The ''Trésor de la langue française'' (; ''TLF''; "Treasury of the French Language"; subtitled ''Dictionnaire de la langue du XIXe et du XXe siècle (1789–1960)'') is a 16-volume

dictionary A dictionary is a listing of lexemes from the lexicon of one or more specific languages, often arranged Alphabetical order, alphabetically (or by Semitic root, consonantal root for Semitic languages or radical-and-stroke sorting, radical an ...

of 19th- and 20th-century French published by the ''Centre de Recherche pour un Trésor de la Langue Française'' from 1971 to 1994. Its electronic edition, the '' Trésor de la langue française informatisé'' (''TLFi''), is available on CD-ROM and on the Web.

Statistics

* 100,000 words with history * 270,000 definitions * 430,000 citations

Volumes

* 1971 : vol. 1 - ''A-Affiner'', CXXXIV-878 * 1973 : vol. 2 - ''Affinerie-Anfractuosité'', XIX-987 * 1974 : vol. 3 - ''Ange-Badin'', XXIV-1206 * 1975 : vol. 4 - ''Badinage-Cage'', XXIV-1166 * 1977 : vol. 5 - ''Cageot-Constat'', XXIV-1425 * 1978 : vol. 6 - ''Constatation-Désobliger'', XVI-1308 * 1979 : vol. 7 - ''Désobstruer-Épicurisme'', XXIII-1343 * 1980 : vol. 8 - ''Épicycle-Fuyard'', XIX-1364 * 1981 : vol. 9 - ''G-Incarner'', XVIII-1338 * 1983 : vol. 10 - ''Incartade-Losangique'', XXI-1381 * 1985 : vol. 11 - ''Lot-Natalité'', XVIII-1339 * 1986 : vol. 12 - ''Natation-Pénétrer'', XIX-1337 * 1988 : vol. 13 - ''Pénible-Ptarmigan'', XIX-1449 * 1990 : vol. 14 - ''Ptère-Salaud'', XVII-1451 * 1992 : vol. 15 - ''Sale-Teindre'', XVIII-1451 * 1994 : vol. 16 - ''Teint-Zzz'', XVIII-1452

External links

History of the TLF
(in French)
Detailed information on the TLF
(in French)
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