Offering over 60,000 French words and more than 1,000 encyclopedic entries, this new and completely updated second edition of the Dictionnaire Hachette du Francais is an ideal companion to any bilingual French dictionary. It provides much fuller descriptions of words than is possible in the average English/French-French/English dictionary. Meanings are conveniently listed according to the frequency with which they occur and various contexts are clearly labelled. In addition, the encyclopedic entries provide authoritative and concise coverage of all major fields of reference including science and technology, law, history, art, and literature. The dictionary's accessible lay-out enables the reader to quickly locate valuable information on the phonetics and etymology of a headword together with its synonyms, antonymns, details of historical and literary interest, and even related proverbs. The Dictionnaire Hachette du Francais is an indispensable resource for students, teachers, writers, journalists, and anyone who wants to further improve their understanding of the French language.