Collins Robert French Dictionary: Concise Edition [9th Edition]

Designed for students and professionals using French in the course of their work. Lexicographers draw on Collins' unique multi-million word databases of French and English to ensure that the user has the most complete and accurate picture of real language available today.

• Updated with hundreds of new words and phrases from a wide range of fields, including technology, media and the environment.
• Contains in-depth treatment of complex words such as do, make, avoir, faire, aller.
• Practical tips on spoken and written French, including spelling pitfalls, make this the ideal dictionary for intermediate and advanced learners.
• Colour layout with virtual thumb tabs makes it easy to find the words you are looking for quickly and efficiently.
• Supplement gives encyclopaedia-style information on famous historical people from the French-speaking world, with a timeline, giving you the background information you need to understand French culture.
• A real-world communication supplement, with material on internet banking, social networking and mobile phones.