How to declare nested objects in JavaScript? -

i'm trying create object contains object, think of dictionary:

var dictionaries = {}; dictionaries.english_to_french = {  {english:"hello",french:"bonjour"},  {english:"i want",french:"je veux"},  {english:"bla",french:"le bla"} }; 

but gives error uncaught syntaxerror: unexpected token { doing wrong?

thanks !

edit

i'm sorry did not clarify want do. edited code above.

you're trying give object property, , property single object:

dictionaries.english_to_french =   {english:"hello",french:"bonjour"} ; 

you don't need { }. declare whole thing @ once:

var dictionaries = {   english_to_french: {     english: "hello", french: "bonjour"   } }; 

i suggest better format dictionaries might be:

var dictionaries = {   english_to_french: {     "hello": "bonjour",     "chicken": "poulet", // ?     "englishman": "rosbif"   } }; 

that way can words directly without having search. create reverse dictionary that:

dictionaries.french_to_english = function(dict) {   var rv = {};   (var eword in dict)     rv[dict[eword]] = eword;   return rv; }(dictionaries.english_to_french);