences ou d’arts. 3. Livre, recueil de pensées, d’opinions, d’un auteur, publié dans un ordre alphabétique. 4. Vocabulaire, ensemble des mots dont se sert un écrivain.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of dictionnaire
- dictionnaires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dictionnaire?
- /dik.sjɔ.nɛʁ/
- Belgium [dik.sjɔ.nɛʁ]
- France [d̪ik.sjo.n̪ɛʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dictionnaire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dictionnaire in French?
dictionnaire appears 16 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).