Le Petit Larousse is a French-language reference book (the Spanish-version "El Pequeño Larousse Ilustrado" and Italian-version "Il Piccolo Rizzoli Larousse" have also been published) first appearing in 1905 and later published in a 100th anniversary edition in 2005. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The book has two main sections: a dictionary featuring common words and an encyclopedia of proper nouns (compare encyclopedic dictionary). A dictionary is a book of alphabetically listed Words in a specific language with definitions etymologies pronunciations and other information or a book of alphabetically An encyclopedia (or '''encyclopædia''') is a comprehensive written Compendium that contains Information on either all branches of Knowledge An encyclopedic dictionary typically includes a large number of short listings arranged alphabetically and discussing a wide range of topics
The motto of Pierre Larousse, the namesake of Les Editions Larousse, and perpetuated in Larousse's publications is "Je sème à tout vent" ("I sow to all winds"). Pierre Athanase Larousse ( October 23, 1817 - January 3, 1875) was a French grammarian and lexicographer born in 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. Le Petit Larousse 2007 (published in 2006) includes 150,000 definitions and 5,000 illustrations. The following editions are available:
- Compact
- Coffret Noël
- Grand Format
- Grand Format Coffret Noël
- Collection Multimedia
- CD-ROM Edition Prestige
 Le Petit Larousse 2007 ISBN 2-03-582491-5 |
 Le Petit Larousse 2006 ISBN 2-03-530206-4 |
 Le Petit Larousse in its original form, 1905 edition ISBN 2-03-530849-6 |
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