Petit Larousse

Le Petit Larousse Illustré, commonly known simply as Le Petit Larousse[1] (French pronunciation: [lə pə.ti laʁus]), is a French-language encyclopedic dictionary published by Éditions Larousse.[2][3] It first appeared in 1905 and was edited by Claude Augé,[3] following Augé's Dictionnaire complet illustré (1889). The one-volume work has two main sections: a dictionary featuring common words and an encyclopedia of proper nouns. Le Petit Larousse 2007 (published in 2006) includes 150,000 definitions and 5,000 illustrations. A Spanish-version, the Pequeño Larousse Ilustrado and an Italian version, Il Piccolo Rizzoli Larousse, have also been published.[3]

The motto of Pierre Larousse, the namesake of Éditions Larousse, perpetuated in Larousse's publications is "Je sème à tout vent" ("I sow to all winds"). This motto inspires the cover art of Le Petit Larousse, which typically features a female figure blowing dandelion seeds.

Upon its 100th anniversary, a history of Le Petit Larousse was published called La dent-de-lion, la semeuse et le Petit Larousse written by Jean Pruvost (fr).

The following editions are available:

  • Compact
  • Coffret Noël
  • Grand Format
  • Grand Format Coffret Noël
  • Collection Multimedia
  • CD-ROM Edition Prestige

References

  1. ^ "Petit Larousse". data.bnf.fr. Retrieved 2025-06-11.
  2. ^ "Les différences entre le Petit Robert et le Petit Larousse illustré". Culture-expression.fr (in French). Retrieved 2025-06-11.
  3. ^ a b c Garnier, Yves (2005), Cormier, Monique C.; Francœur, Aline (eds.), "Le Petit Larousse: jalons historiques", Les dictionnaires Larousse : Genèse et évolution, Paramètres (in French), Montréal: Presses de l’Université de Montréal, pp. 83–89, ISBN 979-10-365-0242-2, retrieved 2025-06-11


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