Larousse - Larousse (English spelling)

Japanese: ラルース - らるーす(英語表記)Larousse
Larousse - Larousse (English spelling)

A leading French publisher of encyclopedias and dictionaries. Its predecessor was the Larousse-Boyer Bookshop, which Pierre-Athanase Larousse (1817-75) opened with his friend Pierre Augustin Boyer (1821-96) in 1852. In 1856, it published its first small encyclopedia, which later became Petit Larousse (started in 1905 under the supervision of Larousse's nephew, Claude Ogé). Larousse's name became world famous with the publication of the Grand dictionnaire universel du XIX e siècle (Encyclopedia of the 19th Century), a total of 15 volumes (1866-1876, with two supplementary volumes in 1878 and 1888), which was launched under Pierre's motto of "popularizing without lowering the standard." However, in June 1984, due to financial difficulties, the company was absorbed into the information company CEP. In addition to the Grand Larousse Encyclopedia and the Encyclopedia of the 20th Century, Larousse's representative publications include language dictionaries such as the Grande French Dictionary and Lexis. Many periodicals and specialized dictionaries by field have also been published that have derived from the encyclopedia compilation, and since the 1990s, many electronic encyclopedias and dictionaries have been published.

[Kozaburo Yano]

[References] | Dictionaries | Dictionaries | Encyclopedias | Larousse Encyclopedia

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Japanese:

フランスの代表的な事典・辞書出版社。1852年、ピエール・ラルースPierre-Athanase Larousse(1817―75)が友人のボアイエPierre Augustin Boyer(1821―96)とともに開いたラルース・ボアイエ書店がその前身である。1856年に初めて小百科事典を出版、これが後の『プチ・ラルース』Petit Larousse(1905年、ラルースの甥(おい)クロード・オジェの監修でスタート)の元祖となった。「レベルを落とさずに大衆化を」というピエールの信念をモットーに創刊された『19世紀世界(万有)百科事典』Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle全15巻(1866~76、のち78、88に補遺2巻)によって、ラルースの名は世界的に有名になったが、1984年6月、経営難から情報関連会社CEP(セーウーペー)に吸収された。『大ラルース百科事典』『20世紀大事典』のほか、『フランス語大辞典』『レキシス』などの言語辞典が代表的出版物である。事典編集から派生した数々の定期刊行物、分野別専門事典なども多く出版されており、1990年代以降は電子化された事典・辞書も多数発行されている。

[矢野浩三郎]

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