e-dictionary

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 (でんしじしょ, denshijisho) Korean: 전자 사전 (jeonja sajeon) Russian: электро́нный слова́рь m (elektrónnyj slovárʹ) Urdu: الیکٹرانک لغت‎ f (elektrânik luġat)