GNOME Dictionary - check word definitions and spellings in an online dictionary

GNOME Dictionary is a free and open source, simple application for checking the definition and spelling of words in an online dictionary

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GNOME Dictionary is a simple dictionary application that looks up definitions of words online;
Though it looks up English definitions by default, you can easily switch to Spanish or add other online dictionaries using the DICT protocol to suit your needs;
Support for keyboard shortcuts.

The software GNOME Dictionary is available for installation on Linux.

Installation method	OS
Deb	Ubuntu* 16.04/18.04/19.04/20.04, Linux Mint 18/19, Debian
RPM	openSUSE, Rosa Linux, Mageia, ALT Linux, Fedora, CentOS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and others
Snap	Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian, Arch Linux, Fedora, CentOS, KDE Neon, openSUSE, elementary OS, Manjaro, Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Flatpak	Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian, Arch Linux, Fedora, CentOS, KDE Neon, openSUSE, elementary OS, Manjaro, Red Hat Enterprise Linux

*Ubuntu (GNOME), Kubuntu (KDE), Xubuntu (XFCE), Lubuntu (LXDE)

Install Software via Deb package

Install Software via RPM package

Install Software via Snap package

sudo snap install gnome-dictionary

Install Software via Flatpak package

flatpak install flathub org.gnome.Dictionary

Language Interface:	English, Russian, Deutsch, Spanish, French and others
Description version:	40.0
Developer:	The GNOME Project
Programming language:	Python
License:	GPL v2
Software website:	wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Dictionary