🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

dicionário bilíngue

Pronunciation / Transliteration: di.si.uˈna.ɾi.u biˈlĩ.ɡwi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Bilingual Dictionary/ˈbaɪ.lɪŋ.ɡwəl ˈdɪk.ʃən.əri/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Ele usa um dicionário bilíngue todos os dias."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A reference book or digital resource listing words of one language with their equivalents in another language.

    "She used a bilingual dictionary to translate the Chinese text into English."
  2. 2

    A tool designed for translators and language learners to bridge vocabulary gaps between two distinct linguistic systems.

    "Advanced bilingual dictionaries provide contextual usage examples and grammatical patterns for both languages."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of bilingual (from Latin bi- meaning 'two' + lingua meaning 'tongue' or 'language') and dictionary (from Medieval Latin dictionarium, from dictio meaning 'a saying' or 'word'). The concept evolved alongside cross-cultural communication and lexicographical compilation during the Renaissance and international trade periods.

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