My Next Dictionary

[BillyShears]

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

[Annamaria]

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

[BillyShears]

Ciao BillySHears,

I don't use an offline dictionary too often. My favorite is http://www.garzantilinguistica.it/ .

Annamaria

Annamaria,

Lo proverò.

Grazie,

B

[Roby]

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

[BillyShears]

Grazie Roby!

[Geoff]

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

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]

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.

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.

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.

B

[timLA]

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

[BillyShears]

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

Mille grazie Tim!

[Roby]

Billy

Take a look at this link
A site for beginners

http://www.impariamo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3016

[BillyShears]

Billy

Take a look at this link
A site for beginners

Roby,

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.

B