Jean-Claude Corbeil (1932–2022)
Author of The Macmillan Visual Dictionary: 3,500 Color Illustrations, 25,000 Terms, 600 Subjects
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Works by Jean-Claude Corbeil
The Macmillan Visual Dictionary: 3,500 Color Illustrations, 25,000 Terms, 600 Subjects (1992) 439 copies, 2 reviews
The Firefly Five Language Visual Dictionary: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian (1986) 107 copies, 1 review
The Facts on File English/Spanish Visual Dictionary: Look Up the Word from the Picture : Find the Picture from the Word (1992) 33 copies
The Facts on File English/French Visual Dictionary: Look Up the Word from the Picture, Find the Picture from the Word (1987) 22 copies, 1 review
Merriam-Webster's Compact 5-Language Visual Dictionary (English, Spanish, French, German and Italian Edition) (2010) 21 copies
The Stoddart Visual Dictionary: Look up the Word From the Picture Find the Picture From the Word (1986) 14 copies
Aschehoug and Gyldendal Norwegian Encyclopedia Visual Dictionary : Norwegian-English-German-French (1993) 10 copies
Angielski i francuski słownik obrazkowy : odszukaj słowo według ilustracji, znajdź właściwą ilustrację słowa (1990) 10 copies
My First Spanish/English Visual Dictionary (My First Visual Dictionary) (English and Spanish Edition) (2006) 8 copies
PONS Visual Dictionary German & English : around 20,000 terms translated in two languages. 600 topics in 17 chapters (2010) 8 copies
El mini visual, Diccionario Espanol-Ingles/ The Mini Visual Spanish-English Dictionary (Spanish Edition) (2007) 7 copies
Van Dale Groot beeldwoordenboek in vijf talen Nederlands, English, Francais, Deutsch, Espanol (2016) 5 copies
Diccionario Mini Visual Inglés-Español (Larousse - Diccionarios Visuales) (Spanish Edition) (2012) 4 copies
Facts on File English-Chinese Visual Dictionary: Look Up the Word from the Picture, Find the Picture from the Word (1988) 4 copies
English-French Visual Dictionary 2 copies
Wielojęzyczny słownik wizualny : leksykon tematyczny [polski, angielski, niemiecki, francuski] (1999) 2 copies
Kamus visual : carilah istilah dari suatu gambar, pandanglah gambar dari suatu istilah = Visual dictionary : the Facts o (1988) 2 copies
Van Dale Large Picture Dictionary: Dutch-English-French-German (Visual Dictionary) (English, Dutch, French and German Edition) (2010) 1 copy
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- Birthdate
- 1932-04-03
- Date of death
- 2022-01-25
- Gender
- male
- Occupations
- linguist
university professor
civil servant - Organizations
- Office de la langue française (Québec)
- Short biography
- [excerpted from Montreal Gazette online obituary]
Corbeil headed the linguistic department of what was then referred to as the Office de la langue française from 1971 to 1977, participating in the development of the Loi sur la langue officielle du Québec in 1974 and the drafting of the Charte de la langue française in 1977.
Along with linguist Ariane Archambault, Corbeil also conceived and designed the first edition of the Dictionnaire visuel in 1986, which was distributed in more than 100 countries and translated into more than 35 languages. - Nationality
- Canada
- Birthplace
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Places of residence
- Quebec, Canada
- Associated Place (for map)
- Canada
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Reviews
The Firefly Five Language Visual Dictionary: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian by Jean-Claude Corbeil
Oh how I enjoy this book. It is so detailed that I learn English while I learn Spanish, French, German and Italian words since the examples are so pointed - maritime transport, for instance, has all the parts of a ferry diagrammed, so that I know that it is called the compass bridge in English, the Pelldeck in German, etc. I think children might find this as irresistible as I do and would happily pass some time on a rainy afternoon, looking at 10 different seaweeds, or the insides of a show more dishwasher, or how electricity is produced from geothermal energy or all the cuts of gems or fencing equipment. You get the picture. The drawings are crisp, there is a good index and it really covers everything. show less
I love reference books. I think visual dictionaries can be very useful. Of the large ones I have, I haven’t found one I like especially more than any other.
5000 French (and English) words with colorful and instructive diagrams. The book covers a wide variety of techology and science areas. Too much to memorize in a reading, but provides either a nice reference and/or provides some familiarity.
Visual Five-Language Dictionary: English, French, German, Italian, and, Spanish (Pictorial & Illustrated Reference) by Jean-Claude Corbeil
As with most visual dictionaries, this is limited in its coverage of abstract nouns and other word classes, but it is a good reference for concrete nouns. It is well illustrated, with coloured drawings throughout and lists of the words in each of the five languages for each thing illustrated. For the languages other than English, the gender is shown but no other information (e.g. how to form plurals). There are indexes of all the words illustrated in each language, which is handy if you want show more to look up something specific, but I find this book works best for browsing and I would probably tend to reach for one of my more traditional dictionaries if I wanted to look up a particular word. show less
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- Works
- 146
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- Members
- 1,857
- Popularity
- #13,858
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 13
- ISBNs
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- Languages
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