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A new French dictionary, in two parts; the first, French and English; the second, English and French Containing, I. Several hundred words not to be found in any of the dictionareies hitherto published: II. The various meanings of words, often explained by French or English sentences: III. The genders of nouns, adjectives, and pronouns, and the conjugations of verbs: IV. The irregularities of the parts of speech. The second edition, carefully corrected and much improved. The first partFrench and English. To which is prefixed, a French grammar, shewing how to form the regular parts of speech. By Thomas Deletanville.
Deletanville, ThomasDate: M.DCC.LXXIX. [1779]
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A compendious dictionary of the French language , chiefly designed to teach the pronunciation of it; In Which The Words of the French Tongue are taught to be accurately pronounced, by a Combination of Letters adapted to produce similar Sounds in English, and divided into Syllables, in order to ascertain the true Quantity of each Syllable, and render the Orthography familiar: with general tables of the French pronunciation. By V.J. Peyton, Author of the Elements of the English Language.
Peyton, V. J.Date: 1764
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A new and compendious dictionary . French and English. Drawn from the best modern dictionaries, and politest writers, and contracted into a manual. By Mr. Ozell.
Ozell, Mr. (John), d. 1743.Date: MDCCXVII. [1717]
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Dictionnaire des particules angloises , Précédé d'une grammaire raisonnée. Ouvrage dans lequel toutes les difficultés de la langue sont applanies; & où l'on trouvera tous les moyens de l'entendre & de l'écrire en peu de temps: le tout rapporté à l'usage. Par M.L.F.
Lefebvre de Villebrune, Jean-Baptiste, 1732-1809.Date: M.DCC.LXXIV. [1774]
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Dictionnaîre françoîs & angloîs , Contenant la significâtion des môts, avéc leurs différens usages, les térmes des sciences, des arts, ét des métiérs; les construction, les façons de parler, les idiotismes, ét les provérbs usités en L'une ét L'aûtre langue, le tout èxtrait des mèilleurs aûteurs, par Louis Chambaud.
Chambaud, Lewis, d. 1776.Date: 1761

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