Dictionnaire de l'cadémie Française

As part of the Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française Database Project directed by R. Wooldridge & I. Leroy-Turcan, the ARTFL Project, University of Chicago, is collaborating to perform data capture, required editing, and development of a search engine for several editions of the Dictionnaire de l'Académie française. Eventually, the combined editions will form one common database that will permit users to consult each edition separately or, in order to trace development of the dictionary over time, all versions at once.

Three editions are currently available:

• The 1st Edition, 1694
  • La 1ère Edition, 1694, présentation en français

• The 5th Edition, 1798
  • La 5ème Edition, 1798, présentation en français

• The 6th Edition, 1835
  • La 6ème Edition, 1835, présentation en français

We invite all interested individuals to use these dictionaries and welcome commentary and questions. Users should be advised that all formating and identification of articles has been carried out automatically. This may result in some errors. Also, please read the notices concerning the operation of these electronic dictionaries, including the peculiar organizational structures of the 1st edition and the handling of accents. Currently, the search engine allows users to conduct both simple headword searches and full-text searches.

For further information on the Académie dictionaries, and the Académie Française in general, see their website.

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