Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Internet-Dictionaries

On this page you will find the best online dictionaries. Some are downloadable.

Dictionaries listed must be able to be searched by text.

If a database is used by several dictionaries, only one will appear on the list, other popular ones are below the main list.

If a dictionary has several databases and some of its databases are from elsewhere, then those databases will not be taken into consideration.

In progress.

Main

Source languages are sub-headings, target languages are paragraph. “Searching by meaning” is excluded, i.e. only “searching by word” is taken into consideration, in terms of “source languages” and “target languages”. This resembles the layout of the paper dictionary.

Multiple languages

Multiple languages, bidirectional https://www.wiktionary.org/

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

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

Multiple languages, Amharic-centered https://dictionary.abyssinica.com/

Multiple languages, Danish-centered, bidirectional https://www.dinordbog.dk/

Multiple languages, Dutch-centered, bidirectional https://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/

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

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

Multiple languages, Iranian-Persian-centered, partly bidirectional https://aryanpour.com/

Multiple languages, Iranian-Persian-centered, partly bidirectional https://www.farsidics.com/index.php

Multiple languages, Iranian-Persian-centered, partly bidirectional http://farsidic.com/en/Lang/FaEn

Multiple languages, Pali-centered, partly bidirectional https://www.budsas.org/ebud/dict-ep/

Multiple languages, Vietnamese-centered, partly bidirectional http://vdict.co/

Multiple languages, Yue-Chinese-centered, bidirectional http://gattin.world.coocan.jp/canton.htm

Multiple languages, bidirectional http://www.kordut.be/wordsearch1.php

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

European languages

European languages, bidirectional https://iate.europa.eu/

European languages, partly bidirectional https://www.dict.cc/

Finnish & Hungarian & Englissh, tridirectional https://www.finnhun.com/en/dictionary

English & Spanish, bidirectional https://www.lexico.com/

Japanese languages

Japanese https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/dialect/

English https://www.jlect.com/

South Asian languages

Multiple languages, bidirectional http://www.xobdo.org/

Multiple languages https://dsalsrv04.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/

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/

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

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/

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

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://ltrc.iiit.ac.in/onlineServices/Dictionaries/Dict_Frame.html

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/

Russian https://melodict.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

French

French https://dvlf.uchicago.edu/

German

Multiple languages, bidirectional https://de.langenscheidt.com/

Multiple languages, bidirectional https://www.leo.org/

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/

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 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/

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

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

Lojban

Multiple languages https://la-lojban.github.io/sutysisku/en/

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/

Russian

English https://en.openrussian.org/

English https://www.russiandict.net/

English http://russian.dmll.cornell.edu/rdt/

Mandarin Chinese, bidirectional https://bkrs.info/

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/

Russian http://slovnik.org/

Spanish

Esperanto https://www.esperanto.es/hef/index.php/diccionario-esperanto

Sranan Tongo

English http://www.suriname-languages.sil.org/Sranan/English/SrananEngDictIndex.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 http://zhongtai.org/

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/

English http://www.denisowski.org/Vietnamese/vnedict_readme.htm

Xhosa

English, bidirectional https://xhosa.english-dictionary.help/

Zulu

English, bidirectional https://isizulu.net/

Dictionaries with the same database

JMdict/EDICT

• WWWJDIC
• JapanDict
• Japanese (Renzo)
• Jisho.org
• JLearn
• JLect
• RomajiDesu
• Tagaini Jisho
• Takoboto
• Tangorin
• 何?

CC-CEDICT

• MDBG
• Pleco
• 词应

CFDICT

• chine.in
• Pleco

HanDeDict

• HanDeDict
• HanDeDict @ Zydeo
• Pleco

CC-Canto

• CC-Canto
• Pleco

Revo

• Reta Vortaro
• PReVo

Ornagai Version 2

• Ornagai
• Burmese-English-Burmese (Myanmar) Online Dictionary
• Myanmar-English Online Dicitonary