Table Of Contents
FreeDict dictionaries are stored in a generic file format which allows to target different dictionary applications, also referred to as platforms. The advantage of this approach is that the dictionary data can be used for any application and that you can pick what suits you best.
Smartphones And Tablets
For smartphones and tablets, our dictionaries are available in the slob format, an advanced format understood by the Aard2 dictionary program for Android. Just download Aard2 from the playstore or from F-Droid. Finally, download one of our dictionaries below to your smartphone.
- Afrikaans - English, version 0.2.2 with 5129 headwords
- Afrikaans - German, version 0.3.1 with 3800 headwords
- Arabic - English, version 0.6.3 with 52996 headwords
- Breton - French, version 0.8.2 with 27095 headwords
- Central Kurdish - Northern Kurdish, version 0.1.2 with 7853 headwords
- Croatian - English, version 0.1.2 with 79808 headwords
- Czech - English, version 0.2.2 with 488 headwords
- Danish - English, version 0.2.2 with 3997 headwords
- Dutch - English, version 0.2 with 22747 headwords
- Dutch - French, version 0.2 with 16770 headwords
- Dutch - German, version 0.2 with 17224 headwords
- English - Afrikaans, version 0.1.3 with 6397 headwords
- English - Arabic, version 0.6.3 with 87424 headwords
- English - Croatian, version 0.2.2 with 59194 headwords
- English - Czech, version 0.1.3 with 150004 headwords
- English - Dutch, version 0.2 with 7714 headwords
- English - Finnish, version 2017-11-24 with 50456 headwords
- English - French, version 0.1.6 with 8799 headwords
- English - German, version 0.3.7 with 93275 headwords
- English - Hindi, version 1.6 with 25642 headwords
- English - Hungarian, version 0.2.1 with 89679 headwords
- English - Irish, version 0.3.2 with 1359 headwords
- English - Italian, version 0.1.2 with 4519 headwords
- English - Latin, version 0.1.2 with 3026 headwords
- English - Lithuanian, version 0.7.2 with 6255 headwords
- English - Modern Greek, version 0.1.1 with 20973 headwords
- English - Polish, version 0.2 with 16362 headwords
- English - Portuguese, version 0.3 with 15766 headwords
- English - Romany, version 0.6.2 with 990 headwords
- English - Russian, version 0.3.1 with 1693 headwords
- English - Serbian, version 0.1.3 with 590 headwords
- English - Spanish, version 0.3 with 5907 headwords
- English - Swahili, version 0.2.2 with 1450 headwords
- English - Swedish, version 0.2 with 5479 headwords
- English - Turkish, version 0.3 with 36589 headwords
- English - Welsh, version 0.2.3 with 12630 headwords
- Esperanto - English, version 1.0.1 with 63477 headwords
- Finnish - English, version 2017-11-24 with 31170 headwords
- French - Breton, version 0.2.7 with 36017 headwords
- French - Dutch, version 0.2 with 9604 headwords
- French - English, version 0.4 with 8505 headwords
- French - German, version 2017-11-24 with 29337 headwords
- French - Spanish, version 2017-11-24 with 35022 headwords
- German - Dutch, version 0.1.4 with 12812 headwords
- German - English, version 0.3.5 with 81621 headwords
- German - French, version 2017-11-24 with 33337 headwords
- German - Italian, version 0.1.2 with 4454 headwords
- German - Kurdish, version 0.2.2 with 22567 headwords
- German - Portuguese, version 0.2.2 with 8742 headwords
- German - Spanish, version 2017-11-24 with 26676 headwords
- German - Swedish, version 2017-11-24 with 38191 headwords
- German - Turkish, version 0.2.2 with 36219 headwords
- Hungarian - English, version 0.4.1 with 139935 headwords
- Icelandic - English, version 0.1.1 with 11219 headwords
- Irish - English, version 0.2 with 1185 headwords
- Irish - Polish, version 0.1.2 with 280 headwords
- Italian - English, version 0.2 with 3429 headwords
- Italian - German, version 0.2 with 2923 headwords
- Japanese - English, version 0.1 with 173747 headwords
- Japanese - French, version 0.1 with 14891 headwords
- Japanese - German, version 0.2.0 with 109546 headwords
- Japanese - Russian, version 0.1 with 6742 headwords
- Khasi - English, version 0.2.2 with 2280 headwords
- Khasi - German, version 0.1.3 with 995 headwords
- Kurdish - English, version 1.2 with 5208 headwords
- Kurdish - German, version 0.1.2 with 22035 headwords
- Kurdish - Turkish, version 0.1.2 with 24377 headwords
- Latin - English, version 0.1.2 with 2305 headwords
- Latin - German, version 1.0.3 with 5500 headwords
- Lithuanian - English, version 0.7.2 with 7031 headwords
- Macedonian - Bulgarian, version 0.1.1 with 4546 headwords
- Norwegian Nynorsk - Norwegian Bokmål, version 0.1.1 with 67987 headwords
- Occitan - Catalan, version 0.1.1 with 16679 headwords
- Polish - English, version 2017-11-24 with 26232 headwords
- Polish - Irish, version 0.1.2 with 272 headwords
- Polish - Spanish, version 2017-11-24 with 15954 headwords
- Portuguese - English, version 0.2 with 10661 headwords
- Portuguese - German, version 0.2 with 8294 headwords
- Sanskrit - German, version 0.2.2 with 107 headwords
- Scottish Gaelic - German, version 0.2 with 257 headwords
- Serbian - English, version 0.2 with 395 headwords
- Slovak - English, version 0.2 with 827 headwords
- Spanish - Asturian, version 0.1.1 with 49252 headwords
- Spanish - English, version 0.3 with 4502 headwords
- Spanish - German, version 0.1 with 21353 headwords
- Spanish - Portuguese, version 0.2.1 with 357 headwords
- Swahili - English, version 0.4.4 with 2675 headwords
- Swahili - Polish, version 0.2.3 with 1319 headwords
- Swedish - English, version 0.2 with 5220 headwords
- Swedish - German, version 2017-11-24 with 24064 headwords
- Turkish - English, version 0.3 with 1026 headwords
- Turkish - German, version 0.2 with 941 headwords
- Welsh - English, version 0.2.3 with 12630 headwords
- Wolof - French, version 0.1 with 595 headwords
Computers
For desktop computers, you are free to choose between a variety of dictionary
programs, a selection of clients can be found on our
wiki page.
The most advanced is probably
GoldenDict. It can read many formats, including the dictd
format. Just download the archive below to your computer, unpack it and then
select import from the menu within GoldenDict.
GNU/Linux
If you are running a Debian/Ubuntu derivative or Arch, the FreeDict packages are already available via your package manager. If not, use the downloads below.
Windows
The archives are in the .tar.xz format. If you are unable
to unpack this archive format, please download a program like
7-Zip. After this, you will find the .index and
.dict.dz files required for the import in your favourite dictionary program.
Dictionary Downloads
- Afrikaans - English, version 0.2.2 with 5129 headwords
- Afrikaans - German, version 0.3.1 with 3800 headwords
- Arabic - English, version 0.6.3 with 52996 headwords
- Breton - French, version 0.8.2 with 27095 headwords
- Central Kurdish - Northern Kurdish, version 0.1.2 with 7853 headwords
- Croatian - English, version 0.1.2 with 79808 headwords
- Czech - English, version 0.2.2 with 488 headwords
- Danish - English, version 0.2.2 with 3997 headwords
- Dutch - English, version 0.2 with 22747 headwords
- Dutch - French, version 0.2 with 16770 headwords
- Dutch - German, version 0.2 with 17224 headwords
- English - Afrikaans, version 0.1.3 with 6397 headwords
- English - Arabic, version 0.6.3 with 87424 headwords
- English - Croatian, version 0.2.2 with 59194 headwords
- English - Czech, version 0.1.3 with 150004 headwords
- English - Dutch, version 0.2 with 7714 headwords
- English - Finnish, version 2017-11-24 with 50456 headwords
- English - French, version 0.1.6 with 8799 headwords
- English - German, version 0.3.7 with 93275 headwords
- English - Hindi, version 1.6 with 25642 headwords
- English - Hungarian, version 0.2.1 with 89679 headwords
- English - Irish, version 0.3.2 with 1359 headwords
- English - Italian, version 0.1.2 with 4519 headwords
- English - Latin, version 0.1.2 with 3026 headwords
- English - Lithuanian, version 0.7.2 with 6255 headwords
- English - Modern Greek, version 0.1.1 with 20973 headwords
- English - Polish, version 0.2 with 16362 headwords
- English - Portuguese, version 0.3 with 15766 headwords
- English - Romany, version 0.6.2 with 990 headwords
- English - Russian, version 0.3.1 with 1693 headwords
- English - Serbian, version 0.1.3 with 590 headwords
- English - Spanish, version 0.3 with 5907 headwords
- English - Swahili, version 0.2.2 with 1450 headwords
- English - Swedish, version 0.2 with 5479 headwords
- English - Turkish, version 0.3 with 36589 headwords
- English - Welsh, version 0.2.3 with 12630 headwords
- Esperanto - English, version 1.0.1 with 63477 headwords
- Finnish - English, version 2017-11-24 with 31170 headwords
- French - Breton, version 0.2.7 with 36017 headwords
- French - Dutch, version 0.2 with 9604 headwords
- French - English, version 0.4 with 8505 headwords
- French - German, version 2017-11-24 with 29337 headwords
- French - Spanish, version 2017-11-24 with 35022 headwords
- German - Dutch, version 0.1.4 with 12812 headwords
- German - English, version 0.3.5 with 81621 headwords
- German - French, version 2017-11-24 with 33337 headwords
- German - Italian, version 0.1.2 with 4454 headwords
- German - Kurdish, version 0.2.2 with 22567 headwords
- German - Portuguese, version 0.2.2 with 8742 headwords
- German - Spanish, version 2017-11-24 with 26676 headwords
- German - Swedish, version 2017-11-24 with 38191 headwords
- German - Turkish, version 0.2.2 with 36219 headwords
- Hungarian - English, version 0.4.1 with 139935 headwords
- Icelandic - English, version 0.1.1 with 11219 headwords
- Irish - English, version 0.2 with 1185 headwords
- Irish - Polish, version 0.1.2 with 280 headwords
- Italian - English, version 0.2 with 3429 headwords
- Italian - German, version 0.2 with 2923 headwords
- Japanese - English, version 0.1 with 173747 headwords
- Japanese - French, version 0.1 with 14891 headwords
- Japanese - German, version 0.2.0 with 109546 headwords
- Japanese - Russian, version 0.1 with 6742 headwords
- Khasi - English, version 0.2.2 with 2280 headwords
- Khasi - German, version 0.1.3 with 995 headwords
- Kurdish - English, version 1.2 with 5208 headwords
- Kurdish - German, version 0.1.2 with 22035 headwords
- Kurdish - Turkish, version 0.1.2 with 24377 headwords
- Latin - English, version 0.1.2 with 2305 headwords
