Free Online Dictionaries

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Babylon-Pro

The World's Favorite Translation Software - You can download your free trial at http://www.babylon.com or if you are just looking for a free online dictionary translation you can get this translator for free and add it to your home website!

You can download it here, http://www.download.com/Babylon-Pro/3000-2279_4-10291391.html

This has become my favorite free online dictionary translator because you get the results on this screen without being taken to the promotional web site. Babylon have a massive business with 15 million users centered around the one service and I feel it must be a good one, otherwise it wouldn't have become so popular.

To view the categories for Babylon-pro Click Here.

Ectaco

This is the second company offering a free online dictionary, which is one of the top translation companies on the web. Ectaco, Inc. develops the very best electronic multi-purpose dictionaries and translators. Recently they were featured in PCWorld magazine and received the prestigious Innovation Award for Design and Engineering. State-of-the-art technology as well as the most advanced linguistic research makes their personal electronic dictionaries absolutely unique. Their choice of models and languages combined with low prices make their products some of the best value around.

The dictionaries include not only words, but phrases, idioms, irregular verbs as well as linguistic games and grammar. There is built-in voice synthesis technology that produces high-quality voice output in multiple languages. The organizer has all the features you can imagine plus lots of features you would never even dream about! Special models are able to translate incoming and outgoing e-mail messages and faxes from one language into another automatically. A digital voice recorder allows storing up to 15 minutes of human speech.

This has one of the largest language selections of the free online dictionary translators I've found online. Ectaco are the company setting the pace for others to follow and they often have a good deal on, so you certainly need to check them out if you are looking to part with any money. Click Here To Try Ectaco.

Systran

This is the third free online translation dictionary for you to try out, their company information reads.

At your service 24/7, SYSTRANet translates your personal files, web pages, and plain text. Within seconds, your translations are displayed in your browser or sent to you by email.

• Over 35 available language pairs.
• Many subject-specific dictionaries.
• Create and manage your own personalized dictionaries that help produce high quality translations.
• Maintain the original layout of your documents.
• Corporate SYSTRANet solutions available

English to French English to German English to Italian English to Portuguese English to Spanish French to English French to German German to English German to French Italian to English Spanish to English Portuguese to English

This one is very popular on the web, many of the big names that offer a free translation service are using Systran.

There are more free online dictionary translators on page 2 including a good across languages one. If you still can't find the language you want, then check out the One Look online dictionary below, which has a combined seach of 746 different dictionaries.

General Online Dictionaries

I have been surprised by the number and quality of free online dictionaries I have been able to get and add to my web site. I had to start a second page just to get them all on, so don't forget to bookmark or add to favourites, so you can use this valuable source of free information again.

The Merriam-Webster free online dictionary and thesaurus is on the dedicated Merriam-Webster page.

Go to Websters page

Law.com

I think you can guess what this free online dictionary is dedicated to. For the definition of a legal term, enter a word or phrase below.

Xrefer

Xrefer is not just a free online dictionary but a complete reference library so take alook at the great selection of resources and give it a try.

Find Facts: the web's reference engine

ART

The Encyclopaedia of the Renaissance
The Oxford Dictionary of Art
The Thames & Hudson Online Dictionary of Art Terms
The Thames & Hudson Online Dictionary of Art and Artists

British history

Online Dictionary of British History

Business & Law

An Online Dictionary of Law, Oxford University Press
Online Dictionary of Accounting, Oxford University Press
Online Dictionary of Business: Oxford University Press
The Penguin Online Dictionary of Economics
Wall Street Words

Online Dictionaries

The Penguin Rhyming Online Dictionary
The Pocket Oxford Online Dictionary of Current English

Online Encyclopedias

An Online Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press
Oxford Paperback Online Encyclopedia
The Macmillan Online Dictionary of Women's Biography
The Macmillan Online Encyclopedia 2001
The Oxford English Reference Dictionary
The Penguin Biographical Online Dictionary of Women
Who's Who in the Twentieth Century: Oxford University Press

English literature

An Online Dictionary of Shakespeare, Oxford University Press
The Oxford Companion to English Literature

Health

An Online Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
Concise Medical Dictionary Online: Oxford University Press
Online Dictionary of Medicines, Oxford University Press
language & usage The Concise Oxford Online Dictionary of Linguistics, Oxford University Press
The New Fowler's Modern English Usage
The Oxford Companion to the English Language

Music

Oxford Online Dictionary of Music
The Penguin Online Dictionary of Music

Philosophy

The Oxford Companion to Philosophy

Place Names

An Online Dictionary of English Place-Names

Quotations

Bloomsbury Biographical Dictionary of Quotations Online
Bloomsbury Thematic Online Dictionary of Quotations
The Oxford Online Dictionary of Quotations

Science

An Online Dictionary of Earth Sciences
An Online Dictionary of Geography
An Online Dictionary of Science, Oxford University Press
An Online Dictionary of Scientists, Oxford University Press
An OnlineDictionary of Biology, Oxford University Press
The New Penguin Online Dictionary of Science

Technology

Compact American Online Dictionary of Computer Words

Thesaurus

Bloomsbury Thesaurus

One Look

This is the one look search tool which has not one free online dictionary,but 746 within its searching and is great for helping with crosswords as you can leave spaces and it will find the word.

Search Internet for a dictionary with the word

HINTS: Adding wild cards expands the search. (* = any number of characters and ? = exactly one character). For example, "tomo*ow", "tomo??ow" or "tomor*" will find "tomorrow".

There are to many dictionaries to list here, so you can go to One Look by using the search engine or check out the list I've provided on a seperate page. Click Here to go One Look's dictionary list

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