"reverse dictionary" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: reverse dictionaries [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} reverse dictionary (plural reverse dictionaries)
  1. A dictionary in which entries are sorted alphabetically by their last letter, then second-to-last, and so on: Nausicaa would precede Hecuba, which would precede orca; influenza would precede cab, and so on. Categories (topical): Lexicography Translations (a dictionary in which entries are sorted alphabetically by their last letter, then second-to-last, and so on): հանգարան (hangaran) (Armenian), обратен речник (obraten rečnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), retrograad [neuter] (Dutch), inversa vortaro (Esperanto), dictionnaire inverse [masculine] (French), rückläufiges Wörterbuch [neuter] (German), प्रतिलोम शब्दकोश (pratilom śabdakoś) (Hindi), szóvégmutató szótár (Hungarian), rímszótár (Hungarian), dizionario inverso [masculine] (Italian), فرهنگ زانسو (Persian), słownik a tergo [masculine] (Polish), słownik regresywny [masculine] (Polish), обратный словарь (obratnyj slovarʹ) [masculine] (Russian), odzadnji slovar [masculine] (Slovene), diccionario inverso (Spanish), інверсійний словник (inversijnyj slovnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-reverse_dictionary-en-noun-gmSt6Z3O Disambiguation of Lexicography: 79 21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of 'a dictionary in which entries are sorted alphabetically by their last letter, then second-to-last, and so on': 92 8
  2. A dictionary that lists words under the concepts they describe. Synonyms: inverted dictionary Related terms: Reverse dictionaries in other Wiktionary editions:Catalan – German – Latin – Polish – Russian (english: separately for various languages) Translations (a dictionary that lists words under the concepts they describe): tematikus szótár (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-reverse_dictionary-en-noun-Pv5dOwgj Disambiguation of 'a dictionary that lists words under the concepts they describe': 6 94

Inflected forms

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