French dictionary TLFi

Samuel De Backer

About this app

This application makes it easy to consult the online French dictionary TLFi from the CNRTL (“Centre National de Ressources Textuelles et Lexicales”). Consult the definition, etymology, synonymy or antonymy of a word. The TLFi (Trésor de la langue française) comes from a dictionary in sixteen paper volumes.

Ratings and reviews

If you're learning French (and are at the stage where you can use a monolingual dictionary), this is the one you want. The TLFi is probably the best French dictionary overall, but has a very bad and outdated website, whereas this app is easy to use and uncluttered. I only wish the desktop experience was anywhere near as good as this.

Needs an IPA (international phonetic alphabet) entry with each word. This is a very basic feature of just about any dictionary. It would also be nice if one could click on (or tap) and hear a pronunciation of each word entry. An otherwise wonderful resource.

No ads, no permissions required. Light and easy to use. Renders the Greek characters in the etymology section. I also like that the etymology section has a button (it's sometimes hard on the website to find it in the bulk of text). The history is also a nice feature. Superb app.

What's new

Compatibility update