Dictionaries for download
These dictionaries are available for free download. Just download the .zip file to on your PC. On the PC unzip the file and install the DictionaryForMIDs JAD/JAR-file on your cell phone or PDA. For how to install the DictionaryForMIDs on your cell phone or PDA, please check with your cell phone's or PDA's manual.
Beyond these dictionaries, DictionaryForMIDs can be set up with any other dictionary, see section Setting up additional dictionaries for DictionaryForMIDs.
Internet Dictionary Project (IDP) dictionaries
All of these dictionaries here have been taken from the
IDP (Internet Dictionary Project).
Note that for example: the English-Portuguese dictionary from the
freedict dictionary below has many more words, still the IDP
English-Portuguese version is useful for cell phones that don't
support the freedict dictionary size.
| Language | Download | Size |
|---|---|---|
| English <> French | DictionaryForMIDs_3.4.0_IDP(Eng-Fra).zip | (0.2 MB) |
| English <> German | DictionaryForMIDs_3.4.0_IDP(Eng-Ger).zip | (0.4 MB) |
| English <> Italian | DictionaryForMIDs_3.4.0_IDP(Eng-Ita).zip | (0.3 MB) |
| English <> Latin | DictionaryForMIDs_3.4.0_IDP(Eng-Lat).zip | (0.7 MB) |
| English <> Portuguese | DictionaryForMIDs_3.4.0_IDP(Eng-Por).zip | (0.2 MB) |
| English <> Spanish | DictionaryForMIDs_3.4.0_IDP(Eng-Spa).zip | (0.4 MB) |
Freedict dictionaries
The freedict dictionaries are hosted at
http://www.freedict.org/. There are dictionaries for many
languages.
The support of these dictionaries was made possible by use of
JDictd from Ho Ngoc Duc.
Who can help to set up the remaining dictionaries?
| Language | Download | Size |
|---|---|---|
| English <> Arabic | DictionaryForMIDs_3.4.0_EngAra_FreeDict.zip | (2.3 MB) |
| English <> French | DictionaryForMIDs_3.4.0_EngFra_FreeDict.zip | (0.6 MB) |
| English <> German | DictionaryForMIDs_3.4.0_EngGer_FreeDict.zip | (4.9 MB) |
| English <> Portuguese | DictionaryForMIDs_3.4.0_EngPor_FreeDict.zip | (0.6 MB) |
| English <> Spanish | DictionaryForMIDs_3.4.0_EngSpa_FreeDict.zip | (0.4 MB) |
| English <> Turkish | DictionaryForMIDs_3.4.0_EngTur_FreeDict.zip | (2.2 MB) |
| German <> French | DictionaryForMIDs_3.4.0_GerFra_FreeDict.zip | (0.5 MB) |
| English <> Croatian | who will setup this dictionary? | |
| English <> Hungarian | DictionaryForMIDs_3.4.0_EngHun_DICT.zip | (9.3 MB) |
| English <> Italian | who will setup this dictionary? | |
| English <> Russian | who will setup this dictionary? | |
| German <> Dutch | who will setup this dictionary? |
There are more dictionaries available from http://www.freedict.org/.
Dictionaries from various sources
| Language | Download | Size |
|---|---|---|
| English <> Tagalog <> Spanish | DictionaryForMIDs_3.3_EngTagSpa_CAL.zip | (1.6 MB) |
| Language | Download | Size |
|---|---|---|
| English -> Armenian | DictionaryForMIDs_3.2.0_EngArm_free.zip | (0.3 MB) |
Czech dictionary (setup by Peter Kmet)
| Language | Download | Size |
|---|---|---|
| English <> Czech | DictionaryForMIDs_3.0.2_EngCze_webz.zip | (4.4 MB) |
Slovak dictionary (setup by Peter Kmet)
| Language | Download | Size |
|---|---|---|
| English <> Slovak | DictionaryForMIDs_3.0.2_EngSvk_kme.zip | (1.9 MB) |
Vietnamese dictionaries (setup by Vu Van Quynh; email:
quynh2003hp (a) yahoo.com). The Vietnamese dictionaries require a
cell phone/PDA with a Vietnamese font.
