Myle  +  444876 Wed, 21 Nov 07 05:52 PM I would like a program, like Cambridge Advanced Learners' Dictionary that runs in Linux and has features like pronounciation, grammar, common mistakes etc. If you can't think of one, does anyone knows if Cambridge Advanced Learners' Dictionary runs with wine? Myle Grammar

	Best answer by Kooyeen  +  655614 Tue, 27 Jan 09 06:11 PM Update on this issue. In Linux, you have three options: Try to install and run a dictionary for Windows using Wine. This might not be easy, and there's probably no support online. Find a dictionary that runs on Linux: the only one I know supports Linux (or at least so they say) is Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. All the others only run on Windows, as far as I know. What a pity. You can use Stardict. With Stardict, you can use several dictionary at the same time, and get any definition you might want with a double click. Problems: you will have to add the dictionaries, and the best ones are copyrighted, so downloading and using them might be illegal in your country. Also, many won't work well or won't work at all, due to errors in the encoding. Fourth option: you only use the ones that are online. You'll always need a connection to the net though. Kooyeen Online, Mistakes, Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Languages

	Kooyeen  +  444885 Wed, 21 Nov 07 06:23 PM Hi Myle, I heard someone managed to run some dictionaries like Merriam Webster using wine, but... installing it on a windows partition though, if I'm not mistaken. Anyway, I'm not sure how they would work... try searching the net for someone who succeeded. You could get the major dictionaries as files for Stardict, for example but... when I tried it, I couldn't find the pronunciations in them, not even phonetic transcriptions... just the contents. So it seems to me there are no good dictionaries for the penguin... and so what do I do? I use online dictionaries. All the best ones are available online and for free. Lemme know... Kooyeen Joined on Thu, Dec 22 2005 Italy Senior Member 4,970 Parental Advisory / Explicit Posts Phonetics

	Myle  +  767114 Fri, 05 Jun 09 11:46 PM You could also check project Artha about a 'native' dictionary. Native as far as OS is concerned. In this context, I am not using the linguistic semantics of the word, which usually refers to people. I will give a try to Cambridge Advanced Learners' Dictionary through wine though... Myle Countries, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Context, Semantics