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On this page you will find the best online dictionaries. Some are downloadable.
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Dictionaries listed must be able to be searched by text.
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If a database is used by several dictionaries, only one will appear on the list, other popular ones are below the main list.
Hi Polyglots! 😊


If a dictionary has several databases and some of its databases are from elsewhere, then those databases will not be taken into consideration.
On this page we have put together a collection of online dictionaries.


Computer programs will be added later.
Language names are based on ISO 639-3 with minor modifications.


In progress.
[https://xiaoyifang.github.io/goldendict-ng/ GoldenDict-ng] can be used for convenient searchings.


== Main ==
Source languages are sub-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”. This resembles the layout of the paper dictionary.


=== Multiple languages ===
Meanings of indicators:


Multiple languages, bidirectional https://www.wiktionary.org/
* [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, bidirectional https://www.dict.com/ | https://slovniky.lingea.sk/
[https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/SingleFile SingleFile] can be used to save webpages.


Multiple languages, bidirectional https://glosbe.com/
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, partly bidirectional https://bab.la/


Multiple languages, partly bidirectional https://dictionary.reverso.net/
For the database:


Multiple languages, Danish-centered, bidirectional https://www.dinordbog.dk/
Websites that use data from elsewhere without mentioning their sources are excluded.


Multiple languages, German-centered, partly bidirectional https://de.pons.com/
The first link of each database is the source of it, if its source is publicly available.


Multiple languages, Vietnamese-centered, partly bidirectional http://vdict.co/
Though using the same database, the versions they use and the coverages can vary.


European languages, Spanish-centered, bidirectional https://www.diccionarios.com/
[PL] or [PD] in the headings indicates the database's status, [PL] after the links indicates the service's..


Dutch & Korean & English, bidirectional http://www.kordut.be/wordsearch1.php
== Q&A ==


Iranian Persian & English & Arabic, partly bidirectional http://farsidic.com/en/Lang/FaEn
=== 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.


Iranian Persian & English, partly bidirectional https://aryanpour.com/
=== How to evaluate the precisions of a dictionary? ===
Find a random word and search it in the dictionary, then see if the entry and suits any other words.


Iranian Persian & English, partly bidirectional https://www.farsidics.com/index.php
=== 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.


Pali & English & Vietnamese, partly bidirectional https://www.budsas.org/ebud/dict-ep/
=== 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.


Yue Chinese & Japanese & English, tridirectional http://gattin.world.coocan.jp/canton.htm
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.


(currently closed) https://languages.oup.com/oxford-global-languages/
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.


==== European languages ====
=== I can't visit a website in my region. What to do? ===
Multiple languages, French-centered, partly bidirectional https://www.larousse.fr/
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].


European languages, bidirectional https://iate.europa.eu/
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European languages, German & English bidirectional https://www.dict.cc/
==AUTHOR==
[https://polyglotclub.com/member/GrimPixel GrimPixel]


European languages, Dutch-centered, bidirectional https://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/
==Other Lessons==
 
* [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Text-Processing-Tools|Text Processing Tools]]
Finnish & Hungarian & English, tridirectional https://www.finnhun.com/en/dictionary
* [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Introduction-to-Sci–Tech-Index|Introduction to Sci–Tech Index]]
 
* [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/FLOSS-Fonts|FLOSS Fonts]]
English & Spanish, bidirectional https://www.lexico.com/
* [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Websites-of-DIY-Procedures|Websites of DIY Procedures]]
 
* [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Data-of-Living-Conditions|Data of Living Conditions]]
==== South Asian languages ====
* [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Best-Job-Search-Websites-by-Country|Best Job Search Websites by Country]]
Multiple languages, bidirectional http://www.xobdo.org/
* [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Techniques-for-learning-languages|Techniques for learning languages]]
 
* [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Numeration-Tutorial|Numeration Tutorial]]
Multiple languages https://dsalsrv04.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/
* [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Internet-Blogs|Internet Blogs]]
 
* [[Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Internet-Courses|Internet Courses]]
Multiple languages https://ltrc.iiit.ac.in/onlineServices/Dictionaries/Dict_Frame.html
<span links></span>
 
English, bidirectional https://www.khandbahale.com/
 
English, bidirectional https://shabdkosh.com/
 
English, bidirectional https://www.ijunoon.com/urdudic/
 
==== Southeast Asian languages ====
English http://sealang.net/
 
English https://www.pinoydictionary.com/
 
==== Japanese languages ====
Japanese https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/dialect/
 
English https://www.jlect.com/
 
==== Coptic languages ====
European languages, bidirectional https://dictionary.abyssinica.com/
 
==== Ancient Germanic languages ====
English https://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/sindar/online/germanic.html
 
==== 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
 
(currently closed) http://movies-dictionary.org/
 
=== Afrikaans ===
Multiple languages, bidirectional https://woordeboek.woxikon.co.za/
 
English, bidirectional https://rieme.co.za/
 
=== Albanian ===
 
==== Tosk Albanian ====
Multiple languages, bidirectional http://fjalorshqip.com/
 
Tosk Albanian https://fjale.al/
 
Tosk Albanian http://www.fjalori.shkenca.org/
 
=== American Sign Language ===
English, bidirectional https://www.handspeak.com/word/
 
=== Amharic ===
European languages, bidirectional https://www.amharicpro.com/
 
English https://amharicdictionary.com/
 
=== Arabic ===
Arabic http://www.baheth.info/index.jsp
 
==== Egyptian Arabic ====
English, bidirectional https://eu.lisaanmasry.org/online/search.php
 
==== Moroccan Arabic ====
English https://www.17-minute-languages.com/en/english-moroccan-arabic-dictionary/
 
==== Standard Arabic ====
English https://www.freearabicdictionary.com/
 
=== 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 ===
English http://chinesenotes.com/
 
==== Hakka Chinese ====
Mandarin Chinese https://www.moedict.tw/:%E7%99%BC%E8%8A%BD
 
==== Literary Chinese ====
Literary Chinese http://www.kangxizidian.com/
 
==== 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/
 
Multiple languages https://www.chinese-tools.com/tools/dictionary.html
 
Mandarin Chinese http://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/cbdic/
 
Mandarin Chinese https://www.zdic.net/
 
English, bidirectional https://www.iciba.com/
 
English, bidirectional https://dict.cnki.net/
 
English https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary
 
English https://www.pleco.com/
 
English https://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html
 
English http://zhongwen.com/
 
French https://chine.in/mandarin/dictionnaire/
 
German http://www.handedict.de/
 
Hungarian https://chdict.zydeo.net/hu
 
Hungarian https://www.morphologic.hu/kinai/index.php
 
Japanese http://ctrans.org/
 
Russian http://www.chinese-russian.com/zd/
 
==== Min Nan Chinese ====
Mandarin Chinese https://twblg.dict.edu.tw/holodict_new/
 
English, bidirectional http://www.taiwanesedictionary.org/
 
=== Yue Chinese ===
English http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/
 
English https://www.cccanto.org/
 
=== Croatian ===
Multiple languages, bidirectional https://crodict.de/
 
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 | https://www.english-dutch-dictionary.com/en/dictionary-english-dutch
 
German, bidirectional https://www.uitmuntend.de/
 
=== 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://www.kapruka.com/dictionary/EnglishToSinhala.jsp
 
Sign languages https://www.spreadthesign.com/
 
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
 
British Sign Language https://bslsignbank.ucl.ac.uk/dictionary/
 
British Sign Language https://www.signbsl.com/
 
British Sign Language https://www.british-sign.co.uk/british-sign-language/dictionary/
 
Burmese https://www.myordbok.com/
 
Japanese http://dictionary.j-cat.org/EtoJ/index.php
 
Nepali https://www.englishnepalidictionary.com/
 
New Zealand Sign Language https://www.nzsl.nz/
 
Russian https://melodict.com/
 
Tamil http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/plc/tamilweb/englishtamil.html
 
