Purple Dictionary Alternatives

Purple Dictionary has been discontinued. Similar apps include Wikipedia, which is free and open source. Other options are Google Translate, GoldenDict, Wiktionary and Encyclopædia Britannica. You're spoiled for choice with Dictionaries like Purple Dictionary: we list more than 50 alternatives for the web, Android, Windows, iPhone and Mac.

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  1. Dictionary .NET is a tiny, easy and smart multilingual dictionary translating from/to 65 languages using Googles and Bing services.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  2. The Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online is an online version of the CD-ROM of the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Updated Edition.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  3. Advanced English Dictionary is better than other dictionaries, not just because it contains far more words than a conventional paper dictionary, but because it uses a radically new approach to searching for words.

    51 Advanced English Dictionary alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • Java Mobile
    • Symbian S60
    • Blackberry
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  4. 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 type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. gKamus icon
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    gKamus is a dictionary program, it translates single English word to it's Indonesian means and vice-versa, it's also equipped with fancy English Tenses, English Irregular Verb Tables and English Alphabet List.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  6. VerbAce icon
     5 likes

    VerbAce-Pro is an easy-to-use Desktop Translation Software.

    Translate in a mouse click From any application Access Wikipedia Quick translation option by moving the cursor.

    64 VerbAce alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
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  7. Frengly icon
     3 likes

    Frengly.com is a free and fast online translator, with an intuitive interface. Translates all popular languages. It also remember your previous translations for review later.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  8. With this addon you can translate any text to your own language with one click or hot-key. You can either translate the selected text, this way the translated text will overwrite the original selected text, or you can translate the full page too.

    59 Google Translator for Firefox alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Firefox
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  9. Loqu8 iCE icon
     5 likes

    Learn Chinese faster with Loqu8 iCE (iNterpret Chinese-English). Read and understand popular Chinese websites, email and documents using iCEs popup window. Supports simplified and traditional Chinese, Pinyin and Bopomofo.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. Ultralingua icon
     3 likes

    At Ultralingua, we make software for people who love languages. We focus on high quality consumer applications for mobile devices, and offer our linguistic APIs to partners in a variety of fields.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  11. Freebo icon
     2 likes

    Freebo is Topics search tool. If you don't know something, ask Freebo, it probably knows.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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