catalogue

• catalog (US)

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”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkæt.əˌlɒɡ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkæt.əˌlɔɡ/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈkæt.əˌlɑɡ/

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (US):

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catalogue (plural catalogues) (British spelling)

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

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:list

   • 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:

     [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.

   • 1999, J. G. Baker, Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles:

     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.

   1. A complete (usually alphabetical or chronological) list of items.
   2. A list of all the publications in a library; a library catalogue.
2. A retailer's magazine detailing the products they sell, allowing the reader to order them for delivery.
3. (US) 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.
4. (computing, dated) A directory listing.
   • 1983, “Helpline”, in Sinclair User, number 21:

     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.

   • 2001, Michael Foot, “BeebIt 0.32 and BBCFiles 0.29 released”, in comp.sys.acorn.announce (Usenet):

     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 (with limitations) and directory of bbc files with /inf files.

   • 2003, Brotha G, “Repairing Microdrive Cartridges”, in comp.sys.sinclair (Usenet):

     It has two extra options using extended syntax. CAT - an extended catalogue but not as detailed as some I've seen. ( The reason that the Spectrum CAT command is restricted is that it cleverly uses the 512 bytes data buffer of the microdrive channel to sort the filenames - hence the limit of 50 ten-character filenames )

5. (music) A complete list of a recording artist's or a composer's songs.
6. (in the singular, figuratively) A series of unwelcome or unpleasant things, often similar.

   The accident followed a catalogue of errors.

   Near-synonym: litany

   • 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     The Reds were on the back foot early on when a catalogue of defensive errors led to Ramires giving Chelsea the lead. Jay Spearing conceded possession in midfield and Ramires escaped Jose Enrique far too easily before scoring at the near post with a shot Reina should have saved.

   • 2023 February 22, “Network News: Siemens fined after contractor's death”, in RAIL, number 977, page 9:

     "A catalogue of basic errors resulted in this tragedy," said HM Chief Inspector of Railways Ian Prosser CBE.

• → Welsh: catalog

catalogue (third-person singular simple present catalogues, present participle cataloguing, simple past and past participle catalogued) (British spelling)

1. To put into a catalogue. (Discuss⁽⁺⁾ this sense)
2. To make a catalogue of.
   • 2023 March 22, 'Industry Insider', “Restoring Your Railway”, in RAIL, number 979, page 68:

     The consequences were catalogued by the Royal Commission for Environmental Pollution in 1994, which recommended several measures to constrain the emission of greenhouse gases.

3. To add items (e.g. books) to an existing catalogue. (Discuss⁽⁺⁾ this sense)
4. (philately) to value or sort stamps using a catalogue

• (make a catalogue of): list; see also Thesaurus:tick off
• (add to an existing catalogue): put down; see also Thesaurus:enlist

• coagulate

Borrowed from Late Latin catalogus, itself from Ancient Greek κατάλογος (katálogos, “an enrollment, a register, a list, catalogue”), from καταλέγω (katalégō, “to recount, to tell at length or in order, to make a list”), from κατα- (kata-, “downwards, towards”) + λέγω (légō, “to gather, to pick up, to choose for oneself, to pick out, to count”).

• IPA^(key): /ka.ta.lɔɡ/

• Audio:

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• Homophone: catalogues

catalogue m (plural catalogues)

1. a systematical catalogue

• catalogue raisonné

catalogue

1. inflection of cataloguer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “catalogue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

catalogue

1. inflection of catalogar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

catalogue

1. inflection of catalogar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative