THIS dictionary of 43,000 entries includes terms of agricultural, physical, chemical, geological, medical and biological interest as well as many literary terms. About five hundred idioms are also ...

PARIS For centuries, there's been no official French word for the sloppy Gallic export "to French kiss" — though that certainly hasn't stopped any citizen from doing so. Now the oversight has been ...

THE present volume is a companion work to the author's “German-English Dictionary for Chemists,” and is likely to meet with an equally favourable reception. A practical test, working through original ...

Google Translate has always been a useful app for travelers abroad, but it has also rolled out a few improvements that people ...

While tiles clashed at the North American Scrabble Championship in Reno, Nevada, this week, the Scrabble world was still buzzing about a seemingly superhuman achievement at the French-language ...

As Sky News reports, more than 150 new words have been added to the 120th version of the book this year. The ‘Cowboy Carter’ star will appear as an entry alongside celebrities such as Cate Blanchett, ...

The French government believes cartoons and English lessons at primary school will help the French boost their low ranking when it comes to English ability. But there are other ways too as we have ...

Two linguists from l'Universite de Moncton have put together a dictionary for doctors and doctors-in-training to help them communicate better with their Acadian patients. The dictionary lists French ...

THE French have had hospitable reception from us of late years ; their books have been read with diligence, their novels have strewn ladies’ tables, their ideas have inspired our men of letters.“ ...