thesaurus

== English == === Etymology === 16th century, borrowed from Latin thēsaurus, from Ancient Greek θησαυρός (thēsaurós, “storehouse, treasure”); its current English usage/meaning was established soon after the publication of Peter Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases in 1852. Doublet of treasure. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /θɪˈsɔːɹəs/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /θɪˈsoːɹəs/ Rhymes: -ɔːɹəs Hyphenation: the‧saur‧us === Noun === thesaurus (plural thesauri or thesauruses) A publication that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms and other semantic relations) for the words of a given language. Synonyms: synonymicon, wordhoard (archaic) A dictionary or encyclopedia. (information science) A hierarchy of subject headings: canonical titles of themes and topics, the titles serving as search keys. Coordinate terms: catalogue, controlled vocabulary, index ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === ontology Wiktionary's thesaurus Appendix:Roget's thesaurus classification Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II === Further reading === “thesaurus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “thesaurus”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. OneLook Thesaurus in OneLook, 2023 == Latin == === Alternative forms === thensaurus (pre-classical) tēsaurus, tēsōrus (Low Latin) === Etymology === From Ancient Greek θησαυρός (thēsaurós, “storehouse, treasure”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tʰeːˈsau̯.rʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [teˈs̬aːu̯.rus] === Noun === thēsaurus m (genitive thēsaurī); second declension treasure, hoard a dear friend, loved one a vault for treasure chest, strongbox repository, collection ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== thēsaurārius thēsaurensis thēsaurizātor thēsaurizō ==== Descendants ==== === References === “thesaurus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “thesaurus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "thesaurus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “thesaurus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “thesaurus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “thesaurus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin thesaurus. === Pronunciation === === Noun === thesaurus m (plural thesauri or thesaurus) alternative form of tesauro === Further reading === “thesaurus”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “thesaurus”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026