reverse dictionary

English

Noun

reverse dictionary (plural reverse dictionaries)

1. A dictionary in which entries are sorted alphabetically by their last letter, then second-to-last, and so on: Nausicaa would precede Hecuba, which would precede orca; influenza would precede cab, and so on.
2. A dictionary that lists words under the concepts they describe.

   Synonym: inverted dictionary

Translations

a dictionary in which entries are sorted alphabetically by their last letter, then second-to-last, and so on

• Armenian: հանգարան (hy) (hangaran)
• Bulgarian: обратен речник m (obraten rečnik)
• Dutch: retrograad (nl) n
• Esperanto: inversa vortaro
• French: dictionnaire inverse (fr) m
• German: rückläufiges Wörterbuch (de) n
• Hindi: प्रतिलोम शब्दकोश (pratilom śabdakoś)
• Hungarian: szóvégmutató szótár, rímszótár (hu)
• Italian: dizionario inverso m
• Persian: فرهنگ زانسو (fa)
• Polish: słownik a tergo m, słownik regresywny m
• Russian: обратный словарь (ru) m (obratnyj slovarʹ)
• Slovene: odzadnji slovar m
• Spanish: diccionario inverso
• Ukrainian: інверсійний словник m (inversijnyj slovnyk)

a dictionary that lists words under the concepts they describe

• Hungarian: tematikus szótár

See also

• Reverse dictionaries in other Wiktionary editions (separately for various languages):
  Catalan – German – Latin – Polish – Russian