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dict

A small utility to translate words easily on the command-line.

For the translations the tool queries dict.cc. Any language supported by dict.cc is supported by this tool.

Usage

$ dict rust
German >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> English
========== TRANSLATIONS ==========
to rust ........................................................................... rosten
to rust ........................................................................... einrosten
to rust ........................................................................... verrosten
rust .............................................................................. Rost {m} [Eisen, Stahl, auch Pflanzen]
rust .............................................................................. Rostfleck {m}
rust [colour] ..................................................................... Rostbraun {n}

If you want to translate to another language, you can pass additional parameters:

$ dict -l RU EN dictionary
Russian >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> English
========== TRANSLATIONS ==========
словарь {м} ................ dictionary

You can also list available languages.

$ dict info available
The following language pairs are available:
DE EN => German - English
...
EN TR => English - Turkish

Languages

You can translate between German or English and a number of other languages. The following language pairs and abbreviations are available:

Translate between German and

LanguageAbbreviation
BulgarianBG
BosnianBS
CzechCS
DanishDA
GreekEL
EnglishEN
EsperantoEO
SpanishES
FinnishFI
FrenchFR
CroatianHR
HungarianHU
IcelandicIS
ItalianIT
LatinLA
DutchNL
NorwegianNO
PolishPL
PortuguesePT
RomanianRO
RussianRU
SlovakSK
AlbanianSQ
SerbianSR
SwedishSV
TurkishTR

Translate between English and

LanguageAbbreviation
BulgarianBG
BosnianBS
CzechCS
DanishDA
GermanDE
GreekEL
EsperantoEO
SpanishES
FinnishFI
FrenchFR
CroatianHR
HungarianHU
IcelandicIS
ItalianIT
LatinLA
DutchNL
NorwegianNO
PolishPL
PortuguesePT
RomanianRO
RussianRU
SlovakSK
AlbanianSQ
SerbianSR
SwedishSV
TurkishTR

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