Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum

Title page of the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum. Note the spelling mistake of the word Annamiticum, as it has three ns.
First page of Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum.

The Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (known in Vietnamese as Tự điển Việt-Bồ-La) is a trilingual Vietnamese-Portuguese-Latin dictionary written by the French Jesuit lexicographer Alexandre de Rhodes after 12 years in Vietnam. It was published by the Propaganda Fide in Rome in 1651, upon Rhodes's visit to Europe, along with his catechism Phép giảng tám ngày.[1][2]

  1. ^ Wörterbücher: Ein Internationales Handbuch Zur Lexikographie by Franz Josef Hausmann, p.2583 [1]
  2. ^ Researches Into the Physical History of Mankind By James Cowles p.501 [2]