dict

A small utility to translate words easily on the command-line.

For the translations the tool queries dict.cc. Any language supported by dict.cc is supported by this tool.

Usage

$ dict rust
German >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> English
========== TRANSLATIONS ==========
to rust ........................................................................... rosten
to rust ........................................................................... einrosten
to rust ........................................................................... verrosten
rust .............................................................................. Rost {m} [Eisen, Stahl, auch Pflanzen]
rust .............................................................................. Rostfleck {m}
rust [colour] ..................................................................... Rostbraun {n}

If you want to translate to another language, you can pass additional parameters:

$ dict -l RU EN dictionary
Russian >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> English
========== TRANSLATIONS ==========
словарь {м} ................ dictionary

You can also list available languages.

$ dict info available
The following language pairs are available:
DE EN => German - English
...
EN TR => English - Turkish

Languages

You can translate between German or English and a number of other languages. The following language pairs and abbreviations are available:

Translate between German and

Language	Abbreviation
Bulgarian	BG
Bosnian	BS
Czech	CS
Danish	DA
Greek	EL
English	EN
Esperanto	EO
Spanish	ES
Finnish	FI
French	FR
Croatian	HR
Hungarian	HU
Icelandic	IS
Italian	IT
Latin	LA
Dutch	NL
Norwegian	NO
Polish	PL
Portuguese	PT
Romanian	RO
Russian	RU
Slovak	SK
Albanian	SQ
Serbian	SR
Swedish	SV
Turkish	TR

Translate between English and

Language	Abbreviation
Bulgarian	BG
Bosnian	BS
Czech	CS
Danish	DA
German	DE
Greek	EL
Esperanto	EO
Spanish	ES
Finnish	FI
French	FR
Croatian	HR
Hungarian	HU
Icelandic	IS
Italian	IT
Latin	LA
Dutch	NL
Norwegian	NO
Polish	PL
Portuguese	PT
Romanian	RO
Russian	RU
Slovak	SK
Albanian	SQ
Serbian	SR
Swedish	SV
Turkish	TR