WordReference Dictionary
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reference | Free | WordReference.com, LLC | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
The app of the world's most popular and powerful dictionary translation website. It grants you quick access to our extensive dictionaries and forum discussions.
WordReference.com's dictionaries:
English to Spanish
English to French
English to Italian
English to German
English to Portuguese
English to Polish
English to Romanian
English to Czech
English to Greek
English to Turkish
English to Japanese
English to Chinese
English to Korean
English to Arabic
Spanish to French
Spanish to Portuguese
English definitions
Spanish definitions
Italian definitions
Conjugators:
Spanish conjugator
French conjugator
Italian conjugator
Forums contain over 2 million questions and answers about English and translation. Your questions have already been answered.
NOTE: Requires internet access.
WordReference is often misspelled as "Word Reference" in searches.
Reviews
App was great but stopped working
usa frenchy
I have been using this app for many years and absolutely loved it. The app and website stopped working a few weeks ago and it’s very disappointing.
The Best
MrE96
I really like WordReference because of the accurate definitions and conjugations for Spanish. Instead of using Google Translate, I would look up words with WordReference instead. In fact, WordReference has helped me improve my Spanish writing because I can accurately look up conjugations for words and even search for synonyms. If you really want to improve your reading and writing for a foreign language, I recommend WordReference.
Very useful, mobile format needs improvement
Greenarchitect87
This is my go-to app (and website) for English-French translation. It is very well organized and provides example sentences to help provide context and shades of meaning. The interface and text is too small and crowded for mobile.
Excellent, but significant problems
discerning learner
WordReference Is excellent in many ways but also has frustrating problems. First the excellent: this app and it’s associated website are free resources which you can rely on for both quick and detailed info on words in many languages. In many cases it provides excellent example sentences, and gives you a way to get more detailed information when needed. It’s something a language learner will use every day. However, after much use I’ve discovered many problems. First: it is so good that you become willing to pay to remove the ads. However the only way to remove ads costs $20 per year. $20 for a one time payment would be reasonable, but $20 per year is too much, especially when you consider the specific shortcomings that I detail below. The ad problem is a significant issue because their ads can take up a large amount of screen space. For example if you try scrolling through their conjugation tables in landscape mode iPhone 6, you’ll find that you have very little real estate to look at the content because of the inflexible layout and space-hogging ad. I have also seen other occasions were even in portrait mode the ad overlaps content. In brief, ads are a big distraction with this app. Before I found WordReference, I spent over €20 to buy the Oxford Italian and was really disappointed with that. For example, if you look up the conjugated form of a verb with the Oxford dictionary you will usually get nothing as if the word does not exist. Even with very common verbs such as “andiamo.” But with WordReference it takes you to the infinitive “andare” immediately. Furthermore the conjugation tables are much clearer and intelligently laid out. In other words this is a modern app/dictionary, and the Oxford one is not. So don’t be fooled by the names. If as a beginning language learner you search for some word you don’t know, you may be taken to a page that shows that word in bold at the top, where it looks like a page specific for that word. However sometimes this is deceptive. For example, if you search for “dirmelo” you will not find any specific help for that composite word form on it’s page (only links to their forums). This provides little help. I’ve been frustrated by this many times. Second, essentially no etymology information is provided. Providing word origins in a dictionary is extremely helpful to help in understanding and remembering the word, even if it is only simplistic. Third, although it provides a way to save favorite vocabulary words, there is no way to keep notes associated with these words. A vocabulary list is nice, but being able to provide a note with the word used in context would be much more useful. Worse yet, there’s no way to export the list. Fourth, it lacks dark mode so if you are using your phone at night and want to look up a word you need to weigh whether it's worth it to be blinded when you switch to the app! Finally, the examples with the word used in context (extremely important feature) are both good and bad. In Italian, I would say they are excellent half the time, being quite detailed and organized well. But unfortunately about half of the time the example is provided without a translation. And it’s a real mixed bag as to how appropriate the examples are. What’s needed are both very simple examples and more complex. So in conclusion, WordReference is good — really good — but there’s much room for improvement, and you’re stuck with their space-hogging ads unless you’d like to pay $20 year.
Love the dictionary but privacy concerns
az..1
The dictionary is fantastic for giving you good translations (much better than Google translate and blows Apple translate out of the water). I have concerns with their stated intention to track me, however, without making it clear how to block it. The system prompt simply directed me to settings, but there was no setting related to privacy (this was the app-specific setting, not general settings). Great dictionary, but only 2 stars due to privacy concerns.
Great dictionary but the LAYOUT is in desperate need of an update.
Alanitoo
It’s stuck in 2005, even the logo and the cluttered design. The website and the app need to be redesigned.
Love It!
Sarah/Sallie
I am a regular convert and love the coverage of idiomatic and vernacular expressions. My only complaint is that the app sometimes freezes up on me after a series of requests. Why is that? Fix that problem and I’ll give 5 stars!
Bug fixed
Fhhelp
I’ve been using this app for years. I love it’s easy access to different verb forms.
Great Info, Ugly Icon
montana.brock
This is an incredible app that helps you understand the context of the words you are trying to communicate. My only complaint is that the app is very ugly. If it were more beautiful it would probably be the highest rated language app. Will gladly change my rating to 5 stars as soon as they clean up the aesthetic.
