Le Grand Robert de la langue française online provides all 6 volumes of the latest edition of this prestigious work. Benefiting from numerous editorial supplements and unpublished extras, it increases tenfold the traditional usage value of the dictionary; Le Grand Robert online is a fundamental educational resource.
The lowdown on Le Grand Robert
The largest French dictionary available
An unrivalled richness in describing the language (etymology, nuances of use...).
The complete version of Le Grand Robert de la langue française in its latest edition: 86 000 articles, 100 000 words, 350 000 meanings, 410 000 use examples
All the conjugations of all the verbs, feminine and plural forms: 800 000 inflected forms
325 000 quotations: a veritable anthology
2 000 notes from Le Petit Robert regarding names of authors of quotations
An index for easily finding 25 000 expressions, idioms and proverbs
5 000 comments on the French language in the form of boxes
40 original tables on particular topics or vocabularies (names of colors, words relating to chemistry, surgery, wine...)
More than one million hypertext links to homonyms, cross-references and antonyms, derivatives and compounds, examples and expressions, quotations
Un formidable dictionnaire de citations
325 000 quotations shed light on the usage and meaning of a word
These quotations come from classic and contemporary authors, such as Rabelais, Racine, Voltaire, Balzac, Zola or Raymond Devos, Le Clézio, ... but also from the press
2 000 notices issues du Petit Robert encyclopédique des noms propres donnent la biographie et la bibliographie des plus grands auteurs francophones
2 000 notes about names from Le Petit Robert encyclopédique provide the biography and bibliography of the greatest French-speaking authors
The quotations and notes can be consulted directly from the dictionary via hypertext links
For any given word, it is possible to display directly the quotations referenced to the article or to other articles
An exceptional structure for carrying out any type of search
Designed from the outset as a vast hypertext network (according to the principle of cross-references between words, which in the past sometimes made it necessary to consult different tomes), the digital version of Le Grand Robert now truly makes it possible to rediscover this exceptional work by revealing the hypertext structure of the dictionary and providing the user with a complete and high-performance tool for carrying out any type of search easily and quickly.
More than one million hypertext links for easy navigation and for passing instantly from one word, one quotation or one author to another
An unpublished index of all the expressions, idioms and proverbs for direct access to an expression from any word
Direct access to all the conjugation tables containing all the verbs
Powerful search functions for carrying out cross-searches on words, quotations, whole text
Entirely reconfigured pagination for easy readability, which makes all the information clear and accessible
Total ease of use
The ergonomic interface and new pagination of the text improve the readability of the information
The spellchecker detects typing errors
Adjustment of the display mode (full article, quotations, extended quotations, map, etymology, examples and expressions, cross-references and antonyms, derivatives and compounds, homonyms) optimizes consultation
The Explorer (article map) makes it possible to find the different meanings of each word in a simple manner
A fundamental educational resource
Le Grand Robert de la langue française is par excellence the dictionary for use in French, literature, history and philosophy courses.
In addition to being a reference tool, Le Grand Robert online is also a cross-discipline resource that is essential to any documentation centre.
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