Literature & Languages Guide: Foreign Language Dictionaries
- The dictionaries below are all located in the Ekstrom Library Reference
Dept. and do not circulate.
- For a dictionary you can check out, find the call number below and then go to the 3rd (A-N) or 4th (P-Z) floor and find that call number section. There will be older editions of most of these dictionaries.
- There are many other language dictionaries available. Use Minerva, the Library Catalog with a keyword search for the language you are interested in. For example do a keyword search: swedish and dictionary
American Sign Language | Arabic | Chinese | English as a Second Language (ESL) | French | German | Italian | Japanese | Portuguese |Spanish | Russian | Online Internet Dictionaries
American Sign Language
American Sign Language Handshape DictionaryEkstrom Library Ref. HV 2475 .T46 1998
Arabic
Al-Mawrid: a Modern English-Arabic DictionaryEkstrom Library Ref. PJ 6640 .B35 1993
Chinese
ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive DictionaryEkstrom Library Ref. PL 1455 .A33 2003
ESL: English as a Second Language
American Heritage Dicationy for Learners of EnglishEkstrom Library Ref. PE 1628 .A6229 2002
French
NTC's Dictionary of Canadian FrenchEkstrom Library Ref. PC 3643 .R63 1992
Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary: French-English, English-French
Ekstrom Library Ref. PC 2640 .O94 1997
German
Oxford-Duden German Dictionary: German-English, English-GermanEkstrom Library Ref. PF 3640 .O94 1997
Greek
Oxford Dictionary of Modern GreekEkstrom Library Ref. PA 1139 .E5 P76 1982
Italian
HarperCollins Italian-English DictionaryEkstrom Library Ref. PC 1640 .H325 1995
Japanese
Kodansha's Essential Kanji DictionaryEkstrom Library Ref. PL 679 .K567 2002
Portuguese
NTC's Compact Portuguese and English DictionaryEkstrom Library Ref. PC 5333 .P4 1995
Spanish
Oxford Spanish DictionaryEkstrom Library Ref. PC 4640 .O94 2003
Russian
Oxford Russian DictionaryEkstrom Library Ref. PG 2640 .W5 2000
Online Internet Dictionaries
Alta Vista TranslationsUse AltaVista Translations to translate text and webpages from English to French, German,
Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish. The site also provides translations from other languages to English.
Use caution when using this site, it is unable to translate idioms or phrases.
A description from the site sums it up: "a completely free, online multilingual picture dictionary designed especially for ESL students and beginning English, French, German, Spanish,
and Italian language learners of all ages."
Terminology Collection: Online Dictionaries
This is a collection of linked free online language dictionaries maintained by the
University of Finland. There is a wide variety of languages available.
This site provides access to over 1000 links to online foreign language dictionaries in over 190 languages.