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Larousse

American  
[la-roos, luh-roos] / laˈrus, ləˈrus /

noun

  1. Pierre Athanase 1817–75, French grammarian, lexicographer, and encyclopedist.


Larousse British  
/ larus /

noun

  1. Pierre Athanase (pjɛr atanɑz). 1817–75, French grammarian, lexicographer, and encyclopedist. He edited and helped to compile the Grand Dictionnaire universel du XIX siècle (1866–76)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The Larousse dictionary for 11- to 15-year-old students contained the same phrase as that discovered by an anti-racism body in three revision books, the company told AFP.

From Barron's Jan. 16, 2026

Sandra Lee is instead the culinary star for the person who's made pizza bagels with ketchup, the one whose gastronomic education comes not from Larousse but the recipe on the back of the package.

From Salon Nov. 9, 2021

About that huge culinary encyclopedia, the Larousse, and its mates: Downsizing my cookbooks was the hardest hurdle.

From Washington Post Sep. 14, 2018

If Larousse is a dictionary of phrases, Escoffier is an encyclopedia of technique, and according to Chow, that’s why these two books go hand in hand.

From Slate Jun. 15, 2018

Initially, there was a reaction to language: Dada was born when a knife was used to select a word from a Larousse dictionary.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin

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