| Language | Download | Size |
|---|---|---|
| English <> Vietnamese | DictionaryForMIDs_3.0.0_EngVie-BIDICT.zip | (12.1 MB) |
| English -> Vietnamese | DictionaryForMIDs_3.0.0_EngVie_109k.zip | (5.4 MB) |
| Vietnamese -> English | DictionaryForMIDs_3.0.0_VieEng_146k.zip | (6.9 MB) |
| Vietnamese -> English (reduced size) | DictionaryForMIDs_3.0.0_VieEng_76k.zip | (3.8 MB) |
| French <> Vietnamese | DictionaryForMIDs_3.0.0_FraVie-BIDICT.zip | (4.9 MB) |
| French -> Vietnamese | DictionaryForMIDs_3.0.0_FraVie_48k.zip | (2.9 MB) |
| Vietnamese -> French | DictionaryForMIDs_3.0.0_VieFra_39k.zip | (2.1 MB) |
| Russian <> Vietnamese | DictionaryForMIDs_3.0.0_RusVie-BIDICT.zip | (5.0 MB) |
| Russian -> Vietnamese | DictionaryForMIDs_3.0.0_RusVie_60k.zip | (3.7 MB) |
| Vietnamese -> Russian | DictionaryForMIDs_3.0.0_VieRus_36k.zip | (1.4 MB) |
| German <> Vietnamese | DictionaryForMIDs_2.5.0_GerVN_bi.zip | (3.8 MB) |
Dutch dictionaries (setup by Marc Pauwels)
| Language | Download | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch <> English | DictionaryForMIDs_2.5.0_Ned_Eng_MP.zip | (0.5 MB) |
| Dutch <> French | DictionaryForMIDs_2.5.0_Fra_Ned_MP.zip | (0.3 MB) |
| Dutch <> German | DictionaryForMIDs_2.5.0_Ger_Ned_MP.zip | (0.7 MB) |
| Dutch <> Italian | DictionaryForMIDs_2.5.0_Ita_Ned_MP.zip | (0.1 MB) |
| Dutch <> Portuguese | DictionaryForMIDs_2.5.0_Por_Ned_MP.zip | (0.1 MB) |
| Dutch <> Spanish | DictionaryForMIDs_2.5.0_Ned_Spa_MP.zip | (0.2 MB) |
Japanese dictionary (setup by Jeff Krengel; email:
jeffkrengel (a) hotmail.com)
| Language | Download | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese <> English |
DictionaryForMIDs_3.2.0_EngJpn_EDICT.zip
entries: 120,179 This package uses the EDICT file. This file is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University. It is used in conformance with the Group's license. Note: work on DictionaryForMIDs with EDICT continues: there will be improved search features in a future version. |
(8.9 MB) |
| Japanese <> English |
DictionaryForMIDs_3.2.0_EngJpn_EDICT-P.zip
entries: 22,617 This is a reduced version of the EDICT dictionary. It only contains the "(P)" entries ("popular" or "priority"). It is only meant for phones which cannot handle the full sized dictionary. |
(1.9 MB) |
Thai dictionaries (setup by Jeff Krengel; email: jeffkrengel
(a) hotmail.com)
| Language | Download | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Thai <> English |
DictionaryForMIDs_3.2.0_ThaEng_NIU.zip
entries: 8,299 This package uses the Thai dictionary from the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Northern Illinois University, USA (http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Thai/default.htm). |
(1.3 MB) |
| Language | Download | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Thai -> English English -> Thai |
DictionaryForMIDs_3.2.0_ThaEng_LEX.zip
entries: Thai-English 40,853 This product is created by the adaptation of LEXiTRON developed by NECTEC (http://lexitron.nectec.or.th/). | (6.9 MB) |
Hindi (India) dictionary (setup by Jeff Krengel; email:
jeffkrengel (a) hotmail.com)
| Language | Download | Size |
|---|---|---|
| English <> Hindi |
DictionaryForMIDs_3.2.0_EngHin_IIIT.zip
entries: 25,652 This dictionary was created by the Language Technologies Research Centre (LTRC) at the International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) in the city of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh state, India. http://ltrc.iiit.net/onlineServices/Dictionaries/Shabdanjali_Dwnld.html | (2.0 MB) |
