Foreign Languages

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Foreign language resources

Bilingual Dictionaries (Credo) (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.): Online dictionaries in French, German, Italian, Latin, Portuguese and Spanish.
Bilingual Dictionaries (Oxford Reference Online) (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.): Online dictionaries in French, Spanish, German, Irish, Italian, Latin and Welsh.
Browser’s Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.): Definitions, pronunciations and origins of nearly 2,000 foreign words and phrases commonly used by speakers and writers of English.
Logos Pronouncing Dictionary (http://www.logos.net/): Dictionary of over 30 languages. Audio options to hear the word spoken are available on many entries. Includes a children's dictionary.

Linguistics Journals: CU's Online Collection (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.): CU's collection of online linguistics journals, including the study and teaching of foreign languages.

Chinese-English Dictionary (http://www.mandarintools.com/worddict.html): Search for words in Chinese, pinyan or English.
Books on Chinese language in the CU Collection (): A list of books from the library catalog on the subject of the Chinese Language.

Collins French Dictionary (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.): Contains over 400 million words of current French and English.
Books on French language in the CU Collection (): A list of books from the library catalog on the subject of the French Language.
Business French Dictionary (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.): Bilingual French-English dictionary with words and phrases commonly used in a business setting.

Collins German Dictionary (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.): Coverage of contemporary vocabulary and usage.
Books on German language in the CU Collection (): A list of books from the library catalog on the subject of the German Language.
Business German Dictionary (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.): Bilingual German-English dictionary with words and phrases commonly used in a business setting.

Pocket Oxford Irish Dictionary (Irish-English) (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.): Over 100,000 words, phrases and translations.
Pocket Oxford Irish Dictionary (English-Irish) (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.): Over 100,000 words, phrases and translations.
Books on Irish language in the CU Collection (): A list of books from the library catalog on the subject of the Irish Language.

Collins Italian Dictionary (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.): Over 160,000 references and 230,000 translations in current Italian and English.
Books on Italian language in the CU Collection (): A list of books from the library catalog on the subject of the Italian Language.

Books on Korean language in the CU Collection (): A list of books from the library catalog on the subject of the Korean Language.

Collins Latin Dictionary (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.): Translations of over 60,000 words and phrases.
Books on Latin language in the CU Collection (): A list of books from thelibrary catalog on the subject of the Latin Language.

Collins Portuguese Dictionary (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.): Over 80,000 references and 110,000 translations, including business and computing terms, providing contemporary coverage of both Brazilian and Peninsular Portuguese.
Books on Portugese language in the CU Collection (): A list of books from the library catalog on the subject of the Portuguese Language.

Books on Scandinavian Languages in CUs Collection (): A list of books from the library catalog on the subject of the Scandinavian Language.

Collins Spanish Dictionary (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.): Coverage of contemporary vocabulary and usage.
Books on Spanish language in the CU Collection (): A list of books from the library catalog on the subject of the Spanish Language.
Business Spanish Dictionary (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.): Bilingual Spanish-English dictionary with words and phrases commonly used in a business setting.

Pocket Modern Welsh Dictionary (Welsh-English) (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.): Over 8,500 translations of contemporary Welsh.
Pocket Modern Welsh Dictionary (English-Welsh) (For CU faculty, staff, and students only. Must log in through CU Intranet.): Over 8,500 translations of contemporary Welsh.
Books on Welsh language in the CU Collection (): A list of books from the library catalog on the subject of the Welsh Language.