" dictionary "

[Noun]  | "dic*tio*nary" | \ ˈdik-shə-ˌner-ē \

1: a reference source in print or electronic form containing words usually alphabetically arranged along with information about their forms, pronunciations, functions, etymologies, meanings, and syntactic and idiomatic uses

2: a reference book listing alphabetically terms or names important to a particular subject or activity along with discussion of their meanings and applications

3: a reference book listing alphabetically the words of one language and showing their meanings or translations in another language

Origin: 1526 ;

 Borrowed from Medieval Latin dictiōnārium, name for an alphabetized guide to the Vulgate, earlier dictiōnārius, name for a Latin textbook in which words are grouped by topic (apparently coined by its author, the 13th-century English-born university teacher John of Garland), from Latin dictiōn-, dictiō "speech, (in grammar) word, expression" + -ārius, -ārium {see: |-ary:1|-ary:1} {mat|diction|};

[Noun]  | "dictionary"