Khmer (Cambodia) dictionary (setup by Jeff Krengel; email:
jeffkrengel (a) hotmail.com)
| Language | Download | Size |
|---|---|---|
| English <> Khmer |
DictionaryForMIDs_3.2.0_EngKhm_SBBIC.zip
entries: 4,406 This dictionary was created by the Society for Better Books in Cambodia (SSBIC). http://www.sbbic.org/ | (0.4 MB) |
Romanian dictionary (setup by Peter Hamer; email: phamer (a)
mysmart.ie)
| Language | Download | Size |
|---|---|---|
| English <> Romanian | DictionaryForMIDs_2.7.0_EngRom_Var.zip | (0.4 MB) |
Russian dictionary
| Language | Download | Size |
|---|---|---|
| English -> Russian (Mueller http://www.geocities.com/mueller_dic) |
DictionaryForMIDs_2.4.0_EngRus_Mueller.zip | (3.3 MB) |
Chinese dictionary
| Language | Download | Size |
|---|---|---|
| English <> Chinese CEDICT dictionary from MDBG (setup by Lars Torkuhl) |
DictionaryForMIDs_3.4.0_ChiEng_CEDICT.zip | (9.9 MB) |
| Chinese <> German (setup by Sebastian Loziczky) |
DictionaryForMIDs_3.1.2_ChiGer_HanDeDict.zip | (7.1 MB) |
Turkish dictionary (setup by Kubilay Ozan; email: kozan (a)
anadolu.edu.tr)
| Language | Download | Size |
|---|---|---|
| English <> Turkish | DictionaryForMIDs_2.7.0_EngTur.zip | (3.0 MB) |
Various dictionaries
| Language | Download | Size |
|---|---|---|
| German car signs <> City (setup by Stefan Martens) |
DictionaryForMIDs_2.7.0_German_car_signs.zip | (0.1 MB) |
| German phone prefix <> City / Service (setup by Stefan Martens) |
DictionaryForMIDs_2.7.0_German_phonePrefix.zip | (0.2 MB) |
| German zip codes <> City (setup by Stefan Martens) |
DictionaryForMIDs_2.7.0_German_ZipCodes.zip | (0.2 MB) |
| SMS shorthand <> Definition (setup by James Davidson) |
DictionaryForMIDs_2.7.0_EngSMS_TXT.zip | (0.1 MB) |
Other dictionaries / dictionaries for lookup
In this section you find some dictionaries that are for information lookup, not for translation. Please note that most of these dictionaries are huge, e.g. > 10 MB, and need a cell phone/PDA with sufficient resources. Also, for looking at the results, a big display is helpful.
WordNet English-English dictionary
| Language | Download | Size |
|---|---|---|
| English -> Definition | DictionaryForMIDs_EngDef_Wordnet.zip | (6.0 MB) |
Webster's Revised
Unabridged 1913 English-English Dictionary (English expressions
explained in English)
| Language | Download | Size |
|---|---|---|
| English -> Definition | DictionaryForMIDs_2.4.3_webster.zip | (11.5 MB) |
Elements database (information about
chemical elements)
| Language | Download | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Element -> Definition | DictionaryForMIDs_3.4.0_Elements.zip | (0.2 MB) |
World Factbook (text only)
| Language | Download | Size |
|---|---|---|
| English -> Definition | who will setup this dictionary ? |
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward
| Language | Download | Size |
|---|---|---|
| English -> Definition | who will setup this dictionary ? |
DictionaryForMIDs on PCs
You can run DictionaryForMIDs also on a PC with a normal windows interface (instead of a cell phone/PDA). See for more information see here.
If you are interested to see how DictionaryForMIDs runs in a cell phone emulator on a PC, look at http://www.kugihan.de/dict/dicts.htm in the section "PC emulator versions".