People call French the language for lovers.

That's why a French dictionary may be of use. Or it could be just to translate sentences into French, or find out what French words mean.

A French dictionary is common for people who study the language. Such a dictionary would have English words translated into French and French words translated into English. Of course it's very handy to have.

Many French dictionaries found their way onto the Internet. Alta Vista and now Google have translation services. These can be used to translate sentences or entire blocks of text. That's useful when speaking with people from other countries.

A French dictionary has many words. In English bread crisped over a heat source is called toast. Many kinds of toast exist. Of course French toast must be mentioned. It's pain perdu in French. It's egg covered bread fried in a pac. It can be topped with butter, fruit, syrup, or many other items including strawberries.

But in a French dictionary the word toast would be a phrase delivered in honor of something. For example a guest may toast a host. The French call it en l'honneur de.

A French dictionary will contain the word bread. Pain is the literal French translation. It does not refer to a loaf of bread or a slice of bread, but more specifically to a loaf of soap, or ice. Panade in French is bread soup.

Cafe in a French dictionary would be a restaurant. Cafe is also an English word. A restaurant owner is a restauranteur. It's a masculine noun.

In a French dictionary pomme is a potato. When turned into french fries the French would call it pommes frites. The children's television host Fred Rogers once bought some pommes frites from Chef Brocket. Potato soup is pommes de la soupe. Pommes du fromage would be potato with some type of cheese.

Now you know why people love the French dictionary.