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The Welsh Academy English-Welsh Dictionary

Language: English

October 1995 · 1792 pages ·270x201mm

· Hardback - 9780708311868

About The Book

This English-Welsh dictionary - modelled on the "Harrap Shorter French" dictionary - includes synonyms; illustrative quotations; idioms; accentuation; specialist and technical terms; regional variants; literary and colloquial registers; as well as place-names and personal names.

Endorsements

'A Milestone for the Welsh language.' Independent on Sunday 'The Welsh Academy Dictionary is splendidly copious. This is an ambitious, thorough-going and markedly successful work.' The Times Higher Education Supplement.

About the Editor(s)

Author(s): Bruce Griffiths

Dr Bruce Griffiths is a scholar and lexicographer and Editor of the Welsh Academy English-Welsh Dictionary.

Author(s): Dafydd Jones

Dafydd Glyn Jones is a Welsh scholar and lexicographer, and worked as a senior lecturer in Welsh language and literature at the University of Wales, Bangor. He has written a number of articles on Welsh literature and history.