Telugu http://en2te.sourceforge.net/tel-dictionary/
 
=== 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
 
=== French ===
French https://dvlf.uchicago.edu/
 
French https://www.dictionnaires.com/
 
=== German ===
Multiple languages, bidirectional https://de.langenscheidt.com/
 
Multiple languages, bidirectional https://www.leo.org/
 
Multiple languages, bidirectional https://dict.tu-chemnitz.de/
 
German https://www.duden.de/
 
German https://www.dwds.de/
 
German http://www.woerterbuchnetz.de/cgi-bin/WBNetz/setupStartSeite.tcl
 
=== Gujarati ===
English http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/plc/gujarati/
 
=== Hebrew ===
English, bidirectional https://www.morfix.co.il/
 
Mandarin Chinese, bidirectional http://myxibolai.com/
 
=== Hiligaynon ===
English https://www.bohol.ph/kved.php
 
=== 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/
 
=== Hungarian ===
Multiple languages, bidirectional https://topszotar.hu/angol-magyar-szotar/
 
Hungarian https://wikiszotar.hu/ertelmezo-szotar/Kezd%C5%91lap
 
=== Hunsrik ===
Portuguese https://hunsriqueanoriograndense.wordpress.com/dicionario-werterbuch/
 
=== Icelandic ===
English http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/IcelOnline/Search.TEId.html
 
=== Ido ===
Multiple languages, partly bidirectional https://www.idolinguo.org.uk/
 
English https://www.idolinguo.org.uk/idendyer.htm
 
=== Indonesian ===
English, bidirectional https://www.kamus.net/
 
=== Interlingua ===
English https://www.interlingua.com/ied/cerca/
 
English http://www.denisowski.org/Interlingua/IEDICT/iedict_readme.html
 
=== Interlingue ===
Multiple languages, partly bidirectional https://www.ie-munde.com/materiale-por-aprender-interlingue-lehrmaterial.html
 
=== Iranian Persian ===
English, bidirectional http://www.dictionary-farsi.com/
 
English, bidirectional https://dictionary.abadis.ir/
 
English, bidirectional http://www.farsidictionary.net/
 
=== Italian ===
European languages, bidirectional https://www.dizionario-italiano.it/
 
=== Japanese ===
Multiple languages, bidirectional http://nihongo.monash.edu/cgi-bin/wwwjdic
 
Multiple languages, bidirectional https://www.weblio.jp/
 
Japanese https://kotobank.jp/
 
English, bidirectional https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/en/
 
English, bidirectional https://eow.alc.co.jp/
 
French http://dico.fj.free.fr/traduction/index.php
 
German https://wadoku.de/
 
Yue Chinese https://www.cantonese.jp/
 
=== Jeju ===
Korean https://jeju.go.kr/culture/dialect/dictionary.htm
 
=== Klingon ===
English http://klingonska.org/dict/
 
=== Kazakh ===
English, bidirectional https://audaru.com/
 
Mandarin Chinese, bidirectional https://www.sozdik.net/
 
Russian, bidirectional https://sozdik.kz/
 
=== Kotava ===
Multiple languages, bidirectional https://kotava.org/ravlemak/ravlemak.php
 
