catalogue
UK/ˈkæt.əˌlɒɡ//ˈkæt.əˌlɔɡ/
catalogue noun: a systematic list of books, names, pictures, etc.
Noun
catalogue (plural catalogues)
- A systematic list of books, names, pictures, etc.
- [T]he charge of my moſt curious, and coſtly ingredients fraide, amounting to ſome ſeaventeene thouſand crovvnes, a trifle in reſpect of health, vvriting your noble name in my Catalogue, I ſhall acknovvledge my ſelfe amply ſatisfi'd.1631 (first performance), Philip Massinger, The Emperour of the East. A Tragæ-comœdie. […], London: […] Thomas Harper, for Iohn Waterson, published 1632, →OCLC, Act IV, scene iii
- He intended to publish a flora of the island, and drafted out a synonymic catalogue, into which he inserted from time to time elaborate descriptions drawn up from living specimens of the species which he was able to procure.1999, J. G. Baker, Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles
- Synonyms:
- list
- A complete (usually alphabetical or chronological) list of items.
- A list of all the publications in a library; a library catalogue.
- A retailer's magazine detailing the products they sell, allowing the reader to order them for delivery.
- A book printed periodically by a college, university, or other institution that gives a definitive description of the institution, its history, courses and degrees offered, etc.
- A directory listing.
- The program generates a catalogue of the files on the cartridge selected by the user, reads the catalogue into memory and erases the cartridge copy, so that an up-to-date copy is always generated.1983, “Helpline”, in Sinclair User, number 21
- BBCFiles is a BBC file converter that converts between some of the various types of files used by BBC emulators on Acorn & PC formats. It supports 6502Em style applications & scripts, /ssd dfs disc images (supporting watford double catalogue), vanilla directories, /zip of bbc files with /inf files...2001, Michael Foot, “BeebIt 0.32 and BBCFiles 0.29 released”, in comp.sys.acorn.announce (Usenet)
- A complete list of a recording artist's or a composer's songs.
- A series of unwelcome or unpleasant things, often similar.
- The accident followed a catalogue of errors.
- Near-synonym: litany
- Synonyms:
- litany
Verb
catalogue (third-person singular simple present catalogues, present participle cataloguing, simple past and past participle catalogued)
- To put into a catalogue.
- To make a catalogue of.
- The consequences were catalogued by the Royal Commission for Environmental Pollution in 1994, which recommended several measures to constrain the emission of greenhouse gases.2023 March 22, 'Industry Insider', “Restoring Your Railway”, in RAIL, number 979, page 68
- Synonyms:
- list
- To add items (e.g. books) to an existing catalogue.
- Synonyms:
- put down
- to value or sort stamps using a catalogue
catalogue meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
catalogue in Hindi
- a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
- सूची sūcī, तालिका tālikā, सूचीपत्र sūcīpatra, अनुसूची anusūcī
- a complete list of items
- सूची sūcī, तालिका tālikā, अनुसूची anusūcī
- a list of all the publications in a library
- सूची sūcī, तालिका tālikā
- to put into a catalogue
- सूचीबद्ध sūcībaddh
catalogue in Tamil
- பட்டி, பட்டியலிடு, பட்டியல், புத்தகப்பட்டி, அட்டவணை, தொகுபதிவு
catalogue in Urdu
- a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
- فِہْرِسْت fehrist
catalogue in Bengali
- a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
- ক্যাটালগ kêṭalog
More languagesFewer languages
- catalogue in Malayalam
- പട്ടിക, വിവരപ്പട്ടിക, നാമാവലി
- catalogue in Kannada
- ಗ್ರಂಥಪಟ್ಟಿ, ವಿಷಯಪಟ್ಟಿ, ಕ್ಯಾಟಲಾಗು
- catalogue in Gujarati
- કેટલોગ keṭalog
- catalogue in Sanskrit
- संग्रह saṃgraha
- catalogue in Assamese
- তালিকা talika
- catalogue in Arabic
- فِهْرِس fihris, قَائِمَة qāʔima, كَتَالُوج katalōg, فِهْرِسْت fihrist
- catalogue in Malay
- katalog, mengkatalogkan
- catalogue in Indonesian
- katalog
- catalogue in Persian
- کاتالوگ kâtâlog, فهرستنامه fehrest-nâme, فهرست fehrest, کالانما kâlânamâ
- catalogue in Thai
- แคตตาล็อก kɛ́t-dtaa-lɔ́k, รายการ raai-gaan
- catalogue in Myanmar
- ကက်တလောက် kakta.lauk
Examples of catalogue in a sentence
- The Reds were on the back foot early on when a catalogue of defensive errors led to Ramires giving Chelsea the lead.2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:
- "A catalogue of basic errors resulted in this tragedy," said HM Chief Inspector of Railways Ian Prosser CBE.2023 February 22, “Network News: Siemens fined after contractor's death”, in RAIL, number 977, page 9:
Synonyms of catalogue
Forms of catalogue
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | catalogues |
| alternative US | catalog |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | catalogues |
| present participle | cataloguing |
| past participle | catalogued |
| past | catalogued |
Origin of catalogue
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.
Words formed from catalogue
Phrases with catalogue
Questions about catalogue
- What does catalogue mean?
- Catalogue means a systematic list of books, names, pictures, etc.
- What is catalogue in Hindi?
- Catalogue in Hindi is सूची (sūcī), तालिका (tālikā), सूचीपत्र (sūcīpatra). See Catalogue meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use catalogue in a sentence?
- The Reds were on the back foot early on when a catalogue of defensive errors led to Ramires giving Chelsea the lead.
- What part of speech is catalogue?
- Catalogue can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce catalogue?
- Catalogue is pronounced /ˈkæt.əˌlɒɡ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of catalogue?
- The plural of catalogue is catalogues.
Words near catalogue in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: catalogue (page history and authors); catalogue (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); catalogue (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); catalogue (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); કેટલોગ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); তালিকা (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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