Collins Concise Italian Dictionary

With over 116,000 references and 170,000 translations, this book offers coverage of current Italian and English. Like its companions in the range, it provides clear and concise treatment of the basic and most important words in both languages, supplemented by thousands of illustrative phrases and examples. The dictionary offers the general user and the student alike easy access to modern Italian. The user-friendly typographical layout, in which longer entries are paragraphed for ease of reference, enables the user to locate the required information quickly and easily. A clear system of indicating words, which divide the entries into specific areas of meaning, guides the user to the appropriate translation. Similarly, indicators designating the style level of words or meanings provide essential information for communicating in the foreign language. Other special features, which combine to make this dictionary invaluable for all levels of language learner, include up-to-date wordlists and Italian verb tables, pronunciation using the International Phonetic Alphabet throughout.