French Bilingual and Multilingual 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...

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.

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.

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 of the mot du jour archives, with definition, examples, related terms, and sound files.

This free French-English and English-French dictionary includes some 350,000 indexed translations, including thousands of idiomatic expressions, technical terms, and slang.

Free English-French online dictionary includes 80,000 references and 120,000 translations.

Free French-English online dictionary includes 80,000 references and 120,000 translations.

English-French dictionary with 75,000 terms.

French-English dictionary with 75,000 terms.

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.

Four free bilingual dictionaries with French sound files: French-English-French, French-German-French, French-Italian-French, and French-Spanish-French.

Check out the portable electronic version of the the Collins-Robert French-English 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. Type in a French or English word to find out its translation and grammatical function.

Type a Spanish or French word to search the French-Spanish and Spanish-French dictionaries simultaneously.

Type a word in French or Swedish for its translation in the other and some grammatical information.

This Latin-French dictionary contains over 36,000 terms.

You'll need javascript enabled to use this neat online dictionary. Note to beginners: it lists multiple translations as well as related words, so you'll need to read a bit to find the literal translation of your entry.