Plena Ilustrita Vortaro (vortaro.net)

What it actually is

The PIV is Esperanto's reference dictionary, defining every word in Esperanto rather than translating it. That monolingual habit is worth forming early in a language this regular: once you can read a definition, you can look up anything without a bilingual crutch. Dense and scholarly.

What it covers

• Vocabulary
• Reading

Listed for

• Esperanto

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