Les mots français dans le Waaren Lexicon de Ph.a. Nemnich (fin du XIIIe siècle)

Abstrakt

FRENCH VOCABULARY IN WAAREN LEXICON BY PH.A. NEMNICH (END OF THE 18th CENTURY)

The article is a description of French vocabulary included in the multilingual dictionary of merchandise from the 18th century entitled Waaren-Lexicon in zwölf Sprachen by Ph.A. Nemnich. The examples were taken from the French-German part of the publication to illustrate the contents and principles of the lexicon. The presented dictionary is a valuable testimony of multilingual vocabulary in the field of merchandise, but above all an example of a pioneering, comprehensive dictionary of technical language, used in a specific occupational field.