The Firefly FrenchEnglish Visual Dictionary

28,000 terms illustrated with 4,800 colorful pictures.

The Firefly French/English Visual Dictionary is an unparalleled reference to the world around us and an indispensable tool for language education. Its 4,800 full-color illustrations show what other dictionaries can only describe in black-and-white text. From the parts of a honeybee to the parts of a bulldozer, the scope and depth are immense.

There are 28,000 terms and phrases revealed in detailed lifelike illustrations that make identification quick and accurate. French terms are identified by gender, and two indexes make it fast and easy to find a term in either language. The 600 subjects are organized into 17 color-coded sections:

• Astronomy
• House
• Earth
• Clothing
• Vegetable kingdom
• Arts and architecture
• Animal kingdom
• Communications and office automation
• Human being
• Food and kitchen
• Transport and machinery
• Do-it-yourself and gardening
• Energy
• Science
• Personal Adornment and articles
• Society
• Sports and games.

This reference is perfect for school, work or travel. For anyone learning French or English as a second language, The Firefly French/English Visual Dictionary is fun, accurate, easy and fast.

Jean-Claude Corbeil is a consultant in linguistic planning, with a worldwide reputation in the fields of comparative terminology and socio-linguistics.

Ariane Archambault is a specialist in applied linguistics who taught foreign languages before becoming a terminologist and editor of dictionaries.