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catalogue

noun · verb · 16 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkæt.əˌlɒɡ/
  • General-American: /ˈkæt.əˌlɔɡ/
  • cot-caught-merger: /ˈkæt.əˌlɑɡ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A systematic list of books, names, pictures, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: list

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A systematic list of books, names, pictures, etc.

A complete (usually alphabetical or chronological) list of items.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: list

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A systematic list of books, names, pictures, etc.

A list of all the publications in a library; a library catalogue.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: list

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A retailer's magazine detailing the products they sell, allowing the reader to order them for delivery.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A directory listing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A complete list of a recording artist's or a composer's songs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A series of unwelcome or unpleasant things, often similar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, singular

Examples

  • The accident followed a catalogue of errors.
  • Near-synonym: litany

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: litany

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

To put into a catalogue.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

To make a catalogue of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

verb

Meaning 11

To add items (e.g. books) to an existing catalogue.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

to value or sort stamps using a catalogue

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, philately

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

a book or pamphlet containing an enumeration of things

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he found it in the Sears catalog

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: catalog

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: book

Narrower terms: course catalog, course catalogue, prospectus

14

noun

Meaning 14

a complete list of things; usually arranged systematically

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • it does not pretend to be a catalog of his achievements

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: catalog

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: list, listing

Narrower terms: discography, library catalog, library catalogue, parts catalog, parts catalogue, seed catalog, seed catalogue

15

verb

Meaning 15

make an itemized list or catalog of; classify

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He is cataloguing his photographic negatives

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: catalog

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate

16

verb

Meaning 16

make a catalogue, compile a catalogue

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She spends her weekends cataloguing

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: catalog

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: compose, compile

History

Etymology

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.

