catalog

English

Noun

catalog (plural catalogs)

  1. US standard spelling of catalogue.

Usage notes

  • In American English, both catalog and catalogue are in use; however, catalogue is largely confined to traditional or institutional contexts, while catalog is the more prevalent form in general usage.
  • The spelling catalog has been attested since the 16th century, but it did not gain widespread popularity in the United States until the late 19th century.[1][2]
  • Despite common assumptions, this spelling does not appear in any of Noah Webster’s dictionaries.[2]

Derived terms

Verb

catalog (third-person singular simple present catalogs, present participle cataloging, simple past and past participle cataloged)

  1. US standard spelling of catalogue.
    • 2022 March 30, Ilan Stavans, Margaret Boyle, “How Dictionaries Define Us: Margaret Boyle and Ilan Stavans in Conversation”, in Los Angeles Review of Books[1]:
      And the exclusions are a statement about life itself: the words that were left out haven’t been co-opted; by not yet being cataloged, they still belong to us.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025), “catalog”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Angbeen Chaudhary, “Catalog vs. Catalogue”, in Grammar.com, STANDS4 LLC, retrieved 20 April 2025

Further reading

Anagrams

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French catalogue, from Latin catalogus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

catalog n (plural cataloage)

  1. catalogue

Declension

Declension of catalog
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative catalog catalogul cataloage cataloagele
genitive-dative catalog catalogului cataloage cataloagelor
vocative catalogule cataloagelor

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

catalog m (genitive cataloig, plural catalogan)

  1. catalogue

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • catlog, catilog

Etymology

From English catalogue.

Noun

catalog m (plural catalogau)

  1. catalogue

Derived terms

  • catalogaidd (catalogical, adjective)
  • catalogio (catalogue, verb)
  • ôl-gatalog (back catalogue)

Mutation

Mutated forms of catalog
radical soft nasal aspirate
catalog gatalog nghatalog chatalog

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “catalog”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies