Jump to content

Oxford–Hachette French Dictionary

From Alfawiki
Adapted from the English Wikipedia article Oxford–Hachette French Dictionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0Updated 10 August 2025
Oxford–Hachette French Dictionary
Company typeBilingual dictionary
IndustryPublishing
Founded1994
ProductsFrench–English and English–French dictionary
ParentOxford University Press and Hachette Education

The Oxford–Hachette French Dictionary stands out as a premier bilingual resource for French–English and English–French translation, distinguished by its pioneering use of a computerized language corpus during compilation. Containing 360,000 entries along with 555,000 corresponding translations, this dictionary first appeared in 1994, with subsequent editions released in 1997, 2001, and 2007. It is available under two titles—Le grand dictionnaire Hachette–Oxford in French and Oxford–Hachette French Dictionary in English—and also includes a shorter edition. Both versions are produced through a collaboration between Oxford University Press and Hachette Education.

Among its main rivals are Harrap's Shorter French Dictionary published by Chambers Harrap Publishers and the Collins-Robert French Dictionary issued by Harper-Collins.