An ogham stone in Cornwall, England BabelStone via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 3.0 Researchers say they are compiling the first-ever dictionary of ancient Celtic languages in Britain and Ireland.

A groundbreaking new monolingual Irish dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge, the body responsible for the promotion of the Irish language throughout the island of Ireland, was launched this week by ...

There are more than half a million words in the Oxford English Dictionary. Some trace their origin as far back as the 11th century. For centuries, linguists and academics have kept careful track of ...

Tribal officials said the project is part of a broader effort to preserve Indigenous languages, including Cherokee, by expanding access around the world. The tribe began working with Kiwa Digital in ...

For the first time in more than two decades, there's a new hard-copy update to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. It adds more than 5,000 new words and phrases. Peter Sokolowski, editor-at-large at ...

If you look up “microaggression” or “sheeple” or “safe space” on the website of the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the entries won’t have a byline—but their author is Stefan Fatsis. A longtime journalist ...

Dictionary.com has officially revealed its newest Word of the Year. The online dictionary announced Wednesday that "67" is the 2025 Word of the Year. The annual pick serves as a "linguistic time ...

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Newer terms like 'cold brew' and 'farm-to-table' plus slang like 'rizz' are just a few of the new words readers can expected to see added ...

Merriam-Webster has updated the hard copy of its collegiate dictionary, adding 5,000 new words to the 12th edition, The Associated Press reported. The new edition comes at a time when sales for ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Word nerd alert: Merriam-Webster announced Thursday it has taken the rare step of fully revising and reimagining one of its most popular dictionaries with a fresh edition that adds ...