ColorDict Dictionary

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- November 17, 2015

Everyone

Books & Reference

Contains ads

( 41,720)

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Description

Search for words in Wikipedia, Wordnet and StarDict dictionaries. It's the best all-in-one dictionary in the market.

• A quick search multiple online & offline dictionaries at once
• Download free dictionaries such as StarDict-compatible dictionaries from the market and internet

Features
• Quick Search Box
• Long-click to share search results: Send results to other apps
• Word jump: Click a word to go to search results for that word
• Word suggestion: See auto-completions for partially entered words.
• Search history
• Customize color of dictionary
• Text-to-speech
• Voice recognition
• Supports ColorNote App: ColorNote dictionary integration
• Supports E-book Reader integration

Supported offline dictionaries:
• English Wordnet offline dictionary (included)
• English thesaurus offline dictionary (included)
• English <-> Japanese StarDict offline dictionary (Download Add-On)
• English <-> Chinese StarDict offline dictionary (Download Add-On)
• English <-> German StarDict offline dictionary (Download Add-On)
• English <-> Spanish StarDict offline dictionary (Download Add-On)
• Bible offline dictionary (stardict)

Supported online dictionary
• Wikipedia encyclopedia (included)

How to download StarDict dictionary from the internet.
• Download the file to your PC
• Copy compressed file (tar.bz2, *.tar.gz, *.zip) to sdcard /dictdata directory
or
• Dict - Menu - Direct Download - Enter URL

E-Book Readers integrated with ColorDict
• FBReader, Moon+ Reader, Cool Reader, ezPDF Reader

Developer support
• Supports Dictionary API for third-party developers

Reviews

4.3

41,720 total

5 26,450

4 8,179

3 3,256

2 1,379

1 2,456

Roy dela Rama

Best free dictionary, however.. Compares to golden dict, you are not limited to the number of dictionaries you can have. ADS are NOT OBSTRUCTIVE. I just wonder why Wikipedia doesn't work anymore.. and the British and American sounds doesn't work, I mean, I couldn't distinguish between the two (they sound the same). I will update to 5 stars once these two issues are resolved. Thank you.

Sujith Abraham

Best dictionary application This is the best dictionary application I've used. Though it would be wrong to say this is just a dictionary. It could handle as many dictionaries as you could throw at it. ColorDict is is just a container for them. My feature requests would be to allow .csv exports of all the words I've starred—so I can also bring in other apps (like Anki for flashcards) to learn the words I encounter while reading e-books in Moon Reader (it already allows you to export as text and via email and to change the fonts (at lea

Niresh Kalita

Compatibility issue With Samsung galaxy Y(2.3.6)it was the best app but when installed in Samsung ON7 Oxford advanced learner' dictionary 8th edi & Concise Oxford english dictionary both are not supporting anymore with no contents displayed only title bar is displayed..I need help to get the issue fixed otherwise going to uninstall it..if u want I can provide you the .idx,.ifo,.dict,.cdi,.dz,.db files

Iron Charioteer

Works with LG G5 and Android Nougat. Thought i lost ColorDict after Android 7 update. Was getting error messages and message to install dictdata (which i did but still got errors). Turns out that you actually have to open DictData app for it to complete data installation and allow ColorDict to work. But things are workin again so i'm happy.

A Google User

No longer sees dictionaries after fresh install As of 2011, was my favourite offline dictionary & single-word context translator. New phone, new install, install dictionaries but it can't see them. Was 4 stars until now. Hope it fixes. Using app v.4.41 on marshmallow.

Michael Drake

Great app, doesn't work on LG G5 I have enjoyed this app for several years and like that it pulls both definitions, thesaurus, and encyclopedia references, including people, places and things. I recently upgraded to an LG G5 and now the app cannot find any word I look up, even though they are common words. I must uninstall now... :(

User reviews

Roy dela Rama December 20, 2016

Sujith Abraham May 24, 2016

Niresh Kalita February 13, 2016

Iron Charioteer December 10, 2016

A Google User September 4, 2016

Michael Drake October 8, 2016

Chandini Lord July 13, 2016

No longer working properly I've used Colordict for at least a year and always loved it but suddenly it won't look words up in Wikipedia. I've uninstalled everything and reinstalled everything with the only difference being that it now lists Wikipedia under dictionaries, not that it uses it to look something up though.

