Harrap's Shorter dictionary 4+

Name: Harrap's Shorter dictionary
Price: 17.99 AUD
Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Author: Editions Larousse

Editions Larousse

Designed for iPad

- 5.0 • 2 Ratings

- $17.99

Description

Combining ease of use with richness of content, this dictionary is intuitive and intelligent

The dictionary offers an entirely updated content for 2013:
• 400,000 words and phrases
• 600,000 translations
• 650 notes on usage (false friends, words difficult to translate) and hundreds of cultural notes
• More than 500 proverbs and idiomatic phrases enabling you to express yourself as naturally as possible
• 100 articles allowing for a better understanding of the formation of words, starting with prefixes and suffixes (-ly, -less, -esque etc.)
• Numerous regional variations (American, Irish, Australian etc.)
• Every verb conjugated
• All the most recent words included (gaz de schiste, fuiter, hacktivism, paywall etc.)

Various functions:
• A History and Favourites classed by the meanings of words
• A hypertext on every word allowing you to jump quickly from one translation to another
• Pronunciations given for all words and translations (on-line mode only)

►Practical: customisable font sizes for better visual comfort

28 June 2017

Version 1.2

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

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5.0 out of 5

2 Ratings

Really Outstanding French Dictionary

This is still easily one of the very best English-French/French-English dictionaries on the App Store. The value for money is extraordinary. It’s a real pity that it is so hard to find on the Store. A change in the name of the app would probably fix this problem.

The content is from Éditions Larousse, the venerable French dictionary and reference work publishing house, and is excellent and comprehensive.

High quality sound files are available (internet connection required), not just for headwords, but for all of the copious number of example phrases and sentences. Every verb is fully conjugated in all moods and tenses. The display font size is easily adjusted. It is difficult to think of any improvements in this app.

One small point. Larousse’s French- English Unabridged dictionary is more comprehensive and contains obscure and unusual words that can otherwise only be found in French-only dictionaries such as ‘Le Petit Robert’ etc. The Unabridged dictionary has all the other features, but lacks verb conjugations. I strongly recommend it as well, particularly for more advanced learners.

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