Multiple languages https://www.international-language.org/
 
French https://www.europalingua.eu/ravlemak/Tiddly_dict_AVK-FRA.html
 
French https://kotava.org/fr/fr_ravlemeem_kt.php
 
=== 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/
 
German, bidirectional http://www.koreanisch-deutsch.de/index.php
 
=== Lithuanian ===
Hungarian https://www.morphologic.hu/litvan/index.php
 
=== Lojban ===
Multiple languages https://la-lojban.github.io/sutysisku/en/
 
English http://jbovlaste.lojban.org/
 
=== Luxembourgish ===
Multilingual https://www.lod.lu/
 
French, bidirectional http://www.dico.lu/
 
=== Marathi ===
English, bidirectional https://marathidictionary.org/
 
English, bidirectional https://www.english-marathi.net/
 
=== North Frisian ===
German, bidirectional https://www.friisk.org/
 
=== Norwegian ===
Norwegian languages, bidirectional https://ordbok.uib.no/
 
=== Polish ===
Polish https://sjp.pwn.pl/
 
=== Portuguese ===
Portuguese https://dicionario.priberam.org/
 
Portuguese https://www.dicio.com.br/
 
=== Russian ===
Multiple languages https://en.openrussian.org/
 
English https://www.russiandict.net/
 
English http://russian.dmll.cornell.edu/rdt/
 
Mandarin Chinese, bidirectional https://bkrs.info/
 
=== Scottish Gaelic ===
English https://learngaelic.scot/dictionary/
 
=== 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/
 
Slovak http://www.slex.sk/index.asp
 
Russian http://slovnik.org/
 
=== Spanish ===
Multiple languages https://en.openspanish.org/
 
English https://www.spanishdict.com/
 
Esperanto https://www.esperanto.es/hef/index.php/diccionario-esperanto
 
=== Sranan Tongo ===
English http://www.suriname-languages.sil.org/Sranan/English/SrananEngDictIndex.html
 
=== Tagalog ===
English https://www.tagaloglessons.com/dictionary/
 
English https://www.tagaloglang.com/dictionary/
 
=== Talosan ===
http://talossan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/treisour.htm
 
=== Tamil ===
English http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/plc/tamilweb/tamilenglish.html
 
=== Thai ===
English, bidirectional https://www.thai2english.com/thai-dictionary-designed-for-learners-of-thai
 
English, bidirectional https://english-thai-dictionary.com/
 
English http://www.thai-language.com/dict
 
Mandarin Chinese, bidirectional http://zhongtai.org/
 
=== Tigrinya ===
Multiple languages, bidirectional https://www.geezexperience.com/
 
=== Tsonga ===
English, bidirectional https://www.xitsonga.org/dictionary
 
=== Turkish ===
Multiple languages, bidirectional https://tureng.com/en/turkish-english
 
English, bidirectional https://www.seslisozluk.net/
 
=== Ukrainian ===
English https://www.ukrainianlanguage.org.uk/read/reference/dictionary.htm
 
=== Vietnamese ===
Multiple languages, bidirectional https://www.informatik.uni-leipzig.de/~duc/Dict/
 
Multiple languages, bidirectional https://vdict.com/
 
English http://www.denisowski.org/Vietnamese/vnedict_readme.htm
 
=== Volapük ===
English, bidirectional https://xn--volapk-7ya.com/
 
=== Xhosa ===
English, bidirectional https://xhosa.english-dictionary.help/
 
=== Zulu ===
English, bidirectional https://isizulu.net/
 
=== Uncoded languages ===
(uncoded in ISO 639-3)
 
<big>Folksprak</big>
 
English https://folksprak.org/?target=dictionary
 
<big>Glosa</big>
 
Multiple languages, bidirectional http://www.glosa.org/gid/index.html
 
<big>Interslavic</big>
 
Multiple languages http://steen.free.fr/interslavic/
 
<big>Lingwa de Planeta</big>
 
Multiple languages http://www.lingwadeplaneta.info/en/grammar.shtml
 
<big>Loglan</big>
 
English, bidirectional http://www.loglan.org/#materials
 
<big>Romániço</big>
 
English, bidirectional http://romaniczo.com/en_vocabulados.html
 
<big>Romanid</big>
 
Hungarian http://romanid.nyelv.info/downloads.html
 
<big>Sambahsa</big>
 
English http://sambahsa.pbworks.com/w/file/117418377/sambahsa-english.txt
 
<big>Slovio</big>
 
English https://www.slovio.com/
 
<big>Unish</big>
 
Multiple languages http://www.unish.net/search/unish_Dic_Search.jsp
 
== 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]
* [https://www.tujavortaro.net/ Tuja Vortaro]
 
=== 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]
 
=== 重編國語辭典修訂本 ===
* [http://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/cbdic/ 重編國語辭典修訂本]
* [https://www.moedict.tw/%E8%90%8C 萌典]
 
=== 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 ===
* [https://twblg.dict.edu.tw/holodict_new/ 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典]
* [https://www.moedict.tw/'%E7%99%BC%E7%A9%8E 萌典]

Latest revision as of 02:05, 12 January 2025

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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.

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AUTHOR[edit | edit source]

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