catalogue

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English

Alternative forms

• catalog (US)

Etymology

From Middle English cathaloge, from Old French catalogue, from Late Latin catalogus, itself from Ancient Greek κατάλογος (katálogos, “enrollment, register”), from καταλέγω (katalégō, “to recount, make a list”), from κατα- (kata-, “downwards, towards”) + λέγω (légō, “to say, to speak, to tell”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkæt.əˌlɒɡ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkæt.əˌlɔɡ/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈkæt.əˌlɑɡ/

Noun

catalogue (plural catalogues) (British spelling)

1. A systematic list of books, names, pictures, etc.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:list

   1. A complete (usually alphabetical or chronological) list of items.
   2. A list of all the publications in a library; a library catalogue.
2. A retailer's magazine detailing the products they sell, allowing the reader to order them for delivery.
3. (US) A book printed periodically by a college, university, or other institution that gives a definitive description of the institution, its history, courses and degrees offered, etc.
4. (computing, dated) A directory listing.
5. (music) A complete list of a recording artist's or a composer's songs.
6. (in the singular, figuratively) A series of unwelcome or unpleasant things, often similar.

   Near-synonym: litany

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Welsh: catalog

Translations

Verb

catalogue (third-person singular simple present catalogues, present participle cataloguing, simple past and past participle catalogued) (British spelling)

1. To put into a catalogue. (Discuss⁽⁺⁾ this sense)
2. To make a catalogue of.
3. To add items (e.g. books) to an existing catalogue. (Discuss⁽⁺⁾ this sense)
4. (philately) to value or sort stamps using a catalogue

Synonyms

• (make a catalogue of): list; see also Thesaurus:tick off
• (add to an existing catalogue): put down; see also Thesaurus:enlist

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• coagulate

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin catalogus, itself from Ancient Greek κατάλογος (katálogos, “an enrollment, a register, a list, catalogue”), from καταλέγω (katalégō, “to recount, to tell at length or in order, to make a list”), from κατα- (kata-, “downwards, towards”) + λέγω (légō, “to gather, to pick up, to choose for oneself, to pick out, to count”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ta.lɔɡ/
• Homophone: catalogues

Noun

catalogue m (plural catalogues)

1. a systematical catalogue

Derived terms

• catalogue raisonné

Verb

catalogue

1. inflection of cataloguer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “catalogue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Verb

catalogue

1. inflection of catalogar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

catalogue

1. inflection of catalogar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative