English to French, Italian, German & Spanish Dictionary MDBG English to Chinese dictionary Examples and Help Example queries: hello, nihao, ni3hao3, 你好, rest*, zei*, *zei*, *茶, 英*公司, chinese *文, "to rest", bill -gates Pinyin words should be entered without spaces, either with or without tone numbers: ni3hao3 or nihao. The asterisk character * can be used as a wildcard to match zero or more characters: rest* will match any word starting with rest, such as restaurant or restrain*文 will match any word ending with 文, such as 中文 or 英文b*g will match any word starting with b and ending with g, such as big or boring*中国* will match any word containing 中国, such as 传统中国医药 or 中国人民 Double quotes " " can be used to group search terms together: "to rest" will only match entries where to and rest directly follow eachother The minus symbol - can be used to find entries without a certain search term: bill -gates will only match entries matching bill but without gates To match only Chinese characters, Mandarin pinyin or English definition, use: c:chinese p:pinyin e:english:
Online Etymology Dictionary Etymological dictionary This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (September 2011) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) An etymological dictionary discusses the etymology of the words listed. Often, large dictionaries, such as the Oxford English Dictionary and Webster's, will contain some etymological information, without aspiring to focus on etymology. Etymological dictionaries are the product of research in historical linguistics.
List of online dictionaries An online dictionary is a dictionary that is accessible via the Internet through a web browser. They can be made available in a number of ways: free, free with a paid subscription for extended or more professional content, or a paid-only service. Some online dictionaries are organized as lists of words, similar to a glossary, while others offer search features, reverse lookups, and additional language tools and content such as verb conjugations, grammar references, and discussion forums. The following is a concise list of online English dictionaries whose definitions are based upon well-established content. Advanced learner dictionaries Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCambridge Dictionaries Online Cambridge Advanced Learner's DictionaryLongman Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishMacmillan Macmillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners
Longman Dictionaries Online Free Translator from Cambridge Dictionaries Get a quick, free translation! First, choose your From and To languages. Then, type your text—up to 160 characters each time, up to 2,000 per day—and click on Translate. Webster's Dictionary - Wikipedia An 1888 advertisement for Webster's Unabridged Dictionary The name Webster's Dictionary may refer to any of the line of dictionaries first developed by Noah Webster in the early nineteenth century and numerous unrelated dictionaries that adopted Webster's name just to share his prestige. The term "Webster's" has become a generic trademark in the U.S. for dictionaries of the English language. For this reason the term may otherwise refer to any dictionary at all that chooses to use the name. Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language[edit] Noah Webster (1758–1843), the author of the readers and spelling books that dominated the American market at the time, spent decades of research in compiling his dictionaries. First edition 1828[edit] Title page of the 1828 first edition of the American Dictionary of the English Language featuring an engraving of Webster Second edition 1841[edit] 1841 printing[edit] 1844 printing[edit] 1845 printing[edit] Impact[edit] British impact[edit]
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