- Latin - German, version 1.0.3 with 5500 headwords
- Lithuanian - English, version 0.7.2 with 7031 headwords
- Macedonian - Bulgarian, version 0.1.1 with 4546 headwords
- Norwegian Nynorsk - Norwegian Bokmål, version 0.1.1 with 67987 headwords
- Occitan - Catalan, version 0.1.1 with 16679 headwords
- Polish - English, version 2017-11-24 with 26232 headwords
- Polish - Irish, version 0.1.2 with 272 headwords
- Polish - Spanish, version 2017-11-24 with 15954 headwords
- Portuguese - English, version 0.2 with 10661 headwords
- Portuguese - German, version 0.2 with 8294 headwords
- Sanskrit - German, version 0.2.2 with 107 headwords
- Scottish Gaelic - German, version 0.2 with 257 headwords
- Serbian - English, version 0.2 with 395 headwords
- Slovak - English, version 0.2 with 827 headwords
- Spanish - Asturian, version 0.1.1 with 49252 headwords
- Spanish - English, version 0.3 with 4502 headwords
- Spanish - German, version 0.1 with 21353 headwords
- Spanish - Portuguese, version 0.2.1 with 357 headwords
- Swahili - English, version 0.4.4 with 2675 headwords
- Swahili - Polish, version 0.2.3 with 1319 headwords
- Swedish - English, version 0.2 with 5220 headwords
- Swedish - German, version 2017-11-24 with 24064 headwords
- Turkish - English, version 0.3 with 1026 headwords
- Turkish - German, version 0.2 with 941 headwords
- Welsh - English, version 0.2.3 with 12630 headwords
- Wolof - French, version 0.1 with 595 headwords
Source
If you want to browse through our source, you have several options. We develop our dictionaries openly on GitHub. Our tools and most of our dictionaries are there.
$ git clone https://github.com/freedict/fd-dictionaries
Automatically imported dictionaries are not present in this source tree, since they don't need versioning. The importers for those dictionaries is in the tools repository, which is required for building anyway.
The Dictionaries are encoded in the TEI format, please see the documentation for more details.
The latest release of each dictionaries' source can be retrieved below:
- Afrikaans - English, version 0.2.2 with 5129 headwords
- Afrikaans - German, version 0.3.1 with 3800 headwords
- Arabic - English, version 0.6.3 with 52996 headwords
- Breton - French, version 0.8.2 with 27095 headwords
- Central Kurdish - Northern Kurdish, version 0.1.2 with 7853 headwords
- Croatian - English, version 0.1.2 with 79808 headwords
- Czech - English, version 0.2.2 with 488 headwords
- Danish - English, version 0.2.2 with 3997 headwords
- Dutch - English, version 0.2 with 22747 headwords
- Dutch - French, version 0.2 with 16770 headwords
- Dutch - German, version 0.2 with 17224 headwords
- English - Afrikaans, version 0.1.3 with 6397 headwords
- English - Arabic, version 0.6.3 with 87424 headwords
- English - Croatian, version 0.2.2 with 59194 headwords
- English - Czech, version 0.1.3 with 150004 headwords
- English - Dutch, version 0.2 with 7714 headwords
- English - Finnish, version 2017-11-24 with 50456 headwords
- English - French, version 0.1.6 with 8799 headwords
- English - German, version 0.3.7 with 93275 headwords
- English - Hindi, version 1.6 with 25642 headwords
- English - Hungarian, version 0.2.1 with 89679 headwords
- English - Irish, version 0.3.2 with 1359 headwords
- English - Italian, version 0.1.2 with 4519 headwords
- English - Latin, version 0.1.2 with 3026 headwords
- English - Lithuanian, version 0.7.2 with 6255 headwords
- English - Modern Greek, version 0.1.1 with 20973 headwords
- English - Polish, version 0.2 with 16362 headwords
- English - Portuguese, version 0.3 with 15766 headwords
- English - Romany, version 0.6.2 with 990 headwords
- English - Russian, version 0.3.1 with 1693 headwords
- English - Serbian, version 0.1.3 with 590 headwords
- English - Spanish, version 0.3 with 5907 headwords
