Product Description

This major new edition of the Oxford Paperback Italian Dictionary is now the largest of its kind. It aims to provide detailed coverage of the vocabulary the learner of the language really needs. * Comprehensive: over 40,000 words and phrases, over 60,000 translations with thousands of examples * Up to date: Comprehensive coverage of current, idiomatic Italian and English * Grammar guidance: Full coverage of irregular plurals, irregular masculine and feminine nouns, plurals and past tenses in Italian * Extra Help: pronunciation guidance; full verb tables * Signposting: meanings and contexts clearly labelled to guide users to exactly the right translation for their needs

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10499 in Books
• Published on: 1997-03-27
• Original language: Italian, English
• Binding: Paperback
• 512 pages

Customer Reviews

A useful but basic dictionary
This dictionary is very good value for money, and fine for most purposes, but I have found its vocabulary limited when working with some very mildly technical areas. Also if you don't have a basic knowledge of Italian, it isn't a lot of help with word endings etc. - there is a list of regular and irregular verbs in the back, but this is very concise and of limited help. For example, if you know no Italian, and look up the word 'vieni' you won't find it, and you don't know that you need to look under 'venire'.
I guess most users will probably have some basic Italian, and would find this a useful and adequate, lightweight and small paperback dictionary. For anyone with no Italian and/or a need for moderately specialist or technical vocabulary, I would recommend paying a bit more for a dictionary with grammar guide and more words and phrases.
This review refers to the 2nd edition 2002 reprint.

Easy to use but flimsy.
The main sections of this dictionary are easy to use, clearly laid out, and mostly adequate, although translations are too often a single main meaning. The verb tables, condensed to four pages, are annoyingly brief.

As I paid less than £4 including postage for my copy I shouldn't be surprised at its flimsiness - pages falling out after a year's regular but heavy use. As a reference book, frequently to be carried to lessons, on holidays etc it needs to be tougher.