gnome-dictionary1
Look up words in online dictionaries
Usage
gnome-dictionary [{[--look-up
WORD] | [--match
WORD]}]
[--source
NAME]
[--database
NAME]
[--strategy
NAME]
[--help]
Overview
gnome-dictionary looks up words in online dictionaries using the DICT protocol.
Options
-
--look-up WORD -
Looks up the specified WORD using the default dictionary source, or the one specified with the
--sourcecommand line option.
-
--match WORD -
List all the entries in the dictionary source that match the specified WORD.
-
--source=NAME, -s NAME -
Specifies the dictionary source to be used for looking up or matching words.
-
--database=NAME, -D NAME -
Specifies the database in the dictionary source to be used for looking up or matching words.
-
--strategy=NAME, -S NAME -
Specifies the matching strategy in the dictionary source to be used for looking up or matching words.
Releases
11 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 7 times.
--database since Debian 10 (Buster);
--look-up since Debian 10 (Buster);
--match since Debian 10 (Buster);
--source since Debian 10 (Buster);
--strategy since Debian 10 (Buster);
-D since Debian 10 (Buster);
-S since Debian 10 (Buster);
-s since Debian 10 (Buster).
--help until Debian 9 (Stretch);
--list-sources until Debian 7 (Wheezy);
--no-window until Debian 7 (Wheezy);
-l until Debian 7 (Wheezy);
-n until Debian 7 (Wheezy).