thesaurus
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noun
(plural thesauri or thesauruses)
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, treasure, collection, from Greek thēsauros
Date: circa 1823
1. treasury, storehouse
2.
a. a book of words or of information about a particular field or set of concepts; especially a book of words and their synonyms
b. a list of subject headings or descriptors usually with a cross-reference system for use in the organization of a collection of documents for reference and retrieval
• thesaural adjective
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Thesaurus — Thésaurus Voir « thésaurus » sur le Wiktionnaire … Wikipédia en Français
thésaurus — ou thesaurus [ tezɔrys ] n. m. • 1904; lat. thesaurus « trésor » ♦ Didact. 1 ♦ Recueil ou lexique de philologie ou d archéologie. 2 ♦ (mil. XXe; sous l infl. de l angl.) Doc., ling. Répertoire alphabétique de termes normalisés pour l analyse de… … Encyclopédie Universelle
thesaurus — thésaurus ou thesaurus [ tezɔrys ] n. m. • 1904; lat. thesaurus « trésor » ♦ Didact. 1 ♦ Recueil ou lexique de philologie ou d archéologie. 2 ♦ (mil. XXe; sous l infl. de l angl.) Doc., ling. Répertoire alphabétique de termes normalisés pour l… … Encyclopédie Universelle
THESAURUS — pecunia in futuros usus recondita a privatis, ita ut neque memoria exstet, neque dominum habeat, l. 1. ff. de acquir. rer. dom. sive, ut definit M. Aurelius Cassiodorus, l. 6. Ep. 8. Depositiva pecunia, quae longâ temporis vetustate competentes… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Thesaurus — Thesaurus, palabra latina para tesoro, puede referirse a: Tesauro, listado de palabras. Thesaurus Linguae Graecae, instituto de investigación estadounidense. Thesaurus Linguae Latinae, diccionario de latín. Esta página de desambiguación cataloga… … Wikipedia Español
Thesaurus — Sm Schatzhaus, systematische Wortschatzsammlung per. Wortschatz fach. (19. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus l. thēsaurus, dieses aus gr. thēsaurós Vorrat, Schatz . Ebenso ne. thesaurus, nfrz. thésaurer, nnorw. tesaurus; Tresor. lateinisch gr … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
thesaurus — index treasury Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
thesaurus — (n.) 1823, treasury, storehouse, from L. thesaurus treasury, treasure, from Gk. thesauros a treasure, treasury, storehouse, chest, from root of tithenai to put, to place. The meaning encyclopedia filled with information is from 1840, but existed… … Etymology dictionary
thesaurus — A thesaurus (pronounced thǝ saw rǝs) is a dictionary organized to supply alternative words rather than to offer analytical explanations of what words mean. Because synonymy is such a complex phenomenon, most thesauruses can be, in their nature,… … Modern English usage
Thesaurus — The*sau rus, n.; pl. {Thesauri}. [L. See {Treasure}.] A treasury or storehouse; hence, a repository, especially of knowledge; often applied to a comprehensive work, like a dictionary or cyclopedia. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Thesaurus — (v. gr.), 1) Schatz von Geld u. Kostbarkeiten; daher Thesaurarios, Schatzmeister, s. Argentarius 2); auch 2) bildlich eine große Menge, Überfluß, z.B. Th. meritorum s. supererogationis, in der Katholischen Kirche die überflüssigen guten Werke der … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
