Product Description

The talking French dictionary! This is the electronic edition of the highly acclaimed Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary (Third Edition). High-quality pronunciation software enables you to click, type, or cut and paste single words, phrases, or even whole paragraphs into a dialogue box and hear them spoken back to you in French. The perfect way to boost your spoken French skills. You can open the dictionary from any Windows® document with a single click; jump directly from one side of the dictionary to the other to check your translations; filter your searches to get exactly what you are looking for; and link to cultural notes, grammar and usage help, and comprehensive verb tables. This electronic edition also includes sample letters, CVs, and emails for you to use as templates for your own correspondence -you can cut and paste sections or whole letters as required to ensure your letters and job applications are perfect.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #857894 in Books
• Published on: 2004-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 2144 pages

From the Publisher
A more up-to-date, third edition of this title has been published. It contains the latest vocabulary, new features, and is published along with a FREE pronunciation CD-ROM - you type, it speaks. Ideal for improving your accent and building your confidence.

Customer Reviews

A Typeface to Enjoy
Oxford have topped the French-English dictionary charts with this latest offering. At last, a publisher has given some thought to we ageing profs who have to use bi-lingual dictionaries in our work. The font of the typeface is actually readable. It must be a first.

Another great idea is a grey printed tab for each letter of the alphabet which acts as a fast way into the dictionary without cretaing a tear-point like the old cut-out thumb indices. An interesting by-product is that at a glance you can see which letter of the alphabet is the most common first letter for French words.

What else do I like? Ah, yes the panel inserts with greater background info on modal auxiliaries, meaurement, time etc.

What haven't they done? Still no translation into English of what the verb parts mean in the beautifully clear verb tables at the back. Then again I don't know a grammar book or a dictionary that has realised how useful this would be to learners. When will a publisher think of this? que il eut ete aime

Five out of five for Oxford Hachette.

Excellent dictionary; better than Collins and cheaper too!
I bought this dictionary without really assessing the market because I trusted an Oxford dictionary to be the best. Since then I have used the equivilant Collins-Robert (CR) dictionary in school, and while that in itself is very good, I'm still glad that I bought Oxford-Hachette. The typeface is clear, it has a vast array of sample letters, bills, contracts etc. in the middle section to assist people such as students who are going to live in France, and most importantly it has a HUGE range of vocabulary. Despite being cheaper than CR, it actually appears thicker, and it also comes with an accurate pronunciation CD-ROM. There isn't much to choose between them in terms of vocab, but I'd choose Oxford-Hachette over Collins-Robert simply because of the many helpful extras and it being a bit cheaper.

Best dictionary you can get!
This is by far the best english-french dictionary you wil find. You will never want to replace it. Highly recommended!