First Level of Distinction

1. General Dictionary

2. Number of Languages

2.1. Monolingual Dictionary

2.2. Bilingual Dictionary

2.3. "Bilingualised" Dictionary

3. Scope of the Speech Community

3.1. General Dictionary

3.2. Dialect Dictionary

3.3. Sociolect Dictionary

3.4. Individual Dictionary

3.5. Technical Dictionary

4. Specialized Dictionary

5. Aspects of Linguistic Structure

5.1. Orthographic Dictionary

5.2. Pronunciation Dictionary

5.3. Frequency Dictionary

5.4. Etymological Dictionary

5.5. Valency Dictionary

5.6. Collocations Dictionary

5.7. Phraseological Dictionary

5.8. Proberb Dictionary

5.9. Citations Dictionary

6. Direction of access to the Linguitic Sign

6.1. Onomasiological Dictionary (Thesaurus, Synonyms, Pictures)

6.2. Semasiological Dictionary (Word Families, Retrograde, Rhyme)