catalog

English

Noun

catalog (plural catalogs)

1. (American spelling) Alternative 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.
• Despite common assumptions, this spelling does not appear in any of Noah Webster’s dictionaries.

Derived terms

• catalogful
• catalogise
• cattlelog
• e-catalog
• noncatalog

Verb

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

1. (American spelling) Alternative 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

• catalogable
• miscatalog
• recatalog

Further reading

• “catalog”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• galacto-

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French catalogue, from Latin catalogus.

Pronunciation

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Noun

catalog n (plural cataloage)

1. catalogue

Declension

	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