Meaning

8 senses

  1. A systematic list of books, names, pictures, etc.

  2. A systematic list of books, names, pictures, etc.

    A complete (usually alphabetical or chronological) list of items.

    Katalog, Liste, Verzeichnis

    катало́гkatalóg, спи́сокspísok, пе́реченьpérečenʹ

    катало́гkatalóh

    a complete list of things; usually arranged systematically

  3. A list of all the publications in a library; a library catalogue.

    Verzeichnis, Liste

    катало́гkatalóg

    катало́гkatalóh

  4. A retailer's magazine detailing the products they sell, allowing the reader to order them for delivery.

  5. (US)A book printed periodically by a college, university, or other institution that gives a definitive description of the institution, its history, courses and degrees offered, etc.

    Katalog, Programm

    програ́ммаprográmma, уче́бный планučébnyj plan

  6. (dated)A directory listing.

  7. A complete list of a recording artist's or a composer's songs.

  8. (figuratively, singular)A series of unwelcome or unpleasant things, often similar.

    The accident followed a catalogue of errors.

    Near-synonym: litany

Examples

28 sentences

  1. Please send me a catalogue.

    Вишліть мені каталог, будь ласка. — deniko

    ruПожалуйста, вышлите мне каталог. — Biga

    deSenden Sie mir bitte einen Katalog. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. Would you please send me a catalogue by mail?

    ruВы не могли бы выслать мне каталог по почте? — sharptoothed

    deKönnten Sie mir bitte einen Katalog per Post schicken? — lilygilder

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  3. If they are not free, please let me know how much the catalogue and the postage to Japan are.

    Якщо вони не безкоштовні, будь ласка, повідомте мені, скільки коштують каталог та пошта до Японії. — sakhnik

    deFalls es nicht kostenlos ist, sagen Sie mir bitte, wie viel der Katalog und das Porto nach Japan kosten. — stupiddog

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  4. Please send me your latest catalogue.

    ruОтправьте мне, пожалуйста, ваш последний каталог. — odexed

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  5. Please send me a catalogue for review.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.:
Русский
By meaning 2
a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.:
book printed periodically by a college, university, or other institution:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.:
a complete list of items:
book printed periodically by a college, university, or other institution:

Origin

From Middle English cathaloge, from Old French catalogue, from Late Latin catalogus, itsel

From Middle English cathaloge, from Old French catalogue, from Late Latin catalogus, itself from Ancient Greek κατάλογος (katálogos, “enrollment, register”), from καταλέγω (katalégō, “to recount, make a list”), from κατα- (kata-, “downwards, towards”) + λέγω (légō, “to say, to speak, to tell”). Equivalent to cata- + -logue.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: catalogues

Synonyms

3 synonyms
listA1litany
Close in meaning
  • a book or pamphlet containing an enumeration of things:catalog
  • a complete list of things; usually arranged systematically:catalog

Word family

11 related words
Derivedback cataloguecard cataloguecatalogiccatazinee-catalogueepic cataloguemagaloguespecialoguesubcataloguetelecatalogueunion catalogue

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
catA1cataclysmcatacombcatalystB2catamarancatapult

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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