''Harrap's Shorter French Dictionary'', published by

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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 The ''Collins-Robert French Dictionary'' (marketed as ''Le Robert et Collins Dictionnaire Français-Anglais'' in France) is a bilingual dictionary of English and French derived from the Collins Word Web, an analytical linguistics database. As wel ...

'' 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)

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Publications

Harrap's Shorter le dictionnaire d'Anglais

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