"dictionnary" meaning in English

See dictionnary in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: dictionnaries [plural]
Etymology: Non-native use derived from French dictionnaire. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|dictionnaire}} French dictionnaire Head templates: {{en-noun}} dictionnary (plural dictionnaries)
  1. Obsolete spelling of dictionary. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: dictionary
    Sense id: en-dictionnary-en-noun-kuc3ysHc
  2. (non-native speakers' English) Misspelling of dictionary. Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: dictionary
    Sense id: en-dictionnary-en-noun-b6iSZ6-R Categories (other): Non-native speakers' English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1999 July 23, jean lastennet, “breton music”, in soc.culture.breton (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-04",
          "text": "I have no modern dictionnary on hand. But I used to understand ethnocide as the volontary destruction of a culture.",
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