Ulauncher 1Dictionary

1Dictionary helps you access all your favourite dictionaries easily via Ulauncher.

Key features

Fuzzy search No worries for typo anymore!
Multi language support Many languages can be searched altogether. For example, English words can be searched together with Dutch words, as well as French, Spanish, Italian, German, Norwegian, and any other language.
Configurable English and Nederlands are the default active languages. Check custom dictionaries for more information about how to activate other languages.
Extensible If you are learning languages other than the default supported languages. It is possible to add more language support. Check the custom dictionaries section to add custom vocabularyies and the corresponding online dictionaryies.

Usage

Requirements

Ulauncher 5.0+

Installation

Open Ulauncher Preferences, go to the "Extentions tab", click "Add Extension", copy-paste the following link and click the "Add" button:

https://github.com/JihongJu/ulauncher-1dictionary

Custom dictionaries

Configure vocabulary

By default, 1Dictionary support Deutsch, English, Espanol, Francais, Italiano, Nederlands, and Norsk. But only English and Nederlands are activated by default. You can modify the list of active vocabularies via the "Vocabulary" section of the extension preference.

Active your favourate vocabulory by adding it to the "Active vocabulary" field as comma-delimted text on the Ulauncher->Preferences->Extensions->1Dictionary page:

Notes:

The more vocabularies activated, the slower the search is. Speed is often not an issue on modern computers. But in case you feel laggy. Consider deactivating the vocabularies you don't need, or switch to the 'regex' matching method.

Configure dictionaries

1Dictionary uses the following online dictionary services by default for the supported vocabularies:

Online dictionary service	Vocabulary	Dictionary URL
Linguee	deutsch	https://www.linguee.com/german-english/search?source=auto&query=%s
Merriam-Webster	english	https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/%s
SpanishDict	espanol	https://www.spanishdict.com/translate/%s?langFrom=es
Linguee	francais	https://www.linguee.com/french-english/search?source=auto&query=%s
Collins	italiano	https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/italian-english/%s
Linguee	nederlands	https://www.linguee.com/dutch-english/search?source=auto&query=%s
Google Translate	norsk	https://translate.google.com/#view=home&op=translate&sl=no&tl=en&text=%s

It is possible to modify the dictionary URL via Ulauncher->Preferences->Extensions->1Dictionary in the corresponding configuration field.

Extend vocabulary

Deutsch, (US) English, Espanol, Francais, Italiano, Nederlands, and Norsk from JUST WORDS! are shipped with 1dictionary. You can extend the list by adding a new vocabulary file.

The vocabulary files locate in the directory ~/.local/share/ulauncher/extensions/com.github.jihongju.ulauncher-1dictionary/vocabularies. Each vocabulary file is a newline-delimited text file. The filename indicates the language, e.g.,

language	vocabulary file name
English	english.txt
Nederlands	nederlands.txt
Espanol	espanol.txt
Deutsch	deutsch.txt
Francais	francais.txt
Italiano	italiano.txt
Norsk	norsk.txt

Configure online dictionary services

1Dictionary uses Google Translate for custom vocabularies. You can add your preferred online dictionary service to gain better experience.

Online dictionary service can be configured in the "Online dictionary service" field on the extension preference page:

Online dictionary service	Vocabulary needed	Configuraion
Any other online dictionary	anyvocabulary.txt	anyvocabulary, query-for-any-online-dictionary-with-a-word-placeholder-'%s'