Ciao a tutti,
I've narrowed down my choices to either Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary, Second Edition (Hardcover) or HarperCollins Sansoni Italian Unabridged Dictionary, Second Edition (Hardcover). I'm also open to other opinions. If anyone is willing to share their opinion/experiences in regards to these dictionaries or other dictionaries please respond to this post.
Grazie!
BS
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Ciao BillySHears,
I don't use an offline dictionary too often. My favorite is http://www.garzantilinguistica.it/ . There is very little that I haven't found in it, yet, and it provides very good examples. It is enough to type in the first few letters of a word and it gives you all the hits. It is useful when you are not sure of the spelling, or if you don' t know the infinitive form of a verb.
I think both dictionaries listed are good.
Annamaria
I don't use an offline dictionary too often. My favorite is http://www.garzantilinguistica.it/ . There is very little that I haven't found in it, yet, and it provides very good examples. It is enough to type in the first few letters of a word and it gives you all the hits. It is useful when you are not sure of the spelling, or if you don' t know the infinitive form of a verb.
I think both dictionaries listed are good.
Annamaria
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Annamaria,Annamaria wrote:Ciao BillySHears,
I don't use an offline dictionary too often. My favorite is http://www.garzantilinguistica.it/ .
Annamaria
Lo proverò.
Grazie,
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Hi Billy ,
Check out these links on the forum
http://www.impariamo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=44
http://www.impariamo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1823
Check out these links on the forum
http://www.impariamo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=44
http://www.impariamo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1823
Roby
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"As rare as true love is, it is not as rare as true friendship."
- François de La Rochefoucauld
"Per raro che sia, il vero amore e' meno raro della vera amicizia."
"As rare as true love is, it is not as rare as true friendship."
- François de La Rochefoucauld
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Re: My Next Dictionary
I use Collins Sansoni and am very happy with it. It is only occasionally that I come across a word or expression that isn't in there.BillyShears wrote:Ciao a tutti,
I've narrowed down my choices to either Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary, Second Edition (Hardcover) or HarperCollins Sansoni Italian Unabridged Dictionary, Second Edition (Hardcover). I'm also open to other opinions. If anyone is willing to share their opinion/experiences in regards to these dictionaries or other dictionaries please respond to this post.
Grazie!
BS
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Re: My Next Dictionary
Thanks Geoff. At Amazon.com the Harper Collins Sansoni has a 4 1/2 star rating. The Oxford Paravia is rated a perfect 5 star. Of course only a handfull of people expressed an opinion. But I was impressed by the comments about both dictionaries. When I first conducted the research, the Sansoni was $15 or $20 cheaper than the Paravia but when I looked again today at Amazon the Paravia is listed as over 2 times more the cost of Paravia for a new book.Geoff wrote:
I use Collins Sansoni and am very happy with it. It is only occasionally that I come across a word or expression that isn't in there.
I checked other sites and they are about the same price ($65 American). For now I've taken Annamaria's advice and use the online http://www.garzantilinguistica.it site along with my old Bantam New College Italian & English dictionary.
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Dictionaries
A minor addition to this thread...
I've got an ancient Harper-Collins that I occasionally use,
but 99.9% of the time I get what I need from:
Word Reference
http://www.wordreference.com/enit/dictionary
Corriere
http://dizionari.corriere.it/dizionario ... lese.shtml
Frasi.net
http://www.frasi.net/dizionari/inglese- ... .asp?L21=S
Dizionario Italiano
http://www.dizionario-italiano.it/
June 29
http://www.june29.com/IDP/IDPsearch.html
and of course Google.
If I get stuck with a word, I'll use the single language
Devoto (at home, weighs a ton)
De Mauro
I've got an ancient Harper-Collins that I occasionally use,
but 99.9% of the time I get what I need from:
Word Reference
http://www.wordreference.com/enit/dictionary
Corriere
http://dizionari.corriere.it/dizionario ... lese.shtml
Frasi.net
http://www.frasi.net/dizionari/inglese- ... .asp?L21=S
Dizionario Italiano
http://www.dizionario-italiano.it/
June 29
http://www.june29.com/IDP/IDPsearch.html
and of course Google.
If I get stuck with a word, I'll use the single language
Devoto (at home, weighs a ton)
De Mauro
Una mucca dice all'altra "Hai letto della "mucca pazza"? L'altra dice "Sì, ho sentito. Che fortuna che io sono un pinguino!
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Re: Dictionaries
Mille grazie Tim!timLA wrote:A minor addition to this thread...
I've got an ancient Harper-Collins that I occasionally use,
but 99.9% of the time I get what I need from:
Word Reference
http://www.wordreference.com/enit/dictionary
Corriere
http://dizionari.corriere.it/dizionario ... lese.shtml
Frasi.net
http://www.frasi.net/dizionari/inglese- ... .asp?L21=S
Dizionario Italiano
http://www.dizionario-italiano.it/
June 29
http://www.june29.com/IDP/IDPsearch.html
and of course Google.
If I get stuck with a word, I'll use the single language
Devoto (at home, weighs a ton)
De Mauro
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Billy
Take a look at this link
A site for beginners
http://www.impariamo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3016
Take a look at this link
A site for beginners
http://www.impariamo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3016
Roby
"Per raro che sia, il vero amore e' meno raro della vera amicizia."
"As rare as true love is, it is not as rare as true friendship."
- François de La Rochefoucauld
"Per raro che sia, il vero amore e' meno raro della vera amicizia."
"As rare as true love is, it is not as rare as true friendship."
- François de La Rochefoucauld
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Roby,Roby wrote:Billy
Take a look at this link
A site for beginners
Thanks but I'm looking at dictionaries for intermediate to advanced learners of Italian. Annamaria, Geoff, and Tim have provided me the feedback that I was seeking.
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