Dictionary

A dictionary is a list of words with their definitions, a list of characters with their glyphs, or a list of words with corresponding words in other languages. In some languages, words can appear in many different forms, but only the lemma form appears as the main word or headword in most dictionaries. Many dictionaries also provide pronunciation information; grammatical information; word derivations, histories, or etymologies; illustrations; usage guidance; and examples in phrases or sentences. Dictionaries are most commonly found in the form of a book.

List of online dictionaries

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• Online versions of printed dictionaries
• *The Merriam-Webster Dictionary
• *The Oxford English Dictionary (requires subscription)
• *The Compact Oxford English Dictionary
• *Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary etc. (Cambridge Dictionaries Online)
• *Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
• *Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary 4th edition (note: Korean site, but all results in English)
• *Talking, fully crosslinked dictionary using Webster, Wiktionary and Wikipedia
• *The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language Fourth Edition
• *The Macquarie Dictionary Australian English (requires subscription)
• *Americana English-Russian Dictionary - the first bilingual dictionary about the United States, over 20,000 entries
• *Wörterbuch der deutschen Gegenwartssprache (Dictionary of contemporary German language)
• *Magic Words: A Dictionary (free online version, 500+ essay-style entries)
• *Four Japanese Dictionaries published by Sanseido, including the EXCEED EJ/JE dictionaries and the big Daijirin monolingual dictionary
• *Kenkyusha Online Dictionary featuring several major print dictionaries including the 5th edition New Japanese-English Dictionary (subscription)
• Online-only general dictionaries
• * Double-Tongued Word Wrester A dictionary of new and old words from the fringes of English, professionally collected, researched, and defined. Includes slang, argot, jargon, and colloquialisms.
• * Netordbogen
• * Picture Dictionary Online Picture Dictionary with search function. Uses pictures and symbols from Universal Picture Language. Grasp the meaning of a word with just a glance at its representative picture.
• * Open Dictionary Offers various definitions, translations and pronunciations in many languages (uses Wiktionary and WordNet for most of its entries).
• * WordWebOnline.com A dictionary/thesaurus and meta-search (also available as a free download)
• * TheFreeDictionary.com A dictionary, a thesaurus, a literature reference library, and a search engine all in one.
• * hyperdictionary.com One of the more comprehensive online dictionaries.
• * eLook Dictionary A dictionary with synonyms, antonyms, and related words.
• * Lookword free online Dictionary English dictionary.
• * www.webster-dictionary.org A dictionary and a thesaurus. A republisher of existing Internet dictionaries. Appears to be an attempt at a portal site.
• * Dictionary.com A dictionary and thesaurus and other language aids.
• *Dictionary Definition
• *English dictionary Fast and simple English dictionary with US and UK spellings.
• *ObjectGraph.com Suggestive dictionary, Suggests words as you type.
• * Portuguese: http://www.priberam.pt/dlpo/dlpo.aspx
• * Italian:
• Dictionary Collections
• * Dictionaries listed on DMOZ
• * HavenWorks
• * OneLook Searches almost 1000 online dictionaries for more than 6 million indexed words.
• * Dictionary
• * Yourdictionary.com Large list of online dictionaries.
• * Majstro's dictionary database Dictionary search
• * xrefer Offers access to dictionaries and other reference works. Pay site.
• Specialty Dictionaries
• * Dean's Law Dictionary - includes 145,000 plus terms, over 170,000 case cites, 26,000 Latin Words, 65,000 plus synonyms, its digital and created with artificial intelligence.
• * CAPL: Culturally Authentic Pictorial Lexicon German-English bidirectional visual dictionary with authentic images of German speaking world
• * Dictionaries of All-Consonant and All-Vowel Words Several thousand definitions of unusual words, with copious literary examples of usage.
• * e-DICT English-Polish, Polish-English dictionary
• * DeP German-Polish, Polish-German dictionary
• * LawyerIntl.com Legal Dictionary includes terms from the 6th edition of the Bouvier Law Dictionary.
• * Danish-English Law Dictionary The only on-line dictionary covering Danish and English legal language.
• * Danish-English Accounting Dictionary The authoritative dictionary on Danish and English accouting terminology with collocations and phrases.
• * The Early Modern English Dictionaries Database A collection of the earliest English language dictionaries.
• * Pseudodictionary Slang, colloquialisms, and made-up words. Accepts new entries. No intent to be a serious reference work.
• * Urban Dictionary Slang dictionary that you can edit.
• * The Skeptic's Dictionary Dictionary taking a cynical view on new age and occult words.
• Multilingual Dictionaries
• * POPjisyo is an Online Japanese/Chinese/Korean/English dictionary which adds pop-up hints to other sites and generates study-lists/matching games based on content.
• * Majstro Multilingual Translation Dictionary: An on-line translation dictionary that uses Esperanto as a bridge language
• * Online dictionary free multi-lingual online dictionary between English and one of seven other languages.
• * English-Hindi Dictionary
• * Yahoo! Spanish-English Dictionary
• * Webster's Online Dictionary – the Rosetta Edition. Over 3,000,000 terms across 90 languages.
• * Leo - English-German (and vice-versa) dictionary; English-French (and vice-versa) dictionary, cf. leo.org
• * English-German Dictionary (and vice-versa) with IPA pronunciation information
• * Terminology database of the EU, with 11 EU languages
• * Sprawk Semantic Dictionary, based on WordNet with over 20 languages
• * woerterbuch.info - English-German Dictionary with over 600.000 translations
• * dict.cc - English-German (and vice-versa) Dictionary
• * ilexer.co.uk - English-German (and vice-versa) Dictionary
• *WWWJDIC online Japanese-English/German/French dictionary. Has text-glossing, verb conjugations, etc.
• Downloadable Dictionaries
• * Dean's Law Dictionary - includes 145,000 plus terms, over 170,000 case cites, 26,000 Latin Words, 65,000 plus synonyms, its digital and created with artificial intelligence.
• * Online Plain Text English Dictionary – based on the Gutenberg Webster's Abridged Dictionary
• * The Gutenberg Webster's Abridged Dictionary – In parts. First 200 pages available without copyrights, rest available.
• * WordWeb Free international English dictionary for Windows (Pro version also available)
• * iFinger: FREE Merriam-Webster Concise Dictionary Free registration is required after clicking on DOWNLOAD
• * Lingo4u Dictionary - English-German Dictionary for Windows (Freeware)

The DICT protocol is a client/server model for dictionaries. Many free dictionaries are appearing in the dict format.

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