Offline Dictionary For Linux

When I had a Windows PC, I could find dozens of dictionary apps on the web; one for English-English, the other for a thesaurus, etc. Each type of dictionary came with its own app. At first, I appreciated this, after all, you could get an app for any kind of dictionary you wanted. As a Linux noob, I always missed this one particular feature.

But the fact is that Linux has a much more flexible way to do this (as with most other things). It is called a DICT server. DICT is a protocol where a client requests for a word and the server looks into multiples databases returning the result. What is flexible about this method is that you don't need multiple clients for each type of dictionary you want.

In this post, I will discuss how you can set up your ultimate dictionary for offline and command line use.