MEHUL SHAH March 15, 2017

The app is very very useful in all the sense. It was installed on my mobile for over a year and was working well. But after I had reset my handset, now it doesn't work as the text is not displayed and nothing is read. It gives the meaning of the word but everything is seen blank....what should I do now???

Akros X November 30, 2016

Don't work satisfactory Ever ask for more downloads, more datas. Unistalling right now. - Não funciona, quando você tenta traduzir uma palavra, ele pede pra baixar um app. Você baixa e quando tenta traduzir, novamente pede outro app, e assim sucessivamente.

Sekhmet Re July 23, 2016

Loved the App until... Wikipedia search stopped working. I have been using this app for years on all my devices and loved it! Anyone know how to restore Wikipedia to the results? Reinstall does not help as that is when Wiki stopped showing up.

Sheela Lakhani September 24, 2016

Superb! till changed mobile. I was using the app.for 2 years..with Samsung galaxy note 3...while reading ebook..it was very helpful...but recently I changed my mobile to Samsung note 5..now it gives me message 'error in thesaurus ' though I uninstalled and downloaded it twice ..still not working.what should I do..

August 15, 2016

Good dictionary for a quick look up This dictionary is convenient for a quick look up definition of words I used for may be 4years or more. But doesn't have much explanation of the words. I sometimes have to use other online dictionary to look up further in depth explanation, also needs a spell checker function, would make it more helpful. But other than that it's a good little dictionary.

paul upton January 21, 2017

Works excellent with moonreader. Hold the word to highlight, click on the dictionary button, violla. It will also take you to a thesaurus if needed. It highlights, underlines and strikes though. Very, very good addition to my moonreader pro. Thank you and keep up the great free work. Bravo.

Amatul Salaam December 6, 2015

Disappointed! Updated - Uninstalled after 3 years. Why? When I changed my phone and re-downloaded the app, it kept asking to download another app. If I have to download 2-3 additional apps for 1 app to work, I'd rather get another all-in-one.

Nahla Dimapunong April 7, 2016

Great Offline Dictionary! UPDATE: The offline British pronunciation suddenly doesn't work anymore.. Pls fix it! OLD: It has free AmE pronunciation, thesaurus, and synonyms! There's an ad below but it's non-intrusive so still love it! Compatible with FBReader!

Kathy Edmonds May 20, 2016

What happened? Did NOT have to do this before BUT hit settings, at top hit 3 box symbol to open list of dictionaries, download. After install hit your back button, touch the 3 dots on one you just loaded to 'open', it will auto install into dict and uninstalled itself!

Loki Wolfsong July 29, 2016

Latest update broke it I used to love this thing. It integrated smoothly with Moon+ Reader, let you play audio files of British or American pronunciations offline, and had handy links to more resources. However, the most recent update broke the app. It continuously prompts to download dictionaries, and when it attempts to install them, it uninstalls the entire app instead. This has happened on both my Samsung Galaxy S5 running on Marshmallow, and my Galaxy Tab 10.1 (2012 ed.) on KitKat. If the issue is fixed in the future, I'll definitely reinstall ColorDict, but for now I've got to switch to something that works.

Naadir Duglas January 5, 2016

Not just a standalone dictionary long tap a word in an app I use moon reader and it will find the definition via this app. GENIUS best reader out there and this dictionary has yet to let me down great job devs

Anon Ymous February 20, 2017

So this app is "required" to look up words in FBReader, but this app itself requires further add on downloads in order to function. Even then, it doesn't know most of the words I have tried to look up (e.g., apostate). It is faster to open a browser and Google words than to use this buggy, fickle program.

Andrzej Piontek November 18, 2015

There is no competition for this dictionary. Amazing tool. The only thing missing is ability to upload and automatically backup history on Google drive. Also, the pronunciation still doesn't work and neither keyboard pops out automatically after opening the app.

Sylvester Sam May 8, 2016

BAD offline words database. Where can I get a better offline thesaurus database for this app? There are so many missing entries in the default database and the words aren't that uncommon either. This app isn't completely free because it has ads in it, and I expect better for something with ads.

Sinan Tatlicioglu March 15, 2016

Custom dictionary not working This is a very very good application but I can't manage to upload any custom dictionary. Maybe I am doing something wrong. If this is the case please help...

