The Leading Italian and English Range

An outstanding Italian-English-Italian dictionary developed by one of Italy's foremost publishers- Paravia and Oxford University Press. This dictionary provides contemporary, up-to-the-minute coverage of Italian and English vocabulary and is the most authoritative Italian dictionary of its size. The dictionary is bundled with the Oxford English audio database of 50,000 Oxford pre-recorded audio word pronunciations to help you improve your listening and speaking skills in English.

Convenience and Easy-access Layout

• Over 175,000 words and phrases, and over 290,000 translations
• Over 50,000 high-quality English audio recordings with British English pronunciations compiled and recorded by Oxford University Press
• Comprehensive and completely up to date
• Detailed notes on grammar and usage
• Thousands of examples to help you choose the translation you need
• Easy-access design of the word definitions

Note that the audio recordings are just of English words and Italian audio is not included. The audio pronunciation database requires 57.5Mb free memory space. Memory cards are supported.

The MSDict Dictionary Format

The Concise Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary is here presented in MSDict electronic format. MSDict offers best experience in mobile reference and is available for any handheld platform.

• Quick dynamic search of words while you type
• Audio pronunciations (through additional installed sound modules)
• Hyperlinks between different related words
• Handy custom filteres added to help you locate the word you are searching for:
  • Fussy filter- used when you are not sure of the correct spelling of a word
  • Keyword- used to locate the instances of a key word within other compound words
  • Wild card - "?" and "*" replace a letter and group of letters in words
• Dynamic changing of font sizes
• History lists of visited words
• Support of multiple dictionaries installed at a time
• Fullscreen support
• Page scrolling mode added
• Ability to select and change the language for MSDict menus and messages. The supported languages are- English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Finish, Russian and Portuguese.
• Copy single words, selected paragraphs or whole word definitions in external programs on your phone
• Two different work modes- View and Selection for your convenience when browsing word definition