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Offline English–German dictionary for GNU/Linux
I'd recommend taking a look at StarDict, which is a cross-platform application having its dictionaries supported by even more applications on other platforms. Quoting from their homepage:
StarDict ...
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An open source PDF reader with built in dictionary or plugins?
I found a tutorial of adding a real-time google translation button for pdf-xchange editor.
Although pdf-xchange editor is not open source software, but I think it is a good hint for other pdf viewers.
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Download all words from Wiktionary for offline use
There's a Python script called dumpgenerator.py that will export a dump in XML format of any MediaWiki website (such as Wiktionary).
You can then import the XML file to your local install of ...
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Offline English-German dictionary for Android
May I recommend my favorite dictionary app to you: ColorDict Dictionary. First, how it meets your requirements:
Android: Sure.
Gratis: Yes.
Offline: Yes, but also supports Online lookups
complete ...
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An online dictionary that allows linking to a single specific definition of a word?
You would think this is something these online dictionaries would readily build into their front end presentations ... but no! Weird.
Still, there is one option that can work. The Cambridge ...
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Offline English–German dictionary for GNU/Linux
I'm a happy user of GoldenDict, which can work either offline or online.
These are some of the main features, straight from its website and related to
your requirements:
Support of multiple ...
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An open source PDF reader with built in dictionary or plugins?
A solution other than a specific PDF reader is to use an external program such as GoldenDict. It features a so-called ”Scan Popup“: Each time you select a word in any program—e.g. in your favourite ...
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Offline English-German dictionary for Android
Offline dictionaries
requirements
free
offline (must download dictionary packs first)
can customize where the dictionaries are saved
bonus
very powerful dictionaries/thesaurus available
many ...
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Free terminal based dictionary for Linux
sdcv - console version of Stardict
dictd daemon
aspell (may be already installed)
grep /usr/share/dict/<dictionary file>
My personal choice is grep /usr/share/dict/<dictionary file>, ...
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Extension for LibreOffice to show word definition
Artha is a free dictionary add-on for Linux that integrates with most applications. It is available from Sourceforge, or in the Ubuntu software repo.
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An online dictionary that allows linking to a single specific definition of a word?
The OED has id attributes for all sorts of elements, which you can see with your web browser's debugger. Unfortunately, the OED is paywalled.
An unconventional option is to take advantage of the fact ...
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Offline English–German dictionary for GNU/Linux
I work for a large, technical, German company with 30k+ employees.
Worldwide, we all use LingoPad, which is excellent.
The one slight drawback for you is that it is a Widows program. However, a ...
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An application to learn English
I would suggest Anki. Various collections of English words are available, such as 4000 Essential English Words.
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Help to learn words
Perhaps Anki? I haven't used it for a long time but it's cross platform (including smartphones and anything that can use web apps) and you can create your own decks of flash cards.
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Offline iOS app that gives the full declensions of German nouns
You might want to try one of the following apps for IOS. These three seem to have the best ratings. There are of course several others, which you can find in the IOS app store.
Learn German Nouns Der ...
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Reliable free offline dictionary
Check out My Word List. It is a free android app with an offline dictionary, and you can also hear the pronunciations in Britain and American English.
Links:
Free Version: https://play.google.com/...
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Reliable free offline dictionary
You can download languages in Google Translate
• Offline: Translate 52 languages when you have no Internet
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Russian dictionary for a word game
You can get a Russian MySpell dictionary from here or huntpell format from here and there is a variety of packages to open them such as Enchant or pyEnchant. There are also online descriptions of the ...
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Offline English-German dictionary for Android
You can give Google Translate a go, available on Play Store and is totally free.
Once installed, you can follow instructions from the official guide:
Choose and download languages
Make ...
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App that shows root words and other words derived from that root
I'm not sure if there is an App that meets 100% of your criteria (Android platform, gives root words and other derivatives of those roots, gives definitions, and works offline), but have a look at the ...
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LibreOffice dictionary and spell checking in other languages? (without Java)
For french syntax, the best way is to use Grammalecte : it has capacities with grammar and conjugaison (underline words in blue).
To install it, just download the odt file (with a macro).
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Display a different dictionary entry each day
Rainmeter + Gnometer
I use Rainmeter for desktop widgets. Among its numerous skins, Gnometer has a widget for "Word Of The Day", which displays a different English word each day along with its ...
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Download all words from Wiktionary for offline use
Try My Word List - Make Word Lists - Offline Dictionary app for Android.
It contains over 800,000 English words from Wiktionary.
You can track them, learn as you go, and mark them as mastered.
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