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Open dictionaries

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Open dictionaries

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Libre Culture · 3 years ago

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For the first time ever I had to manually download dictionary files (to my e-reader). So I headed online expecting to find a clear king-of-the-hill free & open English-English dictionary, but it turned out that this was easier said than done.

With my brief search I found the StarDict dictionaries, available here.

So, this is thread about open dictionaries!

Share you’re favourite dictionaries
Is StarDict the go-to?
General thoughts on the matter

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The dictionaries that are offered within the app are actually hosted here: https://github.com/rdoeffinger/Dictionary/releases/v0.3-dictionaries

So, it requires pre-processing of the Wiktionary-data. The steps for that are described here: https://github.com/rdoeffinger/Dictionary#generating-dictionaries

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