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Etymology
16th century, from New Latin thesaurus#Latin|thesaurus "treasure" < Classical Latin thesaurus#Latin|thesaurus < AGr. polytonic|θη�α���� (th�sauros) "storehouse" or "treasure"; its current English usage/meaning was established soon after the publication of Peter Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases in 1852

Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��r�s|-��r�s

Noun
en-noun|thesauri|pl2=thesauruses

1. A publication, usually in the form of a book, that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms) for the words of a given language.

#:Wiktionary is a thesaurus and dictionary.

1. archaic A dictionary or encyclopedia.

Translations
trans-top|book of synonyms
Czech: tezaurus#Czech|tezaurus m
Dutch: thesaurus m, synoniemenwoordenboek n
Esperanto: tezaÅ­ro
French: Dictionnaire des synonymes
German: Thesaurus m
Hungarian: szinonímaszótár :hu:szinonímaszótár|°
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Japanese: ����� (shis�rasu), ���� (ruigo jiten)
Polish: tezaurus m
Portuguese: dicionário de sinônimos m, tesauro m, thesaurus m
Spanish: tesauro m
Swedish: synonymordbok
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See also
Wiktionary:Wikisaurus|Wikisaurus

External links
Roget's Thesaurus can be found at: http://www.bartleby.com/thesauri

Latin

Noun
thesaurus, thesauri m

Second declension

1. treasure

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