[ The Petit Robert French language dictionary ]
The Petit Robert helps readers both to understand French in all its nuances and to express themselves with ease and confidence in the right register
It offers:
- 60,000 references;
- the discovery of unknown or forgotten words thanks to its analogical approach, completely reworked in the light of new words and phrases;
- all the most subtle and current meanings with clear and authoritative definitions;
- distinct contexts for the correct usage of words in all registers, from colloquial to formal;
- synonyms, opposites and homonyms;
- obsolete and dated words providing access to literary classics of the past;
- the history of words: etymology, date of first occurrence, historical classification of meanings;
- quotations from literary classics of the French-speaking world, well-known lines from songs and films;
- careful description of standard usage;
- notes on difficult points of grammar;
- conjugation tables including past participle agreements.
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