Harper Collins Italian Pocket Dictionary - Softcover

HarperCollins Publishers

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060956631 ISBN 13: 9780060956639

Publisher: CollinsRef, 2000

Synopsis

The most up-to-date and easy-to-use pocket dictionary available

• Clear color layout for maximum ease of use
• Keyword feature -- extra help with translating the most essential vocabulary
• Over 70,000 translations
• Unique games section that helps readers have fun while learning

About this title

About the Author

HarperCollins Publishers is one of the world's leading English-language publishers with headquarters in New York. The company is part of News America Publishing Group, a division of News Corporation. The house of Mark Twain, The Brontë sisters, Thackeray, Dickens, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins was founded in New York City in 1817 by the brothers James and John Harper. The worldwide book group, which was formed following News Corporation's acquisition of the British publisher William Collins in January 1990, has significant publishing interests in the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and Australia.

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INTRODUCTION

We are delighted that you have decided to buy the Collins Pocket Italian Dictionary, and hope you will enjoy and benefit from using it at home, at school, on holiday or at work.

The innovative use of colour guides you quickly and efficiently to the word you want, and the comprehensive wordlist provides a wealth of modem and idiomatic phrases not normally found in a dictionary this size.

In addition, the supplement provides you with guidance on using the dictionary, along with entertaining ways of improving your dictionary skills.

We hope that you will enjoy using it and that it will significantly enhance your language studies.

USING YOUR COLLINS POCKET DICTIONARY

A wealth of information is presented in the dictionary, using various typefaces, sizes of type, symbols, abbreviations and brackets. The conventions and symbols used are explained in the following sections.

Headwords

The words you look up in a dictionary -- "headwords" -- are listed alphabetically. They are printed in red type for rapid identification. The two headwords appearing at the top of each page indicate the first and last word dealt with on the page in question.

Information about the usage or form of certain headwords is given in brackets after the phonetic spelling. This usually appears in abbreviated form and in italics (e.g. (fam), (comm)).

Where appropriate, words related to headwords are grouped in the same entry (illustrare, illustrazione; accept, acceptance) in a slightly smaller red type than the headword.

Common expressions in which the headword appears are shown in a different bold roman type (e.g. aver freddo).

Phonetic spellings

Where the phonetic spelling of headwords (indicating their pronunciation) is given, it will appear in square brackets immediately after the headword (e.g. calza ['kaltsa]; knead [ni:d]). A list of these symbols is given on pages xiv-xv.

Translations

Headword translations are given in ordinary type and, where more than one meaning or usage exists, these are separated by a semi-colon. You will often find other words in italics in brackets before the translations. These offer suggested contexts in which the headword might appear (e.g. duro (pietra) or (Iavoro)) or provide synonyms (e.g. duro (ostinato)).

"Key" words

Special status is given to certain Italian and English words which are considered as "key" words in each language. They may, for example, occur very frequently or have several types of usage (e.g. da, di, avere; at, to, be, this). A combination of lozenges and numbers helps you to distinguish different parts of speech and different meanings. Further helpful information is provided in brackets and in italics.

Grammatical information

Parts of speech are given in abbreviated form in italics after the phonetic spellings of headwords (e.g. vt, av, conq).

Genders of Italian nouns are indicated as follows: sm for a masculine and sf for a feminine noun. Feminine and irregular plural forms of nouns are also shown (dottore, essa; droga, ghe).

Feminine adjective endings are given as are plural forms (opaco, a, chi, che).

Edition details

• Publisher: CollinsRef
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0060956631
• ISBN 13: 9780060956639
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304