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On this page you will find the best online dictionaries. Some are downloadable.
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Hi Polyglots! 😊


== Main ==
On this page we have put together a collection of online dictionaries.
Source languages are sub-headings, target languages are paragraph.


=== Multiple languages ===
Language names are based on ISO 639-3 with minor modifications.


Multiple languages, bidirectional https://www.wiktionary.org/
[https://xiaoyifang.github.io/goldendict-ng/ GoldenDict-ng] can be used for convenient searchings.


Multiple languages, bidirectional https://glosbe.com/


Multiple languages, partly bidirectional https://bab.la/
Meanings of indicators:


Multiple languages, Amharic-centered https://dictionary.abyssinica.com/
* [API] API support;
* [offl.d], [offl.w], [offl.p], [offl.db] available for offline use (document, webpage, program, database);
* [p] photos only;
* [PD], [PL] in public domain or under a public license.  


Multiple languages, Danish-centered, bidirectional https://www.dinordbog.dk/
[https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/SingleFile SingleFile] can be used to save webpages.


Multiple languages, Dutch-centered, bidirectional https://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/
Source languages are headings, target languages are paragraph. “Searching by entry content” is excluded, i.e. only “searching by headword” is taken into consideration, in terms of “source languages” and “target languages”.  


Multiple languages, French-centered, partly bidirectional https://www.larousse.fr/


Multiple languages, German-centered, partly bidirectional https://de.pons.com/
For the database:


Multiple languages, Iranian-Persian-centered, partly bidirectional https://aryanpour.com/
Websites that use data from elsewhere without mentioning their sources are excluded.


Multiple languages, Iranian-Persian-centered, partly bidirectional https://www.farsidics.com/index.php
The first link of each database is the source of it, if its source is publicly available.


Multiple languages, Iranian-Persian-centered, partly bidirectional http://farsidic.com/en/Lang/FaEn
Though using the same database, the versions they use and the coverages can vary.


Multiple languages, Pali-centered, partly bidirectional https://www.budsas.org/ebud/dict-ep/
[PL] or [PD] in the headings indicates the database's status, [PL] after the links indicates the service's..


Multiple languages, Vietnamese-centered, partly bidirectional http://vdict.co/
== Q&A ==


(currently closed) https://languages.oup.com/oxford-global-languages/
=== How many words does a dictionary have? ===
Find some random words with different frequency levels of a frequency list like [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Frequency_lists Wiktionary Frequency Lists] to test it.


==== European languages ====
=== How to evaluate the precisions of a dictionary? ===
European languages, bidirectional https://iate.europa.eu/
Find a random word and search it in the dictionary, then see if the entry and suits any other words.


European languages, partly bidirectional https://www.dict.cc/
=== Can a translator serve as a dictionary? ===
See if the translator returns multiple results. If it only returns one result for a word, it can't meet your demand sometimes.


European languages, bidirectional https://www.finnhun.com/en/dictionary
=== What other aspects should I consider? ===
1. privacy and security. HTTP is less secure than HTTPS. If you have [https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock uBlock Origin] installed, you can see how many third-parties a website contains. For apps, check their permissions. You can make use of [https://exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/ Exodus Privacy] to see trackers and permissions of an app.


==== Japanese languages ====
2. see if it is licensed under any [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_copyright_license public copyright license]. This kind of license makes sure that anyone can access it and do something with it without worry about potential copyright issues, so it can be easily reproduced and widely spread.
Japanese https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/dialect/


English https://www.jlect.com/
3. see if it is actively updated. A discontinued dictionary may contain more mistakes. An important factor for an actively updated dictionary is a community, which may requires public copyright licenses so that people are willing to contribute to it.


==== South Asian languages ====
=== I can't visit a website in my region. What to do? ===
Multiple languages, bidirectional http://www.xobdo.org/
The simplest way is using [https://www.torproject.org/ the Tor Browser] and [https://ab-kotecha.medium.com/how-to-connect-from-a-specific-country-without-any-vpn-but-privately-enough-through-tor-browser-5dc2d45043b set the exit node somewhere].


