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Oskar Bloch was a 20th-century French linguist specializing in lexicography and etymology. He is primarily known for his significant contribution to the *Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue française*, a landmark resource examining the origins of words within the French language. His work remains valuable for scholars, historians, and those researching the historical development of French vocabulary.
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Oskar Bloch ranks #71 of 315 in the Lexicographer ranking, behind Niccolò Tommaseo, ahead of Aristophanes of Byzantium.
Coauthor of a major French etymological dictionary; respected, though often paired with Wartburg-influenced tradition.
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What dictionary is Oscar Bloch best known for?
Oscar Bloch is best known for the Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue francaise, developed with Walther von Wartburg. The work appeared in the early 1930s and received the Academie francaise's Prix Saintour in 1933.
How is Bloch's dictionary different from von Wartburg's FEW?
Bloch's dictionary was designed as a compact resource for ordinary French vocabulary and a broad readership. Von Wartburg's Franzosisches Etymologisches Worterbuch, usually abbreviated FEW, is a much larger scholarly study of the Gallo-Romance lexical world.
Did Oscar Bloch study French dialects as well as etymology?
Yes. He researched the dialects of the southern Vosges and published a French-patois lexicon connected with that region in 1915.
Who continued Oscar Bloch's etymological dictionary?
Walther von Wartburg revised and continued the dictionary after Bloch's original work. Later editions corrected individual etymologies and updated the earliest recorded appearances of French words.
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