catalogue
pronunciation
How to pronounce catalogue in British English:
UK [ˈkætəlɒɡ]
How to pronounce catalogue in American English:
US [ˈkætəlɔːɡ]
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- Noun:
- a complete list of things; usually arranged systematically
- a book or pamphlet containing an enumeration of things
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- Verb:
- make a catalog of
- make a catalogue, compile a catalogue of something
Word Origin
- catalogue (n.)
- early 15c., from Old French catalogue "list, index" (14c.), and directly from Late Latin catalogus, from Greek katalogos "a list, register, enrollment" (such as the katalogos neon, the "catalogue of ships" in the "Iliad"), from kata "down; completely" (see cata-) + legein "to say, count" (see lecture (n.)).
- catalogue (v.)
- 1590s, "to make a catalogue;" see catalogue (n.). From 1630s as "to enter into a catalogue." Related: Catalogued; cataloguing.
Example
- 1. Will you please send us your price list or catalogue ?
- 2. That catalogue is a good start , but planetary resources plans to go further .
- 3. They also catalogue the failure of america 's naive expectations that china would honour its many commitments .
- 4. This catalogue has an english section .
- 5. People love to catalogue the traits they think characteristic of their species .