''Harrap's Shorter French Dictionary'', published by
Chambers Harrap Publishers, is one of the best known English/French bilingual dictionaries in the
United Kingdom
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. The eighth edition was published in April 2007. In the
United States
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it is sold under the title ''Harrap's French and English College Dictionary''.
The ''Shorter'' is a single-volume dictionary which began life as an abridged version of ''Harrap's French Standard Dictionary'' (now ''Harrap's Unabridged French Dictionary'', now online a
Harrap's Online sold in two volumes and last revised in March 2007). The French version was last sold as Harrap's Unabridged, before it was resold by Edition Larousse.
The first edition of the ''Shorter'' was published in two volumes, the French-English book in 1940 and the English-French four years later.
Revised editions were published in 1967, 1982, 1991, 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2007. In 2009 a new edition was published under the title ''Chambers French Dictionary''.
Rival works include the ''
Collins-Robert French Dictionary'' and the ''
Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary''.
Publications
Harrap's Shorter le dictionnaire d'Anglais
*?th edition: Includes 1,000,000 words, expressions, translations; 42-page study notes, 500 idiomatic expressions illustrated in colour and classified by theme.
:*Editions Larousse edition (/)
::*1st impression (2016-06-15)
See also
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Chambers Harrap
Chambers is a reference publisher formerly based in Edinburgh, Scotland, which held the property rights of Chambers Publishers.
History of Chambers
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References
External links
''Harrap's'' OnlineChambers Harrap PublishersHarrap homepageHarrap France homepage
*Editions Larousse page
Harrap's shorter dictionnaire AnglaisHarrap's Unabridged Anglais-Français/Français-Anglais''Harrap's Shorter French Dictionary''''Harrap's Shorter French Dictionary'' Mobipocket version
French bilingual dictionaries
English bilingual dictionaries
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