From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Catalogue \Cat"a*logue\, noun [F., fr. catalogus, fr. Gr. ? a counting up, list, fr. ? to count up; kata' down, completely + ? to say.] A list or enumeration of names, or articles arranged methodically, often in alphabetical order; as, a catalogue of the students of a college, or of books, or of the stars.
{Card catalogue}, a catalogue, as of books, having each item entered on a separate card, and the cards arranged in cases by subjects, or authors, or alphabetically.
{Catalogue raisonn['e]}[F.], a catalogue of books, etc., classed according to their subjects.
Syn: List; roll; index; schedule; enumeration; inventory. See {List}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Catalogue \Cat"a*logue\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Catalogued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cataloguing}.] To make a list or catalogue; to insert in a catalogue.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a complete list of things; usually arranged systematically; "it does not pretend to be a catalogue of his achievements" [syn: {catalog}]
2: a book or pamphlet containing an enumeration of things; "he found it in the Sears catalog" [syn: {catalog}]
verb
1: make a catalog of [syn: {catalog}]
2: make a catalogue, compile a catalogue of something [syn: {catalog}]
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