Dictionary

reverse dictionary en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A dictionary in which entries are sorted alphabetically by their last letter, then second-to-last, and so on: Nausicaa would precede Hecuba, which would precede orca; influenza would precede cab, and so on.
2. A dictionary that lists words under the concepts they describe.

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Reverse dictionaries in other Wiktionary editions:Catalan – German – Latin – Polish – Russian

Synonyms

inverted dictionary

Translations (20)

nl retrograad (a dictionary in which entries are sorted alphabetically by their last letter, then second-to-last, and so on) · pl słownik regresywny (a dictionary in which entries are sorted alphabetically by their last letter, then second-to-last, and so on) · hu szóvégmutató szótár (a dictionary in which entries are sorted alphabetically by their last letter, then second-to-last, and so on) · es diccionario inverso (a dictionary in which entries are sorted alphabetically by their last letter, then second-to-last, and so on) · sk obrátený slovník (a dictionary that lists words under the concepts they describe) · de rückläufiges Wörterbuch (a dictionary in which entries are sorted alphabetically by their last letter, then second-to-last, and so on) · uk інверсійний словник (a dictionary in which entries are sorted alphabetically by their last letter, then second-to-last, and so on) · pl słownik a tergo (a dictionary in which entries are sorted alphabetically by their last letter, then second-to-last, and so on) · bg обратен речник (a dictionary in which entries are sorted alphabetically by their last letter, then second-to-last, and so on) · hu rímszótár (a dictionary in which entries are sorted alphabetically by their last letter, then second-to-last, and so on) · it dizionario inverso (a dictionary in which entries are sorted alphabetically by their last letter, then second-to-last, and so on) · fi käänteissanakirja (a dictionary in which entries are sorted alphabetically by their last letter, then second-to-last, and so on) · eo inversa vortaro (a dictionary in which entries are sorted alphabetically by their last letter, then second-to-last, and so on) · fr dictionnaire inverse (a dictionary in which entries are sorted alphabetically by their last letter, then second-to-last, and so on) · sl odzadnji slovar (a dictionary in which entries are sorted alphabetically by their last letter, then second-to-last, and so on) · ru обратный словарь (a dictionary in which entries are sorted alphabetically by their last letter, then second-to-last, and so on) · hy հանգարան (a dictionary in which entries are sorted alphabetically by their last letter, then second-to-last, and so on) · fa فرهنگ زانسو (a dictionary in which entries are sorted alphabetically by their last letter, then second-to-last, and so on) · hi प्रतिलोम शब्दकोश (a dictionary in which entries are sorted alphabetically by their last letter, then second-to-last, and so on) · hu tematikus szótár (a dictionary that lists words under the concepts they describe)