Multiple languages https://dsalsrv04.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/
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English, bidirectional https://www.khandbahale.com/
==AUTHOR==
[https://polyglotclub.com/member/GrimPixel GrimPixel]


English, bidirectional https://shabdkosh.com/
==Other Lessons==
 
* [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Text-Processing-Tools|Text Processing Tools]]
English, bidirectional https://www.ijunoon.com/urdudic/
* [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Introduction-to-Sci–Tech-Index|Introduction to Sci–Tech Index]]
 
* [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/FLOSS-Fonts|FLOSS Fonts]]
==== Southeast Asian languages ====
* [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Websites-of-DIY-Procedures|Websites of DIY Procedures]]
English http://sealang.net/
* [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Data-of-Living-Conditions|Data of Living Conditions]]
 
* [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Best-Job-Search-Websites-by-Country|Best Job Search Websites by Country]]
English https://www.pinoydictionary.com/
* [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Techniques-for-learning-languages|Techniques for learning languages]]
 
* [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Numeration-Tutorial|Numeration Tutorial]]
==== Germanic languages ====
* [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Internet-Blogs|Internet Blogs]]
English https://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/sindar/online/germanic.html
* [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Internet-Courses|Internet Courses]]
 
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==== Artificial languages ====
English, bidirectional https://www.elfdict.com/
 
English, bidirectional http://www.ambar-eldaron.com/english/language.html
 
French, bidirectional http://www.ambar-eldaron.com/dicos.html
 
=== Afrikaans ===
Multiple languages, bidirectional https://woordeboek.woxikon.co.za/
 
English, bidirectional https://rieme.co.za/
 
=== American Sign Language ===
American Sign Language, bidirectional https://www.handspeak.com/word/
 
=== Amharic ===
English https://amharicdictionary.com/
 
=== Arabic ===
 
==== Egyptian Arabic ====
English, bidirectional https://eu.lisaanmasry.org/online/search.php
 
=== Armenian ===
Multiple languages, bidirectional http://www.nayiri.com/
 
=== Azerbaijani ===
Multiple languages, bidirectional https://azerdict.com/
 
=== Balinese ===
English https://dictionary.basabali.org/Dictionary
 
=== Bengali ===
Multiple languages, bidirectional http://www.english-bangla.com/
 
=== Bosnian ===
English, bidirectional http://www.ba.rjecnik.com/
 
=== Burmese ===
English, bidirectional https://www.ornagai.com/#/
 
=== Catalan ===
Multiple languages, bidirectional http://www.diccionari.cat/
 
=== Chinese ===
 
==== Mandarin Chinese ====
Multiple languages, bidirectional https://dict.hjenglish.com/
 
Multiple languages, bidirectional https://dict.youdao.com/
 
Multiple languages, bidirectional https://dict.eudic.net/
 
Multiple languages, bidirectional http://www.ichacha.net/
 
English, bidirectional https://www.iciba.com/
 
English, bidirectional https://dict.cnki.net/
 
==== Min Nan Chinese ====
English, bidirectional http://www.taiwanesedictionary.org/
 
=== Croatian ===
English, bidirectional http://www.englesko.hrvatski-rjecnik.com/
 
English, bidirectional http://www.rjecnik.net/
 
=== Czech ===
English, bidirectional https://www.online-slovnik.cz/
 
=== Danish ===
Danish https://ordnet.dk/
 
Danish https://sproget.dk/
 
=== Dutch ===
Dutch http://gtb.inl.nl/search/
 
English, bidirectional https://www.nederlands-engels-woordenboek.com/nl/woordenboek-nederlands-engels
 
=== English ===
Multiple languages, bidirectional https://www.linguee.com/
 
Multiple languages, bidirectional https://www.wordreference.com/
 
Multiple languages, bidirectional https://www.collinsdictionary.com/
 
Multiple languages, bidirectional https://www.freelang.net/dictionary/index.php
 
South Asian languages https://ltrc.iiit.ac.in/onlineServices/Dictionaries/Dict_Frame.html
 
