An ogham stone in Cornwall, England BabelStone via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 3.0 Researchers say they are compiling the first-ever dictionary of ancient Celtic languages in Britain and Ireland.

The Kremlin has a new "Explanatory Dictionary of the State Language of the Russian Federation." We look into some of the revised definitions of common words. Russia is doing this. They've published a ...

A groundbreaking new monolingual Irish dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge, the body responsible for the promotion of the Irish language throughout the island of Ireland, was launched this week by ...

There are more than half a million words in the Oxford English Dictionary. Some trace their origin as far back as the 11th century. For centuries, linguists and academics have kept careful track of ...

A new first-of-its-kind dictionary has been launched aimed at ending the need to understand Irish words “through the lens of English”. President Catherine Connolly was among those hailing the ...

It's been a few years since Alicia Keys released her last studio album, Keys, but she says new music is in the works. “I’m writing right now, creating new music,” she says in a recent interview with ...

Here's some news for the word nerds out there. Merriam-Webster, the country’s oldest dictionary publisher, is releasing a hefty, new Collegiate edition for the first time in 22 years. “So, the ...

The new edition might remind people that a physical book from a source with a two-century-old pedigree might be more trustworthy than a random search. Stefan Fatsis is the author of “Unabridged: The ...

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Newer terms like 'cold brew' and 'farm-to-table' plus slang like 'rizz' are just a few of the new words readers can expected to see added ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Word nerd alert: Merriam-Webster announced Thursday it has taken the rare step of fully revising and reimagining one of its most popular dictionaries with a fresh edition that adds ...

Merriam-Webster announced it will publish a new edition of its Collegiate Dictionary for the first time in more than 20 years, adding 5,000 new words. New entries include cold brew, farm-to-table, ...