Open Source Dictionary Software

DictionaryForMIDs is an dictionary application for cell phones, tablets and PCs. The dictionary is completely installed on the device ("offline dictionary"), i.e. after installation there is no need for an internet connection. DictionaryForMIDs can be set up for any dictionary, for any language, or for any other lookup-purpose. The DfM-Creator tool is used to set up a dictionary for use with DictionaryForMIDs.

A Pali text reader for reading the Tipitaka. Automatically recognizes pali words and gives definitions from CPED, PED, and DPPN. Includes text search, dictionary lookup and more. Mozilla Firefox required.

A dictionary with 176023 entries. Text was extracted from the files at http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~ralph/OPTED/ and then parsed and stored in a 16MB MySQL database. The database has three fields : a. word b. wordtype and c. definition. You can use this standalone or as a jquery/ajax/PHP addon for your programs. Acknowledgment of the original content: a. OPTED b. Project Gutenburg c. and the 1913 edition of Webster's Unabridged Dictionary

A video player featuring dictionary look up for subtitle words with single click. Intended audience are those who watches foreign language videos with same language subtitling

jVLT (Vocabulary Learning Tool) is a tool that helps you managing your vocabulary. It allows you to create a dictionary of words and to perform quizzes.

Arabic WordNet: A multi-lingual concept dictionary with mappings between word senses in Arabic and those in the Princeton WordNet (English) v2.0. Supports searching and browsing of Arabic and English terms.

'Serbian Dictionary' is a bidirectional Serbian-English dictionary. It currently contains only a command line interface. Supports only *nix based operating systems at this moment. Tested on Linux, *BSD and Cygwin.

Chinese to English electronic dictionary for desktops and laptops. Runs under Linux, Mac, and Windows (requires java). Add your own definitions and submit them for inclusion in future dictionary versions.

JaLingo is a free cross-platform dictionary application. Features: list of words, while-typing search (like ABBYY Lingvo), spelling suggestion, history, HTML export. Supports 4 formats: DSL, Mova, Sdictionary and phpMyLingvo/PtkDict MySQL dumps

This is a database of the Arabic roots and their derivatives in voweled and unvoweled forms along with stems. The database is extracted from the well known Arabic legacy dictionary "تاج العروس من جواهر القاموس".

The application Dictionary System (DS) is a web application designed for creation of one-way bilingual dictionaries or encyclopaedias offering a working environment for creation of a dictionary and a web page which enables the general public to search in the dictionary. It is so-called DWS application (Dictionary Writing System) or DPS (Dictionary Production / Publishing System). Aplikace Dictionary System (dále DS) je webová aplikace. Je to tzv. DWS aplikace (Dictionary Writing System) nebo také tvz. DPS (Dictionary Production/Publishing System). Aplikace Dictionary System nabízí pracovní prostředí pro tvorbu jednosměrných dvojjazyčných slovníků nebo encyklopedií a webové stránky, které umožňují vyhledávat ve slovníku široké veřejnosti.

The gnuDict use plugins to connect to different dictionaries (stardict, dictd, babylon..)

Atlantida is an open source multilingual dictionary written in Java. It can translate words from one language to another and pronounce them. As of version alpha 0.15, Atlantida uses XDXF dictionary format.

The Open Translation Engine (OTE) is a web-based translation dictionary manager. The OTE allows a community of users to create and manage one or many translation dictionaries. The OTE is written in PHP and uses a MySQL database.

SDict Viewer is a viewer for dictionaries in open format developed by AXMASoft (free dictionaries are available for download at http://sdict.com). Primary goal of the project is to provide usable dictionary app for Nokia Internet Tablets running Maemo.

A free Spanish - English Translator for Linux. It will translate a phrase (via internet) or single word (built-in dictionary.) Has capability to learn new words and is smart enough to find plural and feminine words. Written using Python/GTK under GPL

DACCO (Diccionari Anglčs Catalŕ de Codi Obert) This is an open source collaborative project which seeks to provide an up-to-date, comprehensive, English-Catalan dictionary that will be of benefit to learners of both languages.

ER-DICT is a free Estonian-Russian dictionary. The program is available in GTK+, Qt and also features a daemon that serves web browsers.

Fully customizable & easy to use dictionary, with advance features including musical support, "Word Power Game", a never before "medical dictionary",containing plethora of medical words.Ideal for Crossword lovers, Doctors, & GRE Aspirants.

Программа для заучивания английских (хотя по большому счету ей без разницы) слов. Постоянно показывает на экране английское слово и его перевод, при показе слова может воспроизвести его произношение при наличии аудиофайла. Транскрипцию слова и аудиофайл берет из словаря в dsl формате (протестировано с Longman Pronunciation Dictionary). Написана на Java, платформа безразлична. Поэтому и писалась, т.к. для UNIX like систем такой программы мною было не найдено.

Laex tries to be a smart combination of a dictionary and a vocabulary trainer!

Multilingual Crosswords - it finds solutions for grid puzzles by using words dictionary. It can support any language - currently polish and english dictionary. Rich client for editing/viewing is foreseen.

Pythońol is an all-in-one program to help English speakers learn Spanish. Features include: Pronunciation, verb conjugation, dictionary (70,000+ words), thesaurus, quizzes, full-text translation, idioms, a verb browser, and a large reference section.

Suiteki is a set of Java J2ME japanese related tools for your mobile phone; word dictionary, kanji dictionary, word lists, flashcards and even a manga viewer! Kana/kanji input/display for non japanese phones! (please see http://suiteki.sourceforge.net)

VerbOS allows viewing, searching, editing and testing of verb conjugations. There are around 8000 French verbs, 10000 Spanish verbs and 4000 Portuguese verbs. Additonally dict.dz dictionaries can be loaded into the dictionary interface.