Omnidict

Omnidict is a fast offline dictionary for the Linux desktop. Choose from more than six

hundred free dictionaries in hundreds of languages, download the ones you need once, and

look words up instantly, without an internet connection.

A dictionary for every language:

English dictionary and thesaurus: English Wiktionary definitions, and English WordNet with synonyms, antonyms and related words

Wiktionary for over three hundred languages: Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Hindi, Arabic, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Turkish and many more, each explained in English

Historical languages too: Latin, Ancient Greek, Old English, Sanskrit and Old Norse

Hundreds of bilingual FreeDict dictionaries, such as German-English, English-French and Spanish-Portuguese

JMdict Japanese dictionary, CC-CEDICT Chinese dictionary and Kengdic Korean dictionary

Filter the catalogue by language and provider, and see each dictionary's size and number of entries before you download

Look words up quickly:

Word lookup as you type, results grouped by dictionary with the best match first

Accents are optional, and an inflected form finds its entry: ran finds run

"Did you mean" spelling suggestions for misspelled words, in every script

Wildcards: ? for one letter, * for any run of letters

Full text search finds words used inside definitions

Links between entries, with Back and Forward as in a browser

Quick lookup: select a word in any app and press a shortcut to see its meaning in a small window

Runs in the tray, so quick lookup works with the window closed, and can start at login

Made for learning and everyday use: