OSS Dict
Learning and languagesLook up words in local dictionary files, bookmark entries, and read articles offline with OSS Dict for Android.
By Akylas
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About OSS Dict
OSS Dict reads dictionary files stored on an Android phone. Add your files with Android's document chooser, select which dictionaries take part in searches, and look up a word across them. Searches ignore differences in case, punctuation, and accents.
You can bookmark entries, revisit lookup history, and change an article's appearance with custom styles. Fullscreen reading and volume-button navigation provide other ways to move through longer entries. Supported file formats include Slob, MDict, StarDict, and DSL.
The app is free. You supply the dictionary files; it does not download them for you. Local entries work offline, while external links and remotely hosted images need a connection. The available languages and content depend on the dictionaries you add.
What you can do
- Search multiple local dictionaries
- Case and accent insensitive lookup
- Bookmarks and lookup history
- Custom article styles
- Slob, MDict, StarDict and DSL files
Free features and limits
Dictionary files are supplied by you and imported from the device; the app does not download dictionaries itself.
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Enable and organize local dictionary files
OSS Dict by Akylas and contributors, GPL-3.0. Included abc text: Wiktionnaire contributors, https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/abc, author history https://fr.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=abc&action=history, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. Unchanged original screenshot.
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Look up a word across dictionaries
OSS Dict by Akylas and contributors, GPL-3.0. Included abc text: Wiktionnaire contributors, https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/abc, author history https://fr.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=abc&action=history, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. Unchanged original screenshot.
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Read a French Wiktionary entry
OSS Dict by Akylas and contributors, GPL-3.0. Included abc text: Wiktionnaire contributors, https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/abc, author history https://fr.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=abc&action=history, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. Unchanged original screenshot.