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Video Dictionary is a video library tool that helps users find videos and songs from its large collection, functions as an easy-to-use video library reference, and provides quick access to popular and trending content on YouTube, Dailymotion and Vimeo.
An online American Sign Language dictionary for searching and comparing words and phrases in ASL. It offers video signs with quick search, sign-variation comparison and browsing by letter, and states that app access is available for learning on the go.
An online British Sign Language dictionary for searching and comparing words and phrases in BSL. It provides quick search, comparison of sign variations and browsing by letter, alongside video signs and app access.
BSL SignBank is a British Sign Language dictionary and lexical database compiled by deaf and hearing linguists at the Deafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre. It offers a BSL dictionary, fingerspelling, videos of Deaf people using BSL, learning resources and regional information, and can be browsed by handshape and location. Signs come from the BSL Corpus and the Dictionary of British Sign Language/English.
GoldenDict-ng is an open-source, cross-platform advanced dictionary lookup program. It supports a wide range of dictionary formats including MDX, DSL, StarDict and Zim, displays lookup results from multiple dictionaries on a single page, and can use external programs, websites and audio files as special dictionary sources. It also offers auxiliary features such as popup lookup, full-text search, Anki integration and Unicode normalization for queries.
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows is a project by John Koenig that creates invented words for unspoken complex human emotions. It began as a 2009 blog, expanded into a video series, and released a 2021 New York Times bestselling book. An independent associated website allows users to submit their own original invented emotion words, with user submissions released under a CC Zero license.
Memento is a free and open source, mpv-based video player intended for studying Japanese. It includes a built-in popup dictionary, uses Yomitan's dictionary format, and automates Anki card creation through AnkiConnect. It also supports grammar-aware subtitle search, mpv plugins and configuration, and streaming from websites through youtube-dl.
DeafTec's STEM ASL Dictionary provides video sign entries for STEM vocabulary. The project was developed with support from The Dow Chemical Company to address ad hoc technical signs in educational settings. The dictionary is described as a work in progress and is not exhaustive.
DSL Converter is a dictionary conversion tool. It converts dictionary files from DSL format to StarDict and MDict formats, and allows users to select one or more .dsl files for processing.
GoldenDict is a free, feature-rich dictionary lookup program. It supports multiple dictionary file formats, renders articles with complete markup, illustrations, and retained content, and allows word input without accents or correct case. It uses WebKit for accurate article representation, supports Wikipedia, Wiktionary, and other MediaWiki-based sites, can use arbitrary websites as dictionaries, and includes Hunspell-based morphology for stemming and spelling suggestions. Additional features include scan popup, global hotkeys, tabbed browsing, cross-platform support for Linux/X11 and Windows, and it is licensed under GNU GPLv3+.
Howjsay is a free online English pronunciation dictionary and audio translation tool with recordings by native speakers. It lets users hear a word pronounced on enter, one word per entry, and create lists of up to 15 entries; the dictionary currently holds 181987 entries.
This site provides Toki Pona lessons and a dictionary. The lessons are based on earlier lessons by jan Pije and the official Toki Pona book by Sonja Lang. Downloads include PDF, eBook, and online versions, plus a list of official words and a Toki Pona-English dictionary.
Auslan Signbank is a language resources site for Auslan, the language of the deaf community in Australia. It offers a dictionary, searches for signs related to medical and health topics and to educational and teaching topics, videos of deaf people using listed signs, information on the deaf community in Australia, and links to Auslan classes. Users are invited to provide feedback to help improve the dictionary.
SignDeaf is a website for learning British Sign Language online, with a BSL dictionary containing videos, handshape guides and CEFR-graded difficulty ratings. It offers a Sign of the Day, categories and six CEFR levels from A1 to C2, and states that new signs are added every week. The site describes itself as a Deaf-first platform and states that the full dictionary and tools are free.
YellowBridge is an online bridge to Chinese language and culture, offering resources for learning Mandarin and cultural context for understanding the language. Its tools include a Chinese-English dictionary, character dictionary and etymology, Chinese flashcards, a memory game, HSK preparation, a popup translator, pinyin resources, an animated stroke order guide and a Chinese reading center.
The International Sign online dictionary provides words with signs in International Sign, searchable by word, word list by first letter, categories or the alphabet. It also offers fingerspelling, example sentences and video playback including slow motion, with favourites saving and both Estonian and English versions.
Affixes.org is an educational website that serves as a dictionary of English prefixes and suffixes. It contains more than 1,250 entries illustrated by approximately 10,000 examples, with all entries defined and explained. The content is based on Michael Quinion’s Oxford University Press book Ologies and Isms: Word Beginnings and Endings, updated with new entries. The site has no advertisements, and relies on visitor donations via secure PayPal payments to cover running costs.
A Basic Guide to ASL is an American Sign Language dictionary for Internet users, combining text, graphics and animations to provide sign definitions for common terms. It includes the alphabet and numbers 1-10, with animated and text definitions.
This page documents a method to access the Oxford English Dictionary without an account by using a Hertfordshire Libraries library card number formatted as 'hertsb' followed by any nine digits.
Cantonese Sheik is a site offering print-friendly Chinese reference sheets, tests and revision aids, plus a Chinese dictionary called CantoDict. It is aimed at helping users speak, read and write Hong Kong Chinese, and pronunciation is given in Cantonese jyutping rather than Mandarin pinyin. Many sheets and tests are also described as useful for learning Mandarin.
Dong Chinese is a tool for learning to read and write Mandarin Chinese in context through real example sentences, images, songs and videos. It offers character etymologies, handwriting practice, a dictionary with stroke order and frequency data, and media matched to the learner's level.
Feature Stores for ML is a global community of data science professionals, researchers, and engineers focused on feature stores for machine learning pipelines. It creates educational content about feature stores and the surrounding data and AI ecosystem, hosts monthly industry meetups, and provides resources including blog posts, videos, benchmarks, and an MLOps dictionary.
HandSpeak is an online resource for American Sign Language and Deaf culture, offering an ASL dictionary, tutorials, grammar, fingerspelling practice and baby signing material. It is intended for learners from beginners to advanced, as well as interpreters, parents and deaf signers.
The Historical Thesaurus of English is a University of Glasgow resource that documents the evolution of English word meanings from early medieval times to the present. It organizes nearly all recorded English words into hierarchical meaning structures, based primarily on the Oxford English Dictionary and A Thesaurus of Old English. The first print edition was published in 2009, and the online second edition has been released on the project site from 2020 onwards. It is intended for use by linguists, historians, and students of English.
