Lookup 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).

• 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.

• 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]

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

To install, first make sure of the dependencies as listed above.

make setup
make install

For a local build with debugging enabled:

make setup
make develop
make run