English dictionary

[ing-glish dik-shuh-ner-ee, ing-lish]

noun

plural

English dictionaries 

1. a dictionary in which most of the entry words and all of their definitions, as well as supplementary material, are in English; a monolingual English dictionary, such as Dictionary.com. Terms from other languages that are commonly used by speakers of English are given language labels and often the foreign as well as Anglicized pronunciations.

Word History and Origins

Origin of English dictionary¹

First recorded in 1720–30