Google Dictionary Alternatives for Linux

Google Dictionary is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is GoldenDict, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Google Dictionary and 11 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Google Dictionary are GoldenDict-ng, dict.cc, Purple Dictionary and Wordbook.

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  1. GoldenDict icon
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    GoldenDict is an open-source dictionary program for PC computers that gives translations of words and phrases for different languages. It allows use of several popular dictionary file formats simultaneously.

    62 GoldenDict alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
     
  2. dict.cc icon
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    dict.cc is not only an online dictionary translating from English and German to 21 languages. Its an attempt to create a platform where users from all over the world can share their knowledge in the field of translations.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  3. Dictionary from the Elementary project.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  4. Wordbook icon
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    Wordbook is an offline English-English dictionary application built for GNOME using the Open English WordNet database for definitions and the reliable eSpeak for pronunciations (both audio and phoneme).

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
     
  5. xFarDic icon
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    xFarDic is a comprehensive multilingual dictionary developed using GTK2, wxWidgets, libxml2, under GNU/Linux and relesed under GNU/GPL.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  6. Multilingual dictionary. The Blueseal dictionary provides translations of words and expressions between German, English, Spanish and French in all possible combinations. It also provides a synonym dictionary for all these languages.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Blackberry
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
     
  7.  3 likes

    Client/server software, human language dictionary databases, and tools supporting the DICT protocol (RFC 2229).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  8. Babiloo icon
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    Babiloo is a free open source software developed to read offline dictionaries.

    • Runs on most of the platforms, Windows, Linux, MacOS, Nokia S60 (>1.9).
    • Supports dictionaries in SDictionary, and StarDict formats.
    • HTML displaying for the supported dictionaries.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9.  1 like

    sdcv is a simple, cross-platform, text-based utility for working with dictionaries in StarDict format.

    Name mean StarDictConsoleVersion.

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    • Linux
    • Mac
     
  10. Simple GTK dictionary application powered by Wiktionary

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
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