Examples of Dictionaries

Major English dictionaries

• A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson (prescriptive)
• The American College Dictionary by Clarence L. Barnhart
• The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
• Black's Law Dictionary, a law dictionary
• Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
• Canadian Oxford Dictionary
• Century Dictionary
• Chambers Dictionary
• Collins English Dictionary
• Concise Oxford English Dictionary
• Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English / Longman
• Macmillan Dictionary
• Macquarie Dictionary, a dictionary of Australian English
• Merriam-Webster, a dictionary of American English
• Oxford Dictionary of English
• Oxford English Dictionary (descriptive) (well-known as OED/O.E.D.)
• Random House Dictionary of the English Language
• Webster's New World Dictionary (especially the college edition, used as the official desk dictionary of many American press journalists)

Further information: Comparison of English dictionaries

Dictionaries of other languages

Histories and descriptions of the dictionaries of other languages on Wikipedia include:

• Arabic dictionaries
• Chinese dictionaries
• Dehkhoda Dictionary (Persian Language)
• Dutch dictionaries
• French dictionaries
• German dictionaries
• Japanese dictionaries
• Polish dictionaries
• Scottish Gaelic dictionaries
• Scottish Language Dictionaries
• Sindhi Language Dictionaries