[gentoo-user] Monolingual Dictionary

[gentoo-user] Monolingual Dictionary

[Jakob Buchgraber]

Hey!

I know this not related to Gentoo so I apologize for writing this e-mail.

Is there any excellent monolingual dictionary available for (Gentoo) Linux?

I know a few on the web however I travel a lot (up to 5 hours a day) by 
train so I got no Internet access there.

It would be nice if anybody could recommend me some good software.

Thanks in advance!

Cheers,
Jay
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Re: [gentoo-user] Monolingual Dictionary

[Willie Wong]

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On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 09:04:51PM +0100, Penguin Lover Jakob Buchgraber squawked:
> Is there any excellent monolingual dictionary available for (Gentoo) Linux?

What do you mean by monoligual? (English to English? or other
languages?)

Anycase, I have on my desktop 'sdcv' installed. The last time I
checked (about 18 months ago) it is not in portage. Not quite sure if
it is now. 
http://sdcv.sourceforge.net/
It is a commandline interface for StarDict, and so can just use
stardict's dictionaries. (Speaking of which, if you are willing to
have a GUI, you can just emerge stardict; you would also need to
emerge the dictionaries that you need, they are all under app-dicts
with a stardict- prefix. There are also additional dictionaries that
you can download on http://stardict.sourceforge.net/)

On my laptop, I just run a dictd server (emerge dictd). You also need
to install dictionary files, again, all under app-dicts/dictd-*
For English to English, I suggest the WordNet dictionary. 

You can also, alternatively, just emerge wordnet. 

Personally, if you just need an English-English dictionary, I would
suggest using wordnet. Dictd is a bit fancier, but you might not find
it more useful (I personally find the elements database quite useful
every now and then). If you need support for other languages, I would
suggest StarDict. 

Also, you can just look into the portage tree under app-dicts and
app-text 

HTH, 

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Re: [gentoo-user] Monolingual Dictionary

[Jakob Buchgraber]

Willie Wong wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 09:04:51PM +0100, Penguin Lover Jakob Buchgraber squawked:
>   
>> Is there any excellent monolingual dictionary available for (Gentoo) Linux?
>>     
>
> What do you mean by monoligual? (English to English? or other
> languages?)
>
> Anycase, I have on my desktop 'sdcv' installed. The last time I
> checked (about 18 months ago) it is not in portage. Not quite sure if
> it is now. 
> http://sdcv.sourceforge.net/
> It is a commandline interface for StarDict, and so can just use
> stardict's dictionaries. (Speaking of which, if you are willing to
> have a GUI, you can just emerge stardict; you would also need to
> emerge the dictionaries that you need, they are all under app-dicts
> with a stardict- prefix. There are also additional dictionaries that
> you can download on http://stardict.sourceforge.net/)
>
> On my laptop, I just run a dictd server (emerge dictd). You also need
> to install dictionary files, again, all under app-dicts/dictd-*
> For English to English, I suggest the WordNet dictionary. 
>
> You can also, alternatively, just emerge wordnet. 
>
> Personally, if you just need an English-English dictionary, I would
> suggest using wordnet. Dictd is a bit fancier, but you might not find
> it more useful (I personally find the elements database quite useful
> every now and then). If you need support for other languages, I would
> suggest StarDict. 
>
> Also, you can just look into the portage tree under app-dicts and
> app-text 
>
> HTH, 
>
> W
>   

Thanks for your reply!

Yeah, I am looking for an English to English dictionary. I already tried 
all available dictionaries in portage however nothing really satisfied 
my needs ...

Does anybody know something similar to the Cambridge dictionary? Because 
this is really a great monolingual dictionary only available for 
Windows, tough ...

Cheers,
Jakob
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Re: [gentoo-user] Monolingual Dictionary

[Philip Webb]

070131 Jakob Buchgraber wrote:
> Is there any monolingual dictionary available for (Gentoo) Linux?
> I am looking for an English to English dictionary.

Firefox offers the on-line Merriam-Webster by default (under Google box):
it's quite good with various senses & their etymologies etc.
I also have a bookmark for  http://dictionary.reference.com/ ,
which has a search box & many links to other dictionaries etc.

The authoritative English dictionary is the Oxford,
which you can buy on CD or DVD (I have access via U Toronto). 

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