DICTIONARIES   Dictionaries

The expert linguistic data of Lexicala stem from diverse dictionary resources compiled by K Dictionaries’ teams of lexicographers and translators all over the world, for the creation of monolingual, bilingual, multilingual and learner’s dictionaries for 50 languages.

A few exceptions concern legacy dictionaries acquired from leading local dictionary makers such as DSL (Society for Danish Language and Literature, Denmark), Houaiss (Brazil), Random House (USA), and Språkbanken (The National Language Bank of Sweden, Sweden).

Each dictionary prototype is conceived with its own macrostructure and entry microstructure, to serve a unique purpose and satisfy a specific target user group. The following dictionary types are available in various digital forms, online and in mobile apps, and in print.

Global Multilingual Series

A series of multi-layer cross-lingual lexical datasets for 25 languages.

Each language core is developed independently from scratch, based on corpus evidence, sharing the same overall framework and technical infrastructure for all the languages.

The underlying monolingual layer can be used on its own or serve as a base for adding translation equivalents in other languages to develop bilingual pairs. The bilingual pairs are juxtaposed in the same dataset and form a multilingual network around the monolingual core. The different language networks can be linked across to each other on different layers.

  • single word lemmas
  • multiword expressions
  • inflected forms
  • phonetic transcription
  • alternative script
  • definitions
  • examples of usage
  • translation equivalents
  • semantic labels

Global Language Chart

CodeLanguageTranslation to
ARArabicDE
ZHChinese SimplifiedEN, FR, JA
TWChinese Traditional
CSCzech
DADanishDE, EN, ES, FR, KO
NLDutchDE, EN, ES, FR, RU
ENEnglishBR, CA, DA, ES, FR, JA, NO, PL, SV, VL
FRFrenchAR, BR, DA, DE, EL, EN, ES, HE, IT, JA, LA, NL, NO, PL, PT, RU, SV, TR, ZH
DEGermanAR, BR, DA, EN, JA, NL, NO, SV, TR
ELGreekFR
HEHebrewEN, FR, KO
HIHindi
ITItalianBR, EN, JA, NO
JAJapaneseDE, EN, ES, FR, KO, ZH
KOKoreanJA
LALatinFR
NONorwegianDE, EN, ES, FR, IT, KO, PL
PLPolishEN, FR, NO
BRPortuguese BrazilDE, EN, ES, FR, IT
PTPortuguese PortugalFR
RURussianFR, JA
ESSpanishBR, DA, EN, JA, NL, NO, SV
SVSwedishDE, EN, ES, FR
THThai
TRTurkishDE, FR
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Password English Multilingual Dictionary

A series of semi-bilingual English learner’s dictionaries that form a unique multilingual dictionary.

The groundbreaking semi-bilingual dictionary for foreign learners of English was introduced in the 1980s, and dozens of language versions have since been published, in print and various digital media – by local publishers, technology integrators, and leading websites – for many millions of users worldwide.

The dictionary consists of an English-English core featuring brief translation equivalents for each sense of the entry in the user’s mother tongue, along with a native language to English index, and supplements on English language and grammar.

The multilingual versions include translations in 46 languages for each sense of the English entry. 

  • single word lemmas
  • multiword expressions
  • pronunciation
  • definitions
  • examples of usage
  • translation equivalents

Password Language Chart

AfrikaansGermanPortuguese (Portugal)
ArabicGreekRomanian
AzerbaijaniHebrewRussian
BulgarianHindiSerbian
CatalanHungarianSlovene
Chinese (Simplified)IcelandicSpanish
Chinese (Traditional)IndonesianSwedish
CroatianItalianThai
CzechJapaneseTurkish
DanishKoreanUkrainian
DutchLatvianUrdu
EstonianLithuanianVietnamese
FarsiMalayWelsh*
FinnishItalian
FrenchNorwegian
FrisianPolish
Sample

Multigloss Multilingual Glossaries  

A series of innovative multilingual glossaries, which are based on a human-edited bilingual index of each language into English, which is semi-automatically expanded with translations in 45 more languages, currently available for 32 languages.

  • single word lemmas
  • multiword expressions
  • part of speech
  • translation equivalents

Multigloss Language Chart

LanguageWords and ExpressionsSenses
Catalan21,00043,000
Chinese simplified24,00034,000
Croatian32,00051,000
Danish23,00046,000
Dutch22,00035,000
Estonian28,00041,000
French20,00037,000
Frisian25,00041,000
German25,00039,000
Hungarian29,00045,000
Indonesian17,00031,000
Italian26,00046,000
Japanese29,00038,000
Malay19,00030,000
Norwegian38,00065,000
Polish22,00036,000
Portuguese Brazil18,00032,000
Portuguese Portugal17,00033,000
Russian29,00046,000
Slovene24,00041,000
Spanish22,00045,000
Swedish36,00060,000
Ukrainian24,00047,000
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Random House Webster’s College Dictionary

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The legacy English monolingual dictionary that was originally conceived for American students and general users.

Following the closure of its reference division, in 2009 Random House has licensed the rights for this linguistic treasure to K Dictionaries and entrusted it with using its brand name internationally and continuing to update the content and upgrade the data.

RHWCD includes more than 133,000 entries, with 191,000 senses.

  • single word lemmas
  • multiword expressions
  • pronunciatio
  • part of speech
  • examples of usage
  • divison into senses
  • etymology
  • language notes
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