South Asian languages https://www.kapruka.com/dictionary/EnglishToSinhala.jsp
 
English https://onelook.com/
 
American Sign Language https://www.lifeprint.com/dictionary.htm
 
American Sign Language https://www.signasl.org/
 
Bengali https://www.ovidhan.org/
 
Bengali https://www.bdwebguide.com/bengalidictionary.php
 
Burmese https://www.myordbok.com/
 
Japanese http://dictionary.j-cat.org/EtoJ/index.php
 
Nepali https://www.englishnepalidictionary.com/
 
Sign languages https://www.spreadthesign.com/
 
=== Esperanto ===
Multiple languages http://www.reta-vortaro.de/revo/
 
Multiple languages https://www.esperanto-panorama.net/vortaro/
 
Multiple languages, bidirectional https://komputeko.net/
 
Esperanto http://vortaro.net/
 
English http://www.denisowski.org/Esperanto/Esperanto.html
 
Portuguese, bidirectional https://vortaro.esperanto.org.br/
 
Russian, bidirectional https://www.esperanto.mv.ru/ESP/vframe.html
 
=== German ===
Multiple languages, bidirectional https://de.langenscheidt.com/
 
Multiple languages, bidirectional https://www.leo.org/
 
=== Hebrew ===
English, bidirectional https://www.morfix.co.il/
 
=== Hindi ===
English, bidirectional http://www.cfilt.iitb.ac.in/~hdict/webinterface_user/dict_search_user.php
 
English, bidirectional http://hindi-english.org/
 
English, bidirectional https://dict.hinkhoj.com/
 
=== Indonesian ===
English, bidirectional https://www.kamus.net/
 
=== Interlingua ===
English http://www.denisowski.org/Interlingua/IEDICT/iedict_readme.html
 
=== Iranian Persian ===
English, bidirectional http://www.dictionary-farsi.com/
 
English, bidirectional http://www.farsidictionary.net/
 
=== Japanese ===
Multiple languages, bidirectional http://nihongo.monash.edu/cgi-bin/wwwjdic
 
Multiple languages, bidirectional https://www.weblio.jp/
 
English, bidirectional https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/en/
 
German https://wadoku.de/
 
=== Jeju ===
Korean https://jeju.go.kr/culture/dialect/dictionary.htm
 
=== Kotava ===
Multiple languages, bidirectional https://kotava.org/ravlemak/ravlemak.php
 
Multiple languages https://www.international-language.org/
 
=== Korean ===
Multiple languages, bidirectional https://dict.naver.com/
 
Multiple languages, bidirectional https://dic.daum.net/
 
Multiple languages https://krdict.korean.go.kr/mainAction
 
Korean https://opendict.korean.go.kr/main
 
Korean https://stdict.korean.go.kr/main/main.do
 
English, bidirectional https://zkorean.com/dictionary/search
 
English, bidirectional http://dic.impact.pe.kr/
 
=== Malayalam ===
English, bidirectional http://mashithantu.com/dictionary/
 
=== Marathi ===
English, bidirectional https://marathidictionary.org/
 
English, bidirectional https://www.english-marathi.net/
 
=== Serbian ===
English, bidirectional http://recnik.com/
 
=== Sindarin ===
Multiple languages https://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/sindar/online/sindarin.html
 
=== Slovak ===
Multiple languages, bidirectional https://slovnik.aktuality.sk/
 
Multiple languages, bidirectional https://webslovnik.zoznam.sk/
 
Slovak https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk/
 
=== Spanish ===
 
=== Tigrinya ===
Multiple languages, bidirectional https://www.geezexperience.com/
 
=== Vietnamese ===
Multiple languages, bidirectional https://www.informatik.uni-leipzig.de/~duc/Dict/
 
Multiple languages, bidirectional https://vdict.com/
 
== Dictionaries with the same database ==
 
=== JMdict/EDICT ===
 
* [http://nihongo.monash.edu/cgi-bin/wwwjdic WWWJDIC]
* [https://www.japandict.com/ JapanDict]
* [https://www.japaneseapp.com/ Japanese (Renzo)]
* [https://jisho.org/ Jisho.org]
* [https://jlearn.net/ JLearn]
* [https://www.jlect.com/ JLect]
* [http://romajidesu.com/ RomajiDesu]
* [https://www.tagaini.net/ Tagaini Jisho]
* [http://takoboto.jp/ Takoboto]
* [https://tangorin.com/ Tangorin]
* [https://nani.lepiller.eu/ 何?]
 
