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LingoPad v2.6

Checker on 31 Mar 2015
  • 20MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 28 Jul 2008
  • Suggested by Andrew Lee

LingoPad is an offline dictionary program. It loads a German-English dictionary by default, but other dictionaries (German-Spanish, French, Japanese, Chinese, Turkish, Norwegian) can be downloaded as well. You can also import your own wordlists and use them in parallel with the existing dictionaries. For each dictionary, a user dictionary can be defined to include additional wordlists.

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Runs on:Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista
Writes settings to: Application folder. The file readonly.txt makes the program writes settings to options.ini in the application folder, but not all settings are saved.
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract:
  1. Download the installer and extract using Universal Extractor to a folder of your choice
  2. The application files are in the {app} folder
  3. You should delete readme,1.txt and rename readme,2.txt to readme.txt
  4. You should also delete unicows.pdb to save space
  5. Launch LingoPad.exe
By default, the user interface is German. You can change that by selecting Programm, Sprache, English.
What's new?
  • Changes for Windows Vista.
  • Customized setup (select data directory on setup).
  • Change font size with Ctrl++ / Ctrl+- / Alt++ / Alt+-.
  • Specify order of dictionaries.
  • ShortCuts for dictionaries.
  • Faster import of own dictionaries.
  • Faster loading of user dictionaries.
  • Automatic translation on clipboard changes.
  • Bugfixes.
Latest comments
mark on 2008-11-05 11:18

sorry for the obvious question, but how do i choose read only mode? i did not see that option. a few more details would be helpful please.
thanks
:-)

Beez on 2008-11-06 01:46

Thanks guest, works great!

@mark: read the installation carefully, you'll see the option/check box.

mark on 2008-11-06 01:57

@Beez: thanks, got it now!

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Lingoes v2.9.2

Checker on 18 Aug 2014
  • 23MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by infimum

Lingoes is an easy and intuitive dictionary and text translation software. It offers lookup dictionaries, full text translation, capture word on screen, translate selected text and pronunciation of words in over 80 languages including Chinese, Spanish, English, Arabic, Portuguese, and more.

The application includes the Concise English Dictionary and additional dictionaries are available for download.

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Runs on:Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8
Writes settings to: Application folder
Dependencies: IE6 or later
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: Free for personal use
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Lingoes.exe.
Similar/alternative apps: QTranslate
Latest comments
smaragdus on 2014-08-17 21:27

The latest version of Lingoes is 2.9.2- http://www.lingoes.net/en/translator/download.htm
However I would like to ask- is there a way to block the annoying ads? I would rather stop using Lingoes than tolerating the obtrusive ads Lingoes spews out at every search.

Checker on 2014-08-18 16:34

@ smaragdus: Thanks ... and updated ;)

kanu on 2024-02-14 14:04

Is there any way to download dictionaries currently? All of them give 403-404 errors.

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Yadabyte Dictionary v1.0.0.1

billon on 20 Aug 2016
  • 6MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 5 Jul 2006
  • Suggested by Yucca

Yadabyte Dictionary provides a small and fast American English dictionary that contains more than 145,000 definitions and synonyms. It uses state-of-the-art compression to squeeze nearly 24MB worth of information into a mere 5MB.

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Runs on:Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: None
License: Freeware/Open Source
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch YadabyteDictionary.exe.
Latest comments
Shamrock on 2006-06-26 01:05

This is brilliant. Love it.

Technomancer on 2008-07-15 11:19

This program is really good and if you like it you'll love 'TheSage Dictionary'.

bb2u2 on 2008-10-16 19:35

It would be nice to have a G rated version so that I could use it in the classroom. Cool tool though, thank you

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QuickDic v7.3 db 48

webfork on 14 Jul 2016
  • 5MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by outskirter

QuickDic is a complete, offline German-English (and visa versa) dictionary. The program can automatically recognize the language in search, can pop up from a minimized state in response to clipboard entries (i.e. from a copy operation in a text editor, etc.), and contains some language lessons, games, and a included help file.

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Runs on:Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes. To have German umlauts and phonetic transcriptions displayed correctly you need a Unicode-enabled font.
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch QuickDic.exe.

McGill English Dictionary of Rhyme / VersePerfect 2.0

webfork on 20 Jan 2020

McGill English Dictionary of Rhyme / VersePerfect allows you to enter any word to see rhymes, near-rhymes, similar terms, and more. The program even features a visually interesting "hyperbolic thesaurus" (visible in the screenshot).

Note: Main website links to download.com, which we recommend avoiding. Download link switched to Softpedia.

Category:
Runs on:Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract:
  1. Download the .exe installer (inside of a .zip archive) and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. Delete install_script.iss and the folder embedded
  3. The program is in the folder “{app}”
  4. Launch VersePerfect.exe
Latest comments
Harry on 2010-05-26 01:32

It wants to contact 174.143.153.109 and I can't find a way to turn this off.

NickR on 2011-08-19 17:06

Website Link Broken ?
Perhaps there isnt one anymore

Onesimus Prime on 2011-09-19 06:14

Changing the download link to Softpedia, for now...

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