English and French Language Resources

Ressources Langues et Linguistiques Anglaises et Françaises

Dictionnaires, Mots Croisés et Autres Ressources / Dictionaries, Crosswords & Homonyms ABU http://cedric.cnam.fr/ABU/ L'Association des bibliophiles Universels (ABU) se propose de donner un maximum de textes du domaine public en langue française, qu'il s'agisse de textes anciens ou de créations. ABU diffuse aussi une copie des textes anglais du Project Gutenberg. ABU tries to offer as many French public domain texts as possible. ABU also diffuses a local copy of the Project Gutenberg etexts. ARTFL Project http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/FR-ENG.html French-English Dictionary Form 75,000 terms French to English and English to French Bartleby.com http://www.bartleby.com/ You can access: Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition, Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition, Simpson's Contemporary Quotations and The American Heritage Book of English Usage from this site. Collins Cobuild Student's Dictionary http://www.linguistics.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ccsd/ "CCSD Online is the prototype of an online dictionary that has been developed especially for worldwide access via the Internet... The CCSD Online service will be free until further notice. " A Dictionary of Slang http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/ From a British point of view - and what a dictionary! "A Dictionary of Slang' is a reference guide to the many slang expressions heard in the United Kingdom. This of course encompasses many words and phrases that originate from outside the U.K. and in such cases, if known, the country of origin is indicated." Editor's Note: This is a site well worth the visit! English dictionary http://www.english-dictionary.us/ This is a no-frills English dictionary containing over 200,000 references with both US and British spellings. Leximot http://www.francparler.com/ An interesting site for teachers and advanced learners of French. Foreign Languages for Travelers http://www.travlang.com/languages/ For learning French there's a choice of: basic words, numbers, shopping/dining, travel, directions, places, time and dates and you can listen to the expressions and phrases. Cool! Freelang - Translation help service; online dictionaries http://www.freelang.net/ Freelang is a personal homepage (not a company, not an association) whose aim is to provide free resources for foreign languages: dictionaries to download, human translation help service, and other online resources. French-English / English-French Dictionary http://www.french-linguistics.co.uk/dictionary/ Le grand dictionnaire terminologique http://www.granddictionnaire.com/ "Le grand dictionnaire terminologique (GDT) constitue un fonds terminologique important comprenant environ 800 000 fiches dont 85 % sont bilingues et dont plus de la moitié comportent des définitions. Cet ouvrage est alimenté et mis à jour quotidiennement à l'interne, et mensuellement sur le site Internet du GDT. Le GDT est une banque faite au Québec présentant les terminologies industrielles, scientifiques, techniques et économiques adaptées au monde nord-américain tout en offrant une sélection des productions terminologiques réalisées au cours des vingt-cinq dernières années dans la francophonie. Le GDT constitue ainsi un patrimoine national et international." Lexique des Etudes littéraires http://www.lettres.net/lexique/ Plus de 500 notions par J.E. Gadenne, Professeur de français [500 literary terms in French] Leximagne - l'Empereur des pages dico @ Globe-Gate http://www.utm.edu/departments/french/dico.shtml Eclectic collection, big (400+) French dictionaries and glossaries. Tennessee Bob strikes again. LookWAYup http://lookwayup.com/free/dictionary.htm "LookWAYup Dictionary/Thesaurus and Translation is a large online English dictionary that tolerates small spelling errors (U.S. or international spelling), shows definitions for multiple senses of the word, and for each sense shows synonyms, related terms, and usage examples. It optionally translates that sense to French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, or German or vice-versa. Within the dictionary, you can double-click on any word in the definition to define it. It can also be installed on browsers, web sites, PDAs, and mobile phones." Majstro http://www.majstro.com/ A multilingual translation dictionary. Medterms.com http://www.medterms.com/ A free dictionary with classic and contemporary medical terms. Easy to search. Newbury House Online Dictionary http://nhd.heinle.com/ There are 40,000 entries and a 50,000 photo database. You can suggest a word if you can't find it and there's a cultural hint of the day. A nice tool. OneLook Dictionaries http://www.onelook.com/ This site links to 700 some other dictionaries and can give you definitions and translations. Very useful site. Online visual dictionary http://www.infovisual.info/ Online Etymology Dictionary http://www.etymonline.com/ Douglas Harper offers a free online etymology dictionary that is well worth the visit. On-Line Dictionaries http://www.yourdictionary.com/ English, French, German, and dozens of other languages. One of the best on the Web. Oxford English Dictionary http://www.oed.com/ Free tour, and word of the day, but for access to the entire site, it is fee based. Piquemots http://www.piquemots.fr/ This site offers French word games like crosswords, cryptograms, anagrams, word searches and more. Travlang's Translating Dictionaries http://dictionaries.travlang.com/ The English-French dictionary has 10,000 terms. World Wide Words http://www.worldwidewords.org/ Michael Quinon's site investigates international English from a British viewpoint. Fascinating short articles, definitions, development of new words, histories of words and expressions, turns of phrase, wierd words and more, including a newsletter. Interesting for teachers and advanced-level learners of English. Mots Croisés | Crossword Puzzles Crossword Links http://www.crossword-puzzles.co.uk/ And information on the Crossword Compiler written by Antony Lewis Crossword Puzzles for ESL Students http://iteslj.org/cw/ A Project of The Internet TESL Journal. A JavaScript-enabled browser is not required, but it helps. There are several dozen crosswords to try out. Great fun! Les mots croisés en VO http://membres.lycos.fr/jeuxdelettres/ Des mots croisés en anglais, liste de faux amis, proverbes avec traduction. Sites For Making Crosswords 1. http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/halfbaked/ 2. http://www.puzzlemaker.com/ Homonyms Homonym List http://www.cooper.com/alan/homonym_list.html Fascinating collection of English words that sound alike but are spelled differently maintained by Alan Cooper, which he notes should 'technically' be called homophones. Self-Study Homonym Quizzes http://a4esl.org/q/h/homonyms.html Dozens of fun quizzes to test your homonym knowledge.

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