Added 9 October 2026
catalogue
/ˈkæt.əˌlɒɡ/ noun
Latin root: catalogus Wiktionary
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about catalogue at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- A systematic list of books, names, pictures, etc.
- A complete (usually alphabetical or chronological) list of items.
- A list of all the publications in a library; a library catalogue.
verb
Origin
From Middle English cathaloge, from Old French catalogue, from Late Latin catalogus, itself from Ancient Greek κατάλογος (katálogos, “enrollment, register”), from καταλέγω (katalégō, “to recount, make a list”), from κατα- (kata-, “downwards, towards”) + λέγω (légō, “to say, to speak, to tell”). Equivalent to cata- + -logue.
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