Across languages

Translations

211 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: katalog — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Arabic: فِهْرِس (fihris) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Arabic: قَائِمَة (qāʔima) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Arabic: كَتَالُوج (katalōg) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Arabic: كَتَلوج (katalōj) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Arabic: كَتَلوق (katalōg) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Armenian: գրացուցակ (gracʻucʻak) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Armenian: կատալոգ (katalog) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Azerbaijani: kataloq — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Basque: katalogo — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Belarusian: катало́г (katalóh) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Belarusian: спіс (spis) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Belarusian: пералі́к (pjeralík) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Bengali: ক্যাটালগ (kêṭalog) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Bulgarian: катало́г (katalóg) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Burmese: ကက်တလောက် (kakta.lauk) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Catalan: catàleg — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Chinese Mandarin: 目錄 /目录 (mùlù) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Czech: katalog — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Danish: katalog — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Dutch: catalogus — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Dutch: cataloog — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Esperanto: katalogo — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Estonian: kataloog — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Finnish: katalogi — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Finnish: luettelo — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • French: catalogue — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Georgian: კატალოგი (ḳaṭalogi) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • German: Katalog — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • German: Liste — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Greek: κατάλογος (katálogos) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Ancient Greek: κατάλογος (katálogos) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Hebrew: קָטָלוֹג (katalóg) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Hindi: सूची (sūcī) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Hindi: तालिका (tālikā) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Hindi: सूचीपत्र (sūcīpatra) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Hindi: अनुसूची (anusūcī) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Hungarian: katalógus — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Indonesian: katalog — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Irish: ainmliosta — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Italian: catalogo — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Japanese: カタログ (katarogu) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Japanese: 目録 (mokuroku) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Kazakh: каталог (katalog) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Kazakh: тізілім (tızılım) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Kazakh: тізбе (tızbe) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Korean: 목록 (mongnok) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Korean: 카탈로그 (katallogeu) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Kyrgyz: каталог (katalog) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Lao: ລາຍການ (lāi kān) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Latvian: katalogs — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Lithuanian: katalogas — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Macedonian: каталог (katalog) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Mongolian: каталог (katalog) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Mongolian: ᠺᠠᠲ᠋ᠠᠯᠣᠭ (kataloɣ) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Norwegian Bokmål: katalog — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: katalog — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Persian: کاتالوگ (kâtâlog) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Persian: فهرستنامه (fehrest-nâme) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Persian: فهرست (fehrest) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Polish: katalog — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Portuguese: catálogo — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Romanian: catalog — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Russian: катало́г (katalóg) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Russian: спи́сок (spísok) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Russian: пе́речень (pérečenʹ) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Sanskrit: संग्रह (saṃgraha) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Scottish Gaelic: catalog — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Serbo-Croatian: ката̀лог — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Serbo-Croatian: katàlog — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Slovak: katalóg — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Slovene: katalog — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Spanish: catálogo — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Swahili: katalogi — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Swedish: katalog — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Tajik: каталог (katalog) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Tajik: феҳраст (fehrast) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Tajik: рӯйхат (rüyxat) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Thai: แคตตาล็อก (kɛ́t-dtaa-lɔ́k) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Thai: รายการ (raai-gaan) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Turkish: katalog — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Ottoman Turkish: دفتر (defter) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Turkmen: katalog — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Ukrainian: катало́г (katalóh) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Ukrainian: спи́сок (spýsok) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Ukrainian: пере́лік (perélik) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Urdu: فِہْرِسْت (fehrist) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Uyghur: كاتالوگ (katalog) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Uzbek: katalog — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Welsh: catalog — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Yiddish: קאַטאַלאָג (katalog) — a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
  • Arabic: كَتَالُوج (katalōg) — a complete list of items
  • Arabic: فِهْرِس (fihris) — a complete list of items
  • Arabic: فِهْرِسْت (fihrist) — a complete list of items
