dictionary

diccionario

Libro o recurso en internet que explica el significado y la escritura de las palabras, y a menudo su pronunciación.

En inglés sencillo: A book or online resource that explains words, their spellings, and often their pronunciation.

• Use a dictionary to check the spelling.
• My dictionary explains how to pronounce each word.
• Have you looked it up in a dictionary?

Cómo se usa: look something up in a dictionary (I looked the word up in a dictionary.)

Expresiones frecuentes: online dictionary, English dictionary, dictionary entry, use a dictionary

diccionario especializado

Libro de consulta que presenta información sobre un tema en orden alfabético.

En inglés sencillo: A reference book that lists information about a subject in alphabetical order.

• He bought a medical dictionary.
• The dictionary of music explains unfamiliar terms.
• Our library has several dictionaries of art and architecture.

Cómo se usa: dictionary of something (She consulted a dictionary of legal terms.)

Sinónimos: reference book

Expresiones frecuentes: medical dictionary, law dictionary, dictionary of something