woodys-uk
Price: £15.36
In stock
16 used & new from £0.01
See All Buying Options
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
 
Oxford French Minidictionary: English, French / French, English
 
 
Share your own customer images
Search inside this book

Oxford French Minidictionary: English, French / French, English (Turtleback)

by Oxford University Press (Creator)
3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

Available from these sellers.


8 new from £0.01 8 used from £0.01

Customers Viewing This Page May Be Interested in These Sponsored Links

  (What is this?)
   French Dictionaries opens new browser window
www.pickabook.co.uk  -  Fantastic prices. Free UK delivery on orders over £15 
   Englishfrench opens new browser window
www.Ask.com  -  Search for Englishfrench Find Englishfrench 
  
 

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Oxford Spanish Mini Dictionary: Spanish-English/English-Spanish

Oxford Spanish Mini Dictionary: Spanish-English/English-Spanish

by Joanna Rubery
3.0 out of 5 stars (2)  £4.85
Oxford German Mini Dictionary: German-English/English-German

Oxford German Mini Dictionary: German-English/English-German

by Oxford University Press
£4.50
French Phrasebook (Collins GEM)

French Phrasebook (Collins GEM)

by Sophie Karnavos
4.0 out of 5 stars (5)  £2.69
Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary: Plus Grammar, Culture, Communication

Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary: Plus Grammar, Culture, Communication

by Oxford Dictionaries
3.0 out of 5 stars (5)  £7.14
French Stories (Dual-Language Books)

French Stories (Dual-Language Books)

by Wallace Fowlie
4.3 out of 5 stars (7)  £7.19
› Explore similar items

Product details

  • Turtleback: 640 pages
  • Publisher: OUP Oxford; 4 edition (26 May 2005)
  • Language English, French
  • ISBN-10: 0198610459
  • ISBN-13: 978-0198610458
  • Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 8.1 x 3.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 181,516 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

    •  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Product Description

Product Description

This new edition of the Oxford French Minidictionary offers up-to-date coverage of all the essential day-to-day vocabulary with over 40,000 words and phrases, and 60,000 translations. The latest words in each language have been added, reflecting all aspects of life today - boy band, google, identity theft, heritage tourism, speed dating. New cultural notes give the essential background to life in the French-speaking world. Other key features include warning symbols to identify slang and informal language, and special help with finding the correct translation of frequently used words, which are difficult to translate, because they appear in so many different contexts - words like can, do, have, and be. A new menu-reader section has been added so you know exactly what you're getting to eat, and the acclaimed phrasefinder gives you superfast access to all the words and expressions you need for everyday situations - shopping, travelling, asking for directions, or finding a place to stay. Finally, the conversion charts for distance, weights and measures, and clothing and shoe sizes make travelling abroad easier than ever before. All of these features are packed into a pocket-sized, durable format, and, with a brand-new text design and layout, this dictionary is more accessible and easy to use than ever before. Ideal for general users, business people, holiday makers, and travellers, the Oxford French Minidictionary is your perfect mini-guide to French.
Inside This Book (Learn More)
Explore More
Concordance
Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover
Search inside this book:

Suggested Tags from Similar Products

 (What's this?)
Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
 
(3)
(3)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

Your tags: Add your first tag
 
See most popular tags

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?

Oxford French Minidictionary: English, French / French, English
68% buy the item featured on this page:
Oxford French Minidictionary: English, French / French, English 3.0 out of 5 stars (2)
Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary: Plus Grammar, Culture, Communication
11% buy
Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary: Plus Grammar, Culture, Communication 3.0 out of 5 stars (5)
£7.14
Collins Easy Learning French Dictionary (Easy Learning Dictionary)
10% buy
Collins Easy Learning French Dictionary (Easy Learning Dictionary) 4.1 out of 5 stars (9)
£5.04
Collins French Dictionary Pocket Edition
7% buy
Collins French Dictionary Pocket Edition 4.0 out of 5 stars (1)
£4.62
Explore similar items
 

Customer Reviews

2 Reviews
5 star:    (0)
4 star:
 (1)
3 star:    (0)
2 star:
 (1)
1 star:    (0)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
3.0 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Ideal travel companion & quick reference, 5 Jul 2007
Mini-dictionaries are strange beasts, likely too many words for the average traveller, but not usually enough for more than the most beginning student. This one however includes not only useful and modern phrases for the traveller, set out side by side so you or your puzzled French person can point and smile at the relevant bit, but also handy menu items and phrases about exchanging email addresses.

Its ultra-modern and up to date with the latest slang, making it perfect for double checking unexpected words in newspapers, magazines and recent novels, and is small enough to slip easily into a pocket or bag to carry around. The text is clear, the translations succint and there are handy box-outs with background information about particularly French establishments where a word for word translation would leave you clueless. With verb tables at the back and many pointers and grammatical niggles mentioned in the main entries, there's an awful lot of useful stuff crammed into a very small space.

Ideal little companion for home, work or on the move, I was most impressed.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed, 19 Nov 2008
By Steve (Cheltenham UK) - See all my reviews
I havent used my french for some years and recently decided to start picking it up again. So I bought all the harry potter books in french, and used an old pocket Collins Gem Dictionary. Onto the third book some of the pages started to come loose from the dictionary and since I have it for a good part of 10 years thought it was high time to replace it. Since I'm using it for reading I wanted something small like my Collins so I can hold both at once and still read.

After buying an Oxford mini dictionary I had a quick comparison with the Collins and I was initially impressed, the Oxford was slightly bigger but included phrases, grammar and irregular verbs etc. Another plus point would be that the writing is larger and far easier to read and the layout seems good.

However my issue with the dictionary came when putting it to use, the vocabulary simply isn't in there. Despite my old Collins being smaller i'm continually reverting back to it to find words.
These 'extras' such as conversions, verb tables and phrases, and the larger writing would be useful if it were not put in at the cost of the vocabulary. This should be a dictionary first and foremost, with extras being extra. I'll be out to buy a new version of the pocket collins Gem!
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
 
Only search this product's reviews


Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 

   

Listmania!

Create a Listmania! list

Look for similar items by category

Look for similar items by subject





















i.e., each product must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ...

Feedback

Ad

Your Recent History

 (What's this?)

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.