Why?
Most free online dictionary tools are slow, ad-ridden, and tasteless. These are fast and minimialist.
Instructions:
1. Drag one of the following bookmarklets to your toolbar.
2. Navigate to a page in that language.
3. Click on the bookmarklet.
4. Click on a word (or select part of a word).
5. Magic.
Alternatively use the stand-alone versions. That requires you to type, ick.
Bookmarklets (Firefox only)
- German-English
- Sanskrit-English
- Latin-English
- French-English
Stand-alone
- German-English
- Sanskrit-English
- Latin-English
- French-English
Keybindings
- Escape toggles display of the bookmarklet frame.
Credits
- German: based on the wordlist by Frank Richter
<Frank.Richter@hrz.tu-chemnitz.de>, http://dict.tu-chemnitz.de, 1995 - 2002;
extended by Paul Hemetsberger and the users of http://www.dict.cc, 2002 -
2004
- Sanskrit: Monier-Williams' classic dictionary, digitized by Cologne Digital Sanskrit
Lexicon
- Latin: William Whitaker's Words dictionary and
stemmer
- French: Jens Röder's French
dictionary file