The ''Canadian Oxford Dictionary'' is a
dictionary
A dictionary is a listing of lexemes from the lexicon of one or more specific languages, often arranged alphabetically (or by radical and stroke for ideographic languages), which may include information on definitions, usage, etymologies ...
of
Canadian English
Canadian English (CanE, CE, en-CA) encompasses the varieties of English native to Canada. According to the 2016 census, English was the first language of 19.4 million Canadians or 58.1% of the total population; the remainder spoke French ( ...
. First published by
Oxford University Press Canada in 1998, it became a well-known reference for Canadian English.
The second edition, published in 2004, contains about 300,000 entries, including about 2,200 true
Canadianisms. It also provides information on Canadian pronunciation and on Canadian spelling, which has features of both
British and
American
American(s) may refer to:
* American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America"
** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America
** American ancestry, pe ...
spelling: ''colour'', ''centre'', and ''travelling'', but ''tire'', ''aluminum'' and ''realize''.
Editorial staff and development method
Until September 2008, Oxford maintained a permanent staff of
lexicographers in Canada, led by editor
Katherine Barber
Katherine Patricia Mary Barber (September 8, 1959April 24, 2021) was a British-born Canadian lexicographer and founding Editor-in-Chief of the ''Canadian Oxford Dictionary''. To promote the dictionary she often spoke publicly about Canadian words ...
. With its Canadian dictionary division closed, Oxford has since been outsourcing work on Canadian dictionary products to freelance editors.
[Canwest News Service,]
Oxford closes Canadian dictionary division
, October 1, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-01.
Editions and versions
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;Prior editions
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;Picture dictionary
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;Paperback
* Alex Bisset, editor. ''The Canadian Oxford Paperback Dictionary'' (first edition 2000, reissued 2004, second edition 2006) Toronto, Oxford University Press.
;Compact
* ''The Canadian Oxford Compact Dictionary'' (published 2001, reissued 2004)
;Concise
* ''Concise Canadian Oxford Dictionary'' (published 2005)
;High school
* ''The Canadian Oxford High School Dictionary'' (published 2002, reissued 2004)
;Spelling
* ''The Canadian Oxford Spelling Dictionary'' (published 1999, reissued 2004)
;Juvenile
* ''My First Canadian Oxford Dictionary''
Other Canadian English dictionaries
Two other major Canadian English dictionaries are the ''
ITP Nelson Canadian Dictionary ITP may refer to:
Companies and organizations
* Interactive Theorem Proving (conference), an annual international academic conference
* Intertape Polymer Group, a packaging products manufacturer
* Institute for Theoretical Physics (disambiguati ...
'' and the ''
Gage Canadian Dictionary''.
See also
*
List of Canadian English dictionaries
References
External links
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{{Dictionaries of English
English dictionaries
English language in Canada
Oxford dictionaries
1998 non-fiction books
Canadian English