Wordbook

Look up definitions of any English term

Wordbook is an offline English-English dictionary application built for GNOME using the Open English WordNet database for definitions and the reliable eSpeak for pronunciations (both audio and phoneme).

Features

• Fully offline after initial data download
• Random Word
• Live Search
• Double click to search
• Custom Definitions feature using Pango Markup or an HTML subset for formatting
• Support for GNOME Dark Mode and launching app in dark mode.

Screenshots

Requirements

• GTK 4.6+ [Arch: gtk4]
• libadwaita 1.1.0+ [Arch: libadwaita]
• Python 3 [Arch: python]
• Standalone WordNet Python module [Arch AUR: python-wn]
• Python GObject [Arch: python-gobject]
• eSpeak-ng (For pronunciations and audio) [Arch: espeak-ng]

Installation

Using Flatpak

Using Nix

This method can be used anywhere the Nix package manager is installed.

Using distro-specific packages

Right now, Wordbook is only packaged for Arch through the AUR as wordbook.

On NixOS, Wordbook can be installed using the Nix package manager as shown above. Additionally, the following code can be added to your NixOS configuration file, usually located in /etc/nixos/configuration.nix.

  environment.systemPackages = [
    pkgs.wordbook
  ];

From Source

To install, first make sure of the dependencies as listed above. You can use just to make the process easy.

just setup
just install

Without just:

mkdir -p _build
meson setup . _build
ninja -C _build install

For a local build with debugging enabled:

just run
# OR
just setup
just develop-configure
just local-run