Bilingual dictionaries
Complete list of dictionaries available at KL
- Collins French Dictionary (online)
- Harrap's French and English college dictionary (Reference PC 2640 .H2725 2006)
- Grand dictionnaire français-anglais, anglais-français Larousse (Reference PC 2640 .G735 1993)
- Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary (Reference PC 2640 .O94 2001)
- ARTFL English-French Dictionary (online)
Complete list of dictionaries available at KL
The most recent
- Dictionnaire Larousse (Reference PC 2625 .L49 2009)
- Dictionnaire Petit Robert (Reference PC 2625 .R553)
- Dictionnaire de la langue française (Littré) (Reference PC2625 .L63). Free online access to the dictionary.
The most complete dictionary, but only up to the end of the 19th century - Dictionnaires d'autrefois (free - online)
French Dictionaries from the 17th - 20th centuries, including several Dictionnaires de l'Académie française along with the Estienne, Nicot, Bayle, Moréri, Féraud, and Littré.
- The Facts on File English/French visual dictionary (Reference PC 2640 .C64 1987)
- The Oxford Duden Pictorial French and English Dictionary (Reference PC 2680 .O93 1996)
- Dictionaire de Synonymes (free - online)

The definitive historical dictionary of the English language. This dictionary covers English words from 1150 CE to present, and provides etymology and quotations illustrating usage.
- Larousse online (free online Larousse French dictionary, including dictionary of synomyms, idioms, homomyms, and quotations)
- Le Robert (free online Robert dictionary, includin synonyms, etymology, and more)
- Lingue.com
- Wordreference.com
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