Librarian's tip: comprehensive online French dictionary

19 March 2025

Discover all the features of the French language. This time, the librarian recommends Le grand Robert de la langue française. This dictionary is constantly updated and is the largest in the French language.

Le Grand Robert de la langue française dictionary allows you to explore the French language with a simple and clear interface. It gives you access to more than 100 000 old and new words - literary and colloquial, technical, scientific, slang and dialectal variants.

You can also find a wealth of expressions, phrases and proverbs, and quotes from classic and modern French literature as well as learn the correct pronunciation. Each word has a description of its origin and date of first recorded use.

There are also a number of extra features in the dictionary. Detailed guides and tips can be found in the Help section of the site.

Le grand Robert de la langue française in the library's database search

Availability

Le grand Robert de la langue française is available to all students and staff at the University of Gothenburg. You need to log in with your GU account to access the database outside of campus

Ämnesområde

  • French language
  • linguistics
  • dictionaries

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