- English - Swahili, version 0.2.2 with 1450 headwords
- English - Swedish, version 0.2 with 5479 headwords
- English - Turkish, version 0.3 with 36589 headwords
- English - Welsh, version 0.2.3 with 12630 headwords
- Esperanto - English, version 1.0.1 with 63477 headwords
- Finnish - English, version 2017-11-24 with 31170 headwords
- French - Breton, version 0.2.7 with 36017 headwords
- French - Dutch, version 0.2 with 9604 headwords
- French - English, version 0.4 with 8505 headwords
- French - German, version 2017-11-24 with 29337 headwords
- French - Spanish, version 2017-11-24 with 35022 headwords
- German - Dutch, version 0.1.4 with 12812 headwords
- German - English, version 0.3.5 with 81621 headwords
- German - French, version 2017-11-24 with 33337 headwords
- German - Italian, version 0.1.2 with 4454 headwords
- German - Kurdish, version 0.2.2 with 22567 headwords
- German - Portuguese, version 0.2.2 with 8742 headwords
- German - Spanish, version 2017-11-24 with 26676 headwords
- German - Swedish, version 2017-11-24 with 38191 headwords
- German - Turkish, version 0.2.2 with 36219 headwords
- Hungarian - English, version 0.4.1 with 139935 headwords
- Icelandic - English, version 0.1.1 with 11219 headwords
- Irish - English, version 0.2 with 1185 headwords
- Irish - Polish, version 0.1.2 with 280 headwords
- Italian - English, version 0.2 with 3429 headwords
- Italian - German, version 0.2 with 2923 headwords
- Japanese - English, version 0.1 with 173747 headwords
- Japanese - French, version 0.1 with 14891 headwords
- Japanese - German, version 0.2.0 with 109546 headwords
- Japanese - Russian, version 0.1 with 6742 headwords
- Khasi - English, version 0.2.2 with 2280 headwords
- Khasi - German, version 0.1.3 with 995 headwords
- Kurdish - English, version 1.2 with 5208 headwords
- Kurdish - German, version 0.1.2 with 22035 headwords
- Kurdish - Turkish, version 0.1.2 with 24377 headwords
- Latin - English, version 0.1.2 with 2305 headwords
- Latin - German, version 1.0.3 with 5500 headwords
- Lithuanian - English, version 0.7.2 with 7031 headwords
- Macedonian - Bulgarian, version 0.1.1 with 4546 headwords
- Norwegian Nynorsk - Norwegian Bokmål, version 0.1.1 with 67987 headwords
- Occitan - Catalan, version 0.1.1 with 16679 headwords
- Polish - English, version 2017-11-24 with 26232 headwords
- Polish - Irish, version 0.1.2 with 272 headwords
- Polish - Spanish, version 2017-11-24 with 15954 headwords
- Portuguese - English, version 0.2 with 10661 headwords
- Portuguese - German, version 0.2 with 8294 headwords
- Sanskrit - German, version 0.2.2 with 107 headwords
- Scottish Gaelic - German, version 0.2 with 257 headwords
- Serbian - English, version 0.2 with 395 headwords
- Slovak - English, version 0.2 with 827 headwords
- Spanish - Asturian, version 0.1.1 with 49252 headwords
- Spanish - English, version 0.3 with 4502 headwords
- Spanish - German, version 0.1 with 21353 headwords
- Spanish - Portuguese, version 0.2.1 with 357 headwords
- Swahili - English, version 0.4.4 with 2675 headwords
- Swahili - Polish, version 0.2.3 with 1319 headwords
- Swedish - English, version 0.2 with 5220 headwords
- Swedish - German, version 2017-11-24 with 24064 headwords
- Turkish - English, version 0.3 with 1026 headwords
- Turkish - German, version 0.2 with 941 headwords
- Welsh - English, version 0.2.3 with 12630 headwords
- Wolof - French, version 0.1 with 595 headwords
API
The API allows for retrieval of meta information of each dictionary, as well as direct download links for the target formats (AKA platforms) and their source. This can be helpful for app developers or distributors.
The endpoints are
https://freedict.org/freedict-database.xml
https://freedict.org/freedict-database.json
Documentation of the API fields is in the wiki.