  • Arabic: كَتَلوج (katalōj) — a complete list of items
  • Arabic: كَتَلوق (katalōg) — a complete list of items
  • Basque: katalogo — a complete list of items
  • Belarusian: катало́г (katalóh) — a complete list of items
  • Bulgarian: катало́г (katalóg) — a complete list of items
  • Catalan: catàleg — a complete list of items
  • Czech: soupis — a complete list of items
  • Danish: katalog — a complete list of items
  • Dutch: catalogus — a complete list of items
  • Dutch: cataloog — a complete list of items
  • Dutch: inventaris — a complete list of items
  • Estonian: kataloog — a complete list of items
  • French: catalogue — a complete list of items
  • French: inventaire — a complete list of items
  • German: Katalog — a complete list of items
  • German: Liste — a complete list of items
  • German: Verzeichnis — a complete list of items
  • Greek: κατάλογος (katálogos) — a complete list of items
  • Ancient Greek: κατάλογος (katálogos) — a complete list of items
  • Hindi: सूची (sūcī) — a complete list of items
  • Hindi: तालिका (tālikā) — a complete list of items
  • Hindi: अनुसूची (anusūcī) — a complete list of items
  • Indonesian: katalog — a complete list of items
  • Irish: ainmliosta — a complete list of items
  • Italian: catalogo — a complete list of items
  • Italian: cataloghi — a complete list of items
  • Malay: katalog — a complete list of items
  • Persian: کالانما (kâlânamâ) — a complete list of items
  • Portuguese: catálogo — a complete list of items
  • Russian: катало́г (katalóg) — a complete list of items
  • Russian: спи́сок (spísok) — a complete list of items
  • Russian: пе́речень (pérečenʹ) — a complete list of items
  • Scottish Gaelic: clàr — a complete list of items
  • Serbo-Croatian: ката̀лог — a complete list of items
  • Serbo-Croatian: katàlog — a complete list of items
  • Spanish: catálogo — a complete list of items
  • Spanish: registro — a complete list of items
  • Swahili: katalogi — a complete list of items
  • Swedish: katalog — a complete list of items
  • Ottoman Turkish: دفتر (defter) — a complete list of items
  • Ukrainian: катало́г (katalóh) — a complete list of items
  • Welsh: catalog — a complete list of items
  • Yiddish: קאַטאַלאָג (katalog) — a complete list of items
  • Armenian: գրացուցակ (gracʻucʻak) — a list of all the publications in a library
  • Basque: katalogo — a list of all the publications in a library
  • Belarusian: катало́г (katalóh) — a list of all the publications in a library
  • Bulgarian: катало́г (katalóg) — a list of all the publications in a library
  • Catalan: catàleg — a list of all the publications in a library
  • Czech: katalog — a list of all the publications in a library
  • Danish: katalog — a list of all the publications in a library
  • Dutch: bibliotheekcatalogus — a list of all the publications in a library
  • Estonian: kataloog — a list of all the publications in a library
  • German: Verzeichnis — a list of all the publications in a library
  • German: Liste — a list of all the publications in a library
  • Greek: κατάλογος (katálogos) — a list of all the publications in a library
  • Hindi: सूची (sūcī) — a list of all the publications in a library
  • Hindi: तालिका (tālikā) — a list of all the publications in a library
  • Indonesian: katalog — a list of all the publications in a library
  • Italian: catalogo — a list of all the publications in a library
  • Persian: فهرست (fehrest) — a list of all the publications in a library
  • Polish: katalog — a list of all the publications in a library
  • Portuguese: catálogo — a list of all the publications in a library
  • Russian: катало́г (katalóg) — a list of all the publications in a library
  • Scottish Gaelic: ainm-chlàr — a list of all the publications in a library
  • Serbo-Croatian: ката̀лог — a list of all the publications in a library
  • Serbo-Croatian: katàlog — a list of all the publications in a library
  • Swedish: katalog — a list of all the publications in a library
  • Tajik: феҳраст (fehrast) — a list of all the publications in a library
  • Ukrainian: катало́г (katalóh) — a list of all the publications in a library
  • Welsh: catalog — a list of all the publications in a library
  • German: Katalog — book printed periodically by a college, university, or other institution
  • German: Programm — book printed periodically by a college, university, or other institution
  • Portuguese: programa — book printed periodically by a college, university, or other institution
  • Russian: програ́мма (prográmma) — book printed periodically by a college, university, or other institution
  • Russian: уче́бный план (učébnyj plan) — book printed periodically by a college, university, or other institution
  • Spanish: calendario universitario — book printed periodically by a college, university, or other institution
  • Esperanto: dosierujo — (computing) a directory listing
  • Esperanto: katalogo — (computing) a directory listing
  • French: catalogue — (computing) a directory listing
  • Māori: putumōhio — (computing) a directory listing
  • Danish: katalogisere — to put into a catalogue
  • Dutch: catalogiseren — to put into a catalogue
  • Finnish: luetteloida — to put into a catalogue
  • French: cataloguer — to put into a catalogue
  • German: katalogisieren — to put into a catalogue
  • Hindi: सूचीबद्ध (sūcībaddh) — to put into a catalogue
  • Ido: katalogigar — to put into a catalogue
  • Italian: catalogare — to put into a catalogue
  • Italian: mettere in catalogo — to put into a catalogue
  • Māori: whakarārangi — to put into a catalogue
  • Portuguese: catalogar — to put into a catalogue
  • Spanish: catalogar — to put into a catalogue
  • Swedish: katalogisera — to put into a catalogue
  • Bulgarian: каталогизирам (katalogiziram) — to make a catalogue of
  • Danish: katalogisere — to make a catalogue of
  • Dutch: catalogiseren — to make a catalogue of
  • Finnish: luetteloida — to make a catalogue of
  • French: inventorier — to make a catalogue of
  • German: katalogisieren — to make a catalogue of
  • Ido: katalogigar — to make a catalogue of
  • Italian: catalogare — to make a catalogue of
  • Malay: mengkatalogkan — to make a catalogue of
  • Māori: whakarārangi — to make a catalogue of
  • Portuguese: catalogar — to make a catalogue of
  • Serbo-Croatian: katalogizirati — to make a catalogue of
  • Spanish: catalogar — to make a catalogue of
  • Danish: katalogisere — to add to an existing catalogue
  • Dutch: catalogiseren — to add to an existing catalogue
  • Finnish: luetteloida — to add to an existing catalogue
  • French: cataloguer — to add to an existing catalogue
  • German: katalogisieren — to add to an existing catalogue
  • Ido: katalogigar — to add to an existing catalogue
  • Italian: mettere in catalogo — to add to an existing catalogue
  • Māori: whakaputumōhio — to add to an existing catalogue
  • Portuguese: catalogar — to add to an existing catalogue
  • Serbo-Croatian: katalogizirati — to add to an existing catalogue
  • Spanish: catalogar — to add to an existing catalogue
Real reading context

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