GNOME Dictionary is a simple, clean, elegant open source application to look up words in online dictionaries using the DICT protocol.
It is part of the free and open source software GNOME desktop suite.
GNOME Dictionary allows users to look up words in various dictionary sources.
Key Features
- Preview option.
- Print results.
- Sidebar.
- Multiple dictionary sources.
- Navigate definitions.
- Define the matching strategy in the dictionary source to be used for looking up or matching words.
- Keyboard shortcuts.
- Internationalization support – with translations available for many languages including Slovenian, Galician, Serbian, Finnish, Indonesian, Hungarian, Croatian,
French, Danish, Catalan, Basque, Brazilian Portuguese, French, Turkish, Korean, Slovak, Belarusian, Latvian, Chinese (Taiwan), and Italian.
Website: wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Dictionary
Support: GitLab Code Repository
Developer: Emmanuele Bassi, Sindhu S
License: GNU General Public License version 2.0
GNOME Dictionary is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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