Babylon Alternatives for Linux
Babylon is not available for Linux but there are some alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The most popular Linux alternative is 
GoldenDict, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Babylon and seven of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Babylon are 
dict.cc (Free), 
Tagaini jisho (Free, Open Source), 
StarDict (Free, Open Source) and dictd (Free, Open Source).
- GoldenDict is an open-source dictionary program for PC computers that gives translations of words and phrases for different languages. View 60 alternatives to GoldenDict
- Freemium • Open Source
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ushabuntu Does the job, indexes .BGL files like a boss, and can add more sources (Wikipedia) or dictionaries.Goldendict is good, but is not the same as Babylon. Babylon is strictly a translator and not trying to be like wikipedia. - dict.cc is not only an online dictionary translating from English and German to 21 languages. View 77 alternatives to dict.cc
- Tagaini Jisho is a free to use Japanese dictionary. It is available in several languages such as german or french. View 64 alternatives to Tagaini jisho
- Free • Open Source
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- Windows
- Linux
- StarDict is a Cross-Platform and international dictionary Software. View 71 alternatives to StarDict
Discontinued
The project seems to be no longer updated. Last version, 3.0.6, released in January 2015, but it can be still downloaded from SourceForge.
- Free • Open Source
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- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- AmigaOS
- Client/server software, human language dictionary databases, and tools supporting the DICT protocol (RFC 2229). View 59 alternatives to dictdNo screenshots yet
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- Dictionary from the Elementary project. View 91 alternatives to Purple Dictionary
Discontinued
This project has been replaced by https://launchpad.net/lingo-dictionary. Lingo is fully backwards compatible and will be available in Luna.
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- 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). View 55 alternatives to Babiloo
Discontinued
Note: Babiloo development is inactive, thanks to all the developers and translators. We recommend the use of GoldenDict from now on.
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux