Beyoncé's name will now be cemented in the French language because the superstar's name is getting added to a French encyclopedic dictionary.

Black Americans have long contributed to the ways in which the English language is used. A new research project aims to compile the first Oxford Dictionary of African American English.

Last summer, a team of linguists and lexicographers from Oxford and researchers from Harvard began a new project, the Oxford Dictionary of African American English.

The Oxford English Dictionary added 42 new words borrowed from other languages, including gigil, a Tagalog expression for witnessing something adorable.

Hip, Woke, Cool: It’s All Fodder For the Oxford Dictionary of African American English The new lexicon, with Henry Louis Gates Jr. as editor in chief, will collect definitions and histories of ...

New words from around the world have been added to the Oxford Dictionary as they have become so commonplace in the English language. These terms are 'untranslatable', meaning they do not have an ...

Popular words used in Black culture for centuries are making their way into Oxford’s newest dictionary. Henry Louis Gates Jr., historian and director of the Hutchins Center for African and ...

Beyoncé's name has been added to the French encyclopedic dictionary Petit Larousse Illustré among a list of 40 international personalities.

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has added several "untranslatable" words, including 'gigil,' a Tagalog term describing intense cuteness. These new words, from diverse global regions, address ...

Following her lead, the French encyclopedic dictionary Petit Larousse Illustré has added the musician’s name as a proper noun in its 2024 update.