e-dictionary

English

Etymology

Appeared in the 1990s with the advent of the Internet, from e- +‎ dictionary.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ē-dĭkʹshə-nĕr′ē

Noun

e-dictionary (plural e-dictionaries)

1. A dictionary in electronic form (software or hardware).

   Our new e-dictionary is available online or on CD-ROM.

   I put my e-dictionary in my backpack and headed off to school.

Translations

electronic dictionary

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電子詞典／电子词典 (diànzǐ cídiǎn)

• French: dictionnaire électronique m
• German: elektronisches Wörterbuch n
• Japanese: 電子辞書 (ja) (でんしじしょ, denshijisho)
• Korean: 전자 사전 (jeonja sajeon)
• Portuguese: e-dicionário (pt) m
• Russian: электро́нный слова́рь m (elektrónnyj slovárʹ)
• Urdu: الیکٹرانک لغت f (elektrânik luġat)