Publisher's Synopsis
There are certain kinds of information that can be conveyed more readily and clearly by pictures than by description and explanations. The Oxford-Duden Pictorial French and English Dictionary identifies over 29,000 objects by means of numbered illustrations, offering at a glance their French and English terms. This edition illustrates terminology in all major fields of reference, including science, technology, medicine, and business, the arts and entertainment, recreationand sport, flora and fauna, and typical situations in domestic and everyday life. Every vocabulary item is indexed in French and English so that the dictionary can be used in both directions. The subjects are organized thematically enabling the user to grasp the entire vocabulary relevant to a given situationor context. This new edition will be an invaluable supplement to any French-English or English-French dictionary.
