WordReference.com Dictionaries
Two steps to faster search in Chrome
Firefox users: see the Firefox shortcuts for your address bar for faster searches.You will create a bookmark, then add the "keyword".
Once it is created, you can simply type "enfr dog", for example, to quickly
translate "dog" from English to French.
1. Right-click* one of these links. Choose "Copy link address".
| link | keyword | link | keyword | keyword | |
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WR English-Spanish
WR English-French WR English-Italian WR English-German WR English-Portuguese WR español-français WR español-portugués WR diccionario español WR English dictionary WR sinonimos |
enes enfr enit ende enpt esfr espt es en sin |
WR Spanish-English
WR French-English WR Italian-English WR German-English WR Portuguese-English WR français-español WR portugués-español |
esen fren iten deen pten fres ptes |
WR Spanish Conjugation
WR French Conjugation WR Italian Conjugation |
conj conj conj |
| more dictionaries are at the bottom of this page | |||||
2. Right-click* the URL bar at the top of Chrome. Choose "Edit search engines...". Click "Add...".
In "Name", type the name of the dictionary. Something like "WR English-Spanish"
In "Keyword", add the abbreviation for the dictionary. Use one of these:
enes, enfr, enit,
ende, enpt,
esen, fren, iten, deen, pten
esfr, espt, fres, ptes,
en, es, sin
conj
For the
monolingual dictionaries use "en" for English, "es" for the Spanish dictionary
and "sin" for sinonimos..esen, fren, iten, deen, pten
esfr, espt, fres, ptes,
en, es, sin
conj
In URL, right-click and paste the URL that you copied from above.
Click "OK", then "Close".
Done!
Now you can search for words directly in the Location bar by typing the
abbreviation and a word. If you installed the English-French dictionary,
you can type "enfr fast" to get the translation for "fast".
When you type "enfr fast", you will see:
*Mac users should ctrl-click if they cannot right-click.
More dictionaries:
| link | abbreviation | link | abbreviation |
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WR English-Russian
WR English-Polish WR English-Romanian WR English-Czech WR English-Greek WR English-Turkish WR English-Chinese WR English-Japanese WR English-Korean WR English-Arabic | enru enpl enro encz engr estr eszh enja enko enar |
WR Russian-English
WR Polish-English WR Romanian-English WR Czech-English WR Greek-English WR Turkish-English WR Chinese-English WR Japanese-English WR Korean-English WR Arabic-English |
ruen plen roen czen gren tren zhen jaen koen aren |
FAQ
- I see a page saying:
Bad Request - Invalid URL
You need to right-click (or ctrl-click) the bookmark as explained in step 2.
(The bookmark is not meant to be clicked directly. It is just a way to create the functionality in the URL bar.) - How do I remove it?
Follow the instructions in Step 2, but click "Remove" instead of "Add..."
Problems? Ask in the forums.