French Bilingual and Multilingual Dictionaries
Bilingual French Dictionaries
When buying a French dictionary, you need to consider your language proficiency and what you'll be using the dictionary for. It's also important to keep in mind that bilingual dictionaries are a great
tool, but they can have discrepancies, both major and minor. Their main weakness is in
offering words that are no longer used. The following...
How to use bilingual dictionaries
Bilingual dictionaries are essential tools for second language learners, but using them correctly requires more than just looking up a word in one language and picking the first translation you see. There's a lot more to bilingual dictionaries than meets the eye, so check out these pages to learn how to get the most out of your bilingual dictionary.
French Audio Dictionary
The French audio dictionary contains more than 2,000 alphabetical entries, each with a French word or expression, sound file, English translation, and links to additional or related information.
Dictionary of French Expressions
Hundreds of the French expressions, including idiomatic expressions, proverbs, phrasal verbs, and formulas, arranged alphabetically by the first word in the French expression.
French Dictionary - Mot du jour
French dictionary of the mot du jour archives, with definition, examples, related terms, and sound files.
French-English and English-French Dictionary - Collins
Free bilingual online dictionary including 80,000 references and 120,000 translations.
French-English and English-French Dictionary - Ultralingua
This free French-English and English-French dictionary includes some 350,000 indexed translations, including thousands of idiomatic expressions, technical terms, and slang.
English-French Dictionary - ARTFL
English-French dictionary with 75,000 terms.
French-English Dictionary - ARTFL
French-English dictionary with 75,000 terms.
Harrap's Online
Sign up for a free trial (30 days) of access to Harrap's French-English-French dictionary, with 425,000 words and phrases and 750,000 translations.
Larousse
Four free bilingual dictionaries with French sound files: French-English-French, French-German-French, French-Italian-French, and French-Spanish-French.
Lexibook electronic dictionary
Check out the portable electronic version of the the Collins-Robert French-English dictionary.
Little Explorers English to French Picture Dictionary
English to French Picture dictionary for children. Pick a letter to see the word in both languages, a picture, and hyperlinks to more activities.
Bilingual French English Dictionary
Bilingual French/English dictionary. Type in a French or English word to find out its translation and grammatical function.
French-Spanish-French Dictionary
Type a Spanish or French word to search the French-Spanish and Spanish-French dictionaries simultaneously.
French Swedish Dictionary
Type a word in French or Swedish for its translation in the other and some grammatical information.
Latin French Dictionary
This Latin-French dictionary contains over 36,000 terms.