catalogue

catalogue, list

noun kah-tah-LOG Rare

Origin: Greek katalogos (list, register)

Usage Note

Catalogue is used both for printed product listings and figuratively for a long enumeration, as in un catalogue de problèmes ('a catalogue of problems'). The verb form cataloguer means to catalogue or to label someone dismissively. In art, un catalogue raisonné is the authoritative scholarly listing of an artist's works.

Examples

"J'ai commandé depuis le catalogue en ligne."

Natural Translation

I ordered from the online catalogue.

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