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  Dictionaries

 

Chinese
Chinese Dictionary (Declan Software)

CJK Dictionary Institute
The world's largest Chinese and Japanese lexical databases.
WWW: http://http://www.cjk.org/

Croatian <–> English PC dictionary
9A-CRO bi-directional dictionary contains more than 100,000 words.
Details of price and availability from
Addresses:
    a.. 9A4BI Co., Allerton 857 B, Kent, OH 44240-4549, USA.
    b.. HSD, 5717 Horrnig Road, Kent, OH 44240, USA.
    c.. Galerija, > Ante Kovăi a bb, Biograd n/m 23210, Croatia.
Source: Mijo / 9A4BI, knamjesn@phoenix.kent.edu, 2 Jul 1996, via Usenet:comp.edu.languages.natural.

Dictionaries, word lists:

Dictionary of Sex in the Bible
Online reference book on biblical sexuality and gender-related biblical issues.

Dictionary and Thesaurus (English)

Dictionaries in CD-ROM format
Source (June 1996): Computer Manuals, 205 Formans Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham B11 2BA. U.K.
Telephone: +44 (0)121-706 6000.
Facsimile: + (0)121-606 0477.
E-mail: order@compman.co.uk
WWW: http://www.compman.co.uk/
  1. Chambers Dictionary CD-ROM 2e. PC and Mac.
  2. Collins Dictionary and Thesaurus. PC.
  3. Concise Oxford Dictionary, 8th edition. PC.
  4. Harrap's French Electronic Dictionary. PC.
  5. Multilingual Dictionary: Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German,
    Italian, Japanese, Norwegian and Spanish. PC.
  6. Oxford Accoustic Phonetic Database. Mac.
  7. Oxford Business Shelf. PC (ask for Mac).
  8. Oxford-Duden German Dictionary. PC.
  9. Oxford English Dictionary 2e. PC.
  10. Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary. PC.
  11. Oxford Language Shelf. PC.
  12. Oxford Spanish Dictionary. PC.
  13. Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. PC.

English dictionary text file
WWW: http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/~wn/, (see WordNet)
Source: Mark P. Line, mline@ix.netcom.com, via Usenet:sci.lang, misc.education.language.english, comp.edu.languages.natural, 12 Jul 1996.

ForeignWord multi-lingual dictionary
WWW: http://www.foreignword.com

Free multilingual online dictionary:
WWW: http://www.logos.it/
E-mail: dictionary@logos.it

Glossary of technical terms
WWW: http://www.mdagroup.com/

HarperCollins
French dictionary on CD-ROM. English dictionary and thesaurus on CD-ROM.
Contact: HarperCollins, 14 Steep Lane, Findon, Worthing, West Sussex, U.K.
Telephone: +44 (0)1903-873 555.
Facsimile: +44 (0)1903-873 633.
E-mail: 100317.1372@compuserve.com.

Index to On-line Dictionaries:
WWW: http://onelook.com/
Source: Bob Ware, bware@netcom.com, via Usenet:comp.infosystems.www.announce, 19 Apr 1996.

Irish (Gaelic)
Learning resources for modern Irish, including word lists, are at
http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaeilge/foghlam/

Lingster
Open source dictionary building project
Web: http://www.lingster.net/

Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary CD-ROM
160,000 entries, thesaurus (130,000 entries), illustrations, tables.
Contact: Merriam-Webster, 47 Federal Street, P.O. Box 281, Springfield, MA 01102, U.S.A.
Telephone: +1 413-734 3134.
Facsimile: +1 413-731 5979.

Net Dictionaries of Weblish
... e-mail, discussion group and texting dialects of English
WWW: http://hotwired.lycos.com/hardwired/wirestyle/
WWW: http://hotwired.lycos.com/special/ene/
WWW: http://netlingo.com/
WWW: http://webopedia.internet.com/
Source: Sunday Times Doors (UK), 26 August 2001, p9.

Net Dictionary of Technical Terms
WWW: http://www.netdictionary.com/html/index.html

On-line Dictionary German English ODGE
The ODGE (Online Dictionary German-English) provides you with more than 210,000 words and their translations.
Web: http://odge.info/

Oxford English Dictionary
WWW: http://www.oed.com

Rhyming Dictionary:
Internet Magazine (U.K edition, p.84, May 1996) reports a 'Simple Rhyming Dictionary' at http://www.ws.cmu.edu/~dougb/rhyme.html
Do not take the contents of this resource too seriously.

Slang Dictionary
The Alternative Dictionaries: more than 3000 slang expressions in more than 70 languages.
WWW: http://www.notam.uio.no/~hcholm/altlang/

Totally Unofficial Rap Dictionary Web Site, The
Subject: Gangsta Rap and associated music, A-Z of slang.
WWW: http://www.sci.kun.nl/thalia/rapdict/dict_en.html
Source: Daily Telegraph newspaper (U.K.), 23 July 1996, 'Connected' supplement, page 15.

Yiddish<>English Dictionary (Ectaco)
WWW: http://dictionary.ectaco.com/dictionaries/yiddish.asp
Ectaco also offers a product called 'Language Teacher.'

 

 

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