Type of site | Digital dictionary |
|---|---|
| Available in | French |
| Created by | Computer Processing and Analysis of the French Language |
| URL | atilf |
| Registration | None |
TheTrésor de la langue française informatisé orTLFi (French pronunciation:[tʁezɔʁdəlalɑ̃ɡ(ə)fʁɑ̃sɛːz(ə)ɛ̃fɔʁmatize]; "Digitized Treasury of the French Language") is a digital version of theTrésor de la langue française orTLF ("Treasury of the French Language"), a 16-volume dictionary of theFrench language of the 19th and 20th centuries, which was published between 1971 and 1994. It is freely available via a web interface. It was previously sold as aCD-ROM for Mac and Windows.[1][2]
Since 2008, there are applications for macOS, iOS and Android.[3][4]
The TLFi was created by theAnalyse et traitement informatique de la langue française (ATILF; Computer Processing and Analysis of the French Language) joint research group, a collaboration between theFrench National Center for Scientific Research and theUniversity of Lorraine. French linguistAlain Rey participated in its creation.[5]
The first upload of the TLFi took place in the early '90s at the National Institute of the French Language (INaLF) with the help of Alain Rey andBernard Cerquiglini.[2][6] The online version of the dictionary is presented without any modifications or updates. In 2001, the INaLF andNancy 2 University collaborated to create the ATILF, a research lab associated with theFrench National Center for Scientific Research and the University of Lorraine.[1]
The dictionary became available on CD-ROM on November 5, 2004, for Windows and Mac OS X.[7]
The dictionary stems from thesemantic analysis of theTLF and its analysis in several domains: definitions, usage examples, and semantic and lexical information.
Taking advantage of the richdatabase extracted from its analysis, the dictionary offers not only the capability to search by entry but also the possibility to do more complex searches. Thehypertext interface allows for referencing across different versions of the dictionary.
The TLFi contains definitions, examples from literary excerpts, technical field usages guides, information on semantics, history, etymology, grammar, usages, and synonyms and antonyms as well as hierarchical analyses linking these individual pieces of information.[8] The dictionary is composed of many different elementary components (definitions, examples, technical usage guides, etc) that allow complex searches at multiple levels:
The content of the TLFi contains the content of the first edition of the TLF, and the ATILF indicates on its website that it has no plans to be updated. The TLFi thus contains errors that were in the original TLF and errors that occurred during its digitalization.[9]
The TLFi contains:[9]
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