catalogue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæt.əˌlɒɡ/
ipa: /ˈkæt.əˌlɔɡ/
ipa: /ˈkæt.əˌlɑɡ/
Forms: form: catalogues
form: catalog
Etymology: From Middle English cathaloge, from Old French catalogue, from Late Latin catalogus, itself from Ancient Greek κατάλογος (katálogos, “enrollment, register”), from καταλέγω (katalégō, “to recount, make a list”), from κατα- (kata-, “downwards, towards”) + λέγω (légō, “to say, to speak, to tell”). Equivalent to cata- + -logue.
Senses: examples: text: [T]he charge of my moſt curious, and coſtly ingredients fraide, amounting to ſome ſeaventeene thouſand crovvnes, a trifle in reſpect of health, vvriting your noble name in my Catalogue, I ſhall acknovvledge my ſelfe amply ſatisfi'd.
ref: 1631 (first performance), Philip Massinger, The Emperour of the East. A Tragæ-comœdie. […], London: […] Thomas Harper, for Iohn Waterson, published 1632, →OCLC, Act IV, scene iii:
text: He intended to publish a flora of the island, and drafted out a synonymic catalogue, into which he inserted from time to time elaborate descriptions drawn up from living specimens of the species which he was able to procure.
ref: 1999, J. G. Baker, Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles:
synonyms: word: list
glosses: A systematic list of books, names, pictures, etc.
synonyms: word: list
glosses: A systematic list of books, names, pictures, etc.
A complete (usually alphabetical or chronological) list of items.
synonyms: word: list
glosses: A systematic list of books, names, pictures, etc.
A list of all the publications in a library; a library catalogue.
glosses: A retailer's magazine detailing the products they sell, allowing the reader to order them for delivery.
glosses: A book printed periodically by a college, university, or other institution that gives a definitive description of the institution, its history, courses and degrees offered, etc.
examples: text: The program generates a catalogue of the files on the cartridge selected by the user, reads the catalogue into memory and erases the cartridge copy, so that an up-to-date copy is always generated.
ref: 1983, “Helpline”, in Sinclair User, number 21:
text: BBCFiles is a BBC file converter that converts between some of the various types of files used by BBC emulators on Acorn & PC formats. It supports 6502Em style applications & scripts, /ssd dfs disc images (supporting watford double catalogue), vanilla directories, /zip of bbc files with /inf files (with limitations) and directory of bbc files with /inf files.
ref: 2001, Michael Foot, “BeebIt 0.32 and BBCFiles 0.29 released”, in comp.sys.acorn.announce (Usenet):
text: It has two extra options using extended syntax. CAT - an extended catalogue but not as detailed as some I've seen. ( The reason that the Spectrum CAT command is restricted is that it cleverly uses the 512 bytes data buffer of the microdrive channel to sort the filenames - hence the limit of 50 ten-character filenames )
ref: 2003, Brotha G, “Repairing Microdrive Cartridges”, in comp.sys.sinclair (Usenet):
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A directory listing.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A complete list of a recording artist's or a composer's songs.
examples: text: The accident followed a catalogue of errors.
text: Near-synonym: litany
text: The Reds were on the back foot early on when a catalogue of defensive errors led to Ramires giving Chelsea the lead. Jay Spearing conceded possession in midfield and Ramires escaped Jose Enrique far too easily before scoring at the near post with a shot Reina should have saved.
ref: 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:
text: "A catalogue of basic errors resulted in this tragedy," said HM Chief Inspector of Railways Ian Prosser CBE.
ref: 2023 February 22, “Network News: Siemens fined after contractor's death”, in RAIL, number 977, page 9:
glosses: A series of unwelcome or unpleasant things, often similar.
Derived terms: back catalogue
card catalogue
catalogic
catalogue raisonné
cataloguise
catazine
e-catalogue
library catalogue
magalogue
miscatalogue
specialogue
subcatalogue
telecatalogue
union catalogue