Asad A July 15, 2016

Great app but if we r connected to the Internet then there should be an option that the dictionary searches the word online and gets the meaning and the pronunciation and if possible a image of the thing searched! Do this n u guys will definitely deserve 5 stars

Sarbadaman Gop January 29, 2016

WE HAVE NEVER EVER SEEN SUCH AN AMAZING APP JUST NEED NOT ANY EPITHETS, SUPERB. ....ONE OF THE BEST.💜 DICTIONARY, I HAVE EVER SEEN. .FULL OF DETAILS, .IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET AN APPLICATION. I M SATISFIED WITH THIS APP. ....

Debi Sen Gupta June 28, 2017

Really good dictionary. But lately the pronunciation option is not working any more. Could the support team please help. Edit not working although I reinstalled. Both Standalone as well as with moon reader. Shows search error in the installed dictionary.

TechnoCity ye November 30, 2015

Thanks. It's Very helpful. With a very stable GUI not found in many dictionaries. Is it possible to add spell checker that suggest many possible correct words when you mistype, that would be more helpfull..also selecting multiple words in the history list would be good .

Tyler Holden November 29, 2015

Please help! This is my favorite dictionary so far, except for one thing. Every single time I open the program, it prompts me to download offline dictionary data first. But I have downloaded everything I can! So annoying. Any help devs?

Ahmad Moawya June 15, 2016

Finally fixed. Would love marshmallow text selection search. Also, definition in pop-ups in chrome (similar to eBook readers) would be very handy. Less interruptive.

Oleg Tretyak February 17, 2016

Great app (with some glitches)! Remarkable application, but unfortunately, this doesn't work properly (ver. 4.4.1) on Android 5.1.1 (blank frames in the translation view for most of the installed dictionaries).

A Google User September 13, 2016

STILL. DOESN'T. WORK! Five years ago I tried this because it's supposed to work with Moon+ reader. STILL doesn't because the dictionary needs some data files that have to be added from a PC. How about no? Uninstalled for the last damn time.

Jessie Jeffree February 15, 2016

Won't recognize dictionary data I've used this app before, but after uninstalling it then reinstalling, colordictionary won't recognize the dictionary data I installed for it, why doesn't it work after the update? Please fix, this was a very useful app.

Tejo S December 22, 2015

Keeps bugging me the same error I downloaded this and other dictdata apps in playstore, but whenever I open this app, it says "download offline dictionary data at first". I even downloaded a tar.bz2 file and put it in sdcard/dictdata but still getting same error. If u can help me out I'll change the rating

Prem Patel January 6, 2017

Top of the crop Very functional and fast also it's compatible with a few ebook reader apps so you can look up words without leaving the ebook app, and it has audio pronunciations, just wish the pronunciations used the Google voice engine as it's much more accurate, also I wish they keyboard would automatically pop up when I open the app instead of having to click in the text box first.

Nguyễn Khánh Vương April 12, 2016

Very good app on Android kitkat but... I'm unable to use it on Android lollipop because the app is installed on internal memory & it cannot find out the dictdata put on sd card.

Rita Khan July 22, 2016

Color Dic This Dic was my favourite until I changed to the latest SAMSUNG Galaxy A9 Pro. Every word I searched says "No results"! Why?! Can someone please help me to solve this? Otherwise I will have to uninstall this app which has served me so well for the past few years!

Ankur Lodha October 10, 2016

Stupid text to speech option y r u restricting tts setting to US and UK. use system tts setting. Mine was different than these 2. One stupid setting in otherwise ok app. Uninstalling it....

vorne eryan November 22, 2015

bug with the tts it only reads the words in american english pronounciation, even the uk english sounds exactly the same. my device is a MI PAD with MIUI. but still a good offline dict...

Aminul Islam Sajid November 6, 2016

Great app, some requests Please add Bengali dictionaries (bn-en, en-bn, bn-bn)... add English Wikitionary (with etymology, and without translations)... also UI improvements would be good, but that's not too important

Karyn Reott January 2, 2017

Why no more wikipedia? I've always loved this dictionary, which I use with FBreader. But the wikipedia functionality no longer works. I've seen that others are commenting about the same problem. Please fix!

Trung Hoàng December 22, 2015

Display bug on CyanogenMod 12.1 (5.1.1) Colordict is my most favorite dictionary app by far. But since I have upgraded my phone to CyanogenMod 12.1 (5.1.1) it has been not displayed the meaning of words from offline dictionary anymore. Just a white blank and nothing more. Please fix this bug.