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lifehack noun. strategy or technique that can be used to save time and to manage daily activities more efficiently. › Keep all your passwords in one encrypted database protected by one password. It is a real lifehack for people who are serious about their digital security (Finweek, 12 April 2018). ◌ AFRIKAANS: tydbespaarder
– Woordeboek van Afrikaans Vandag
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More than 40 dictionary titles on PharosOnline
Afrikaans-Engels/English-Afrikaans Dictionary (Pharos 2010)
Verklarende Afrikaanse Woordeboek (Labuschagne & Eksteen 2010)
Bilingual School Dictionary – Eng./Afr. (Pharos 2016)
Junior Bilingual School Dictionary – Eng./Afr. (Pharos 2018)
English Dictionary for South African Schools (Pharos 2015)
Tesourus van Afrikaans (De Stadler & De Stadler 2021)
Woordeboek van Afrikaans Vandag (courtesy of the author Jana Luther 2020)
Sinonieme en verwante woorde (Buro van die WAT 2006)
Groot Woordeboek Afrikaans en Nederlands (Pharos 2011)
Spreekwoorde en Waar Hulle Vandaan Kom (Prinsloo 2009)
’n Dief aan die kers (Prinsloo 2013)
Lys Klassieke Eiename – Eng./Afr. (Taalkommissie 1984)
The Essential Companion for Writers and Editors (Hendry 2011)
South African Multilingual Dictionary (Pharos 2015)
English/Afrikaans/Zulu/Xhosa Aid (Uys 2002)
English/Afrikaans/Northern Sotho/Tswana Aid (Uys 2008)
Popular Northern Sotho (Kriel, Prinsloo & Sathekge 1997)
English-Xhosa (Pharos 1998)
Afrikaans-Xhosa (Pharos 1998)
Afrikaans-Japannese Woordeboek (Kotzé 2015)
Pansegrouw-Superblokraaiwoordeboek
Blokraai-antwoorde
Verklarende Biologiewoordeboek (Webb, De Villiers & Du Toit 1983)
Botanical Dictionary (SA Akademie 1972)
Brug-woordelys – Eng./Afr. explanatory (Dorfling 2003)
Building Dictionary – Eng./Afr. (SA Akademie 1960)
New Business Dictionary – Eng./Afr. (Geldenhuys & Viljoen-Smook 2009)
Dictionary of Economics and Business – Eng./Afr. (Steenkamp & Reynders 2004)
Filatelieterme – Afr./Eng. (Filatelistevereniging & SA Akademie 1977)
Geologiese en verwante terme – Afr./Eng. (SA Akademie 1953)
Dictionary for the Health Sciences – Eng./Afr. (Lochner & Brink 2011)
Mathematics Dictionary – Eng./Afr. (SA Akademie 1987)
SA Music Dictionary – Eng./Afr. (SA Akademie 2000)
Dictionary of Oceanology – Eng./Afr. (Lutjeharms 2004)
Police Dictionary – Eng./Afr. (Du Toit 1994)
Property Economics – Eng./Afr. (Rode 2017)
Radio-TV-Theatre-Film Dictionary – Eng./Afr. (SA Akademie 1999)
Woordeboek van Regs- en Handelsterme – Eng./Afr. explanatory (Smuts & Smuts 1992)
Encyclopaedic Dictionary of short-term insurance – Eng./Afr. (Lindstrom 2012)
Technical Dictionary – Eng./Afr. (Terblanche 2003)
Water and Sewage Works Terms – Eng./Afr. (SA Akademie 1967)
Afrikaans-Engels/English-Afrikaans Dictionary (Pharos 2010)
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