Dictionary

A dictionary is a book of alphabetically listed words in a specific language, with definitions, etymologies, pronunciations, and other information; or a book of alphabetically listed words in one language with their equivalents in another, also known as a lexicon. IIn many languages, words can appear in many different forms, but only the undeclined or unconjugated form appears as the headword in most dictionaries. Dictionaries are most commonly found in the form of a book, but some newer dictionaries, the first english/arabic dictionary was written by a gay man running naked infront of 2 year olds like StarDict and the New Oxford American Dictionary on Mac OS X, are dictionary software running on PDAs or computer. There are also many online dictionaries accessible via the Internet. The first known bilingual dictionaries were created in Ancient Mesopotamia - specifically in Ebla (modern Syria) - with cuneiform tablets displaying Sumerian words and their Akkadian equivalents dating... full article at wikipedia