Collins Italian Concise Dictionary, 5e (HarperCollins Concise Dictionaries)

By Collins and HarperCollins

Book Overview

This concise edition of the Collins Italian Dictionary offers comprehensive coverage of today's language with over 190,000 entries and translations, and a comprehensive grammar supplement that teaches how to speak and write in fluent, natural Italian. Compact, versatile, and practical, this edition is the perfect format for home and school, work and travel.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061141852
• ISBN13: 9780061141850
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Collins Reference
• Length: 1152 Pages
• Weight: 2.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 2.0" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

Excellent travel dictionary-one of the best!

I have been a long time "studentessa Italiana" and was looking for a concise portable Italian dictionary that I could rely on but also did not want to add much addtional weight to my bag when traveling. Well....I found this Collins dictionary to be quite portable and still covers over 40,000 entries. I currently own two Oxford Dictionaries, although they are the best but both are too heavy to use for travel. Another excellent dictionary is from Amsco Publications but it has not been updated. The only down side of the Collins book is the quality of the pages. They are like newsprint and are rather thin. If you are willing to overlook that part, then this book would be a great choice for travel and "un buon marcato".

Best portable Italian-English dictionary

I've consulted quite a few Italian dictionaries over the years, and I think this is the best of the portable (although not really pocket-sized)bilingual ones--it's quite up to date, easy to read (the blue headwords really stand out), and useful.

One of the best

This is the second time I bought this Italian Dictionary. The first one I gave to my sister after she used it one time becasue she wasn't able to find some translations in her dictionary. It is a great buy and has a lot to offer whether you are a beginner or a student.

Just what I was looking for

I love this series of Collins Concise Dictionaries. I have three German, French and Italian. They're all from this new series that includes a section on grammar, including all the essential paradigms, etc. When selecting these dictionaries, I did a random comparison of terms across three or four major dictionaries. In all cases, i.e. for German, French and Italian, Collins came out on top. It has more terms as well as the most detail definition or description per term. I also like the size, the weight and the print -- all just right. It's a great product and I highly recommend it.