=== CC-CEDICT ===
 
* [https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary MDBG]
* [https://www.pleco.com/ Pleco]
* [https://syngdict.com/ 词应]
 
=== CFDICT ===
 
* [https://chine.in/mandarin/dictionnaire/ chine.in]
* [https://www.pleco.com/ Pleco]
 
=== HanDeDict ===
 
* [http://www.handedict.de/ HanDeDict]
* [https://handedict.zydeo.net/de/ HanDeDict @ Zydeo]
* [https://www.pleco.com/ Pleco]
 
=== CC-Canto ===
 
* [http://www.cccanto.org/ CC-Canto]
* [https://www.pleco.com/ Pleco]
 
=== Revo ===
 
* [http://www.reta-vortaro.de/revo/ Reta Vortaro]
* [https://www.busydoingnothing.co.uk/prevo/ PReVo]
 
=== Ornagai Version 2 ===
* [https://www.ornagai.com/#/ Ornagai]
* [https://www.burmese-dictionary.org/ Burmese-English-Burmese (Myanmar) Online Dictionary]
* [https://www.myanmar-dictionary.org/ Myanmar-English Online Dicitonary]

Latest revision as of 02:05, 12 January 2025

Best Online Dictionaries
Internet dictionaries.jpg
main | multiple | specialised
Ａ Ｂ Ｃ Ｄ Ｅ Ｆ Ｇ
Ｈ Ｉ Ｊ Ｋ Ｌ Ｍ Ｎ
Ｏ Ｐ Ｑ Ｒ Ｓ Ｔ
Ｕ Ｖ Ｗ Ｘ Ｙ Ｚ

Hi Polyglots! 😊

On this page we have put together a collection of online dictionaries.

Language names are based on ISO 639-3 with minor modifications.

GoldenDict-ng can be used for convenient searchings.


Meanings of indicators:

  • [API] API support;
  • [offl.d], [offl.w], [offl.p], [offl.db] available for offline use (document, webpage, program, database);
  • [p] photos only;
  • [PD], [PL] in public domain or under a public license.

SingleFile can be used to save webpages.

Source languages are headings, target languages are paragraph. “Searching by entry content” is excluded, i.e. only “searching by headword” is taken into consideration, in terms of “source languages” and “target languages”.


For the database:

Websites that use data from elsewhere without mentioning their sources are excluded.

The first link of each database is the source of it, if its source is publicly available.

Though using the same database, the versions they use and the coverages can vary.

[PL] or [PD] in the headings indicates the database's status, [PL] after the links indicates the service's..

Q&A[edit | edit source]

How many words does a dictionary have?[edit | edit source]

Find some random words with different frequency levels of a frequency list like Wiktionary Frequency Lists to test it.

How to evaluate the precisions of a dictionary?[edit | edit source]

Find a random word and search it in the dictionary, then see if the entry and suits any other words.

Can a translator serve as a dictionary?[edit | edit source]

See if the translator returns multiple results. If it only returns one result for a word, it can't meet your demand sometimes.

What other aspects should I consider?[edit | edit source]

1. privacy and security. HTTP is less secure than HTTPS. If you have uBlock Origin installed, you can see how many third-parties a website contains. For apps, check their permissions. You can make use of Exodus Privacy to see trackers and permissions of an app.

2. see if it is licensed under any public copyright license. This kind of license makes sure that anyone can access it and do something with it without worry about potential copyright issues, so it can be easily reproduced and widely spread.

3. see if it is actively updated. A discontinued dictionary may contain more mistakes. An important factor for an actively updated dictionary is a community, which may requires public copyright licenses so that people are willing to contribute to it.

I can't visit a website in my region. What to do?[edit | edit source]

The simplest way is using the Tor Browser and set the exit node somewhere.

main | multiple | specialised
Ａ Ｂ Ｃ Ｄ Ｅ Ｆ Ｇ
Ｈ Ｉ Ｊ Ｋ Ｌ Ｍ Ｎ
Ｏ Ｐ Ｑ Ｒ Ｓ Ｔ
Ｕ Ｖ Ｗ Ｘ Ｙ Ｚ

AUTHOR[edit | edit source]

GrimPixel

Other Lessons[edit | edit source]

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