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ca⋅ta⋅logue rai⋅son⋅né

[kat-l-awg rez-uh-ney, -og; Fr. ka-ta-lawg re-zaw-ney]
–noun, plural ca⋅ta⋅logues rai⋅son⋅nés [kat-l-awgz rez-uh-ney, -ogz; Fr. ka-ta-lawg re-zaw-ney] .
a catalog, as of paintings or books, with notes or commentary on the items listed; a classified, descriptive catalog.

Origin:
1775–85; < F: lit., reasoned catalog
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ca·ta·logue rai·son·né   (kāt'l-ôg' rā'zə-nā', -ŏg', kä-tä-lôg' rě-zô-nā')   
n.   pl. ca·ta·logues rai·son·nés (kāt'l-ôgz' rā'zə-nā', -ŏgz', kä-tä-lôg' rě-zô-nā')
A publication listing titles of articles or literary works, especially the contents of an exhibition, along with related descriptive or critical material.

[French : catalogue, catalog + raisonné, methodical, descriptive, from past participle of raisonner, to reason, analyze.]
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