Open Source dictionary libraries [closed]

Answer 1

The Ubuntu Linux distribution comes with a plain English dictionary (words only). They are stored in

/usr/local/share/dict

I thought. Now I see palacsint his answer popping up. I think it are the same dictionaries.

Answer 2

There is a free dictionary available WordNet

Please check this site http://wordnet.princeton.edu/

To connect dictionary from java there are many api available. Some of them are.

http://projects.csail.mit.edu/jwi/

http://sourceforge.net/projects/jwordnet/

Answer 3

Unpack Debian's freedict packages.