"dictionnary" meaning in English

See dictionnary in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: dictionnaries [plural]
Etymology: As a mistake of second-language speakers, primarily from French dictionnaire. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|dictionnaire}} French dictionnaire Head templates: {{en-noun}} dictionnary (plural dictionnaries)
  1. Obsolete spelling of dictionary, now parsed as (non-native speakers' English) a misspelling of dictionary. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: dictionary (extra: (non-native speakers' English) a misspelling of dictionary), now parsed as (extra: (non-native speakers' English) a misspelling of dictionary)

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-02-12 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-02-02 using wiktextract (1c4b89b and 9dbd323). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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