gnome-dictionary(1)

Look up words in online dictionaries

NAME

gnome-dictionary - Look up words in online dictionaries

SYNOPSIS

gnome-dictionary [[--look-up WORD] | [--match WORD]] [--source NAME] [--database NAME] [--strategy NAME] [--help]

DESCRIPTION

gnome-dictionary looks up words in online dictionaries using the DICT protocol.

OPTIONS

--look-up WORD: Looks up the specified WORD using the default dictionary source, or the one specified with the --source command line option.

--match WORD: List all the entries in the dictionary source that match the specified WORD.

--source=NAME, -s NAME: Specifies the dictionary source to be used for looking up or matching words.

--database=NAME, -D NAME: Specifies the database in the dictionary source to be used for looking up or matching words.

--strategy=NAME, -S NAME: Specifies the matching strategy in the dictionary source to be used for looking up or matching words.

AUTHOR

Emmanuele Bassi

Author

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2012 Emmanuele Bassi

History

Arch Linux 2026-11-01: the text shown here
Debian 12 (Bookworm)
Debian 11 (Bullseye)
Debian 10 (Buster)
Debian 9 (Stretch) to Debian 8 (Jessie)
Debian 7 (Wheezy) to Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)
Debian 5.0 (Lenny) to Debian 4.0 (Etch)
Debian 3.1 (Sarge)

--database since Debian 10 (Buster); --look-up since Debian 10 (Buster); --match since Debian 10 (Buster); --source since Debian 10 (Buster); --strategy since Debian 10 (Buster); -D since Debian 10 (Buster); -S since Debian 10 (Buster); -s since Debian 10 (Buster).

--help until Debian 9 (Stretch); --list-sources until Debian 7 (Wheezy); --no-window until Debian 7 (Wheezy); -l until Debian 7 (Wheezy); -n until Debian 7 (Wheezy).