''Naver Dictionary'' () is an online dictionary operated by the South Korean software company

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. It was first launched in 1999, alongside the Naver web portal.

Background

''Naver Dictionary'' was launched in 1999, supporting the English language. It began launching mobile applications in 2010. The product Line Dictionary, launched in 2014, was part of the platform. By 2022, the platform reportedly had 60 different sub services, and was the most popular online dictionary service in South Korea by 2021. ''Naver Dictionary'' contains many definitions of words, a Korean audio pronunciation service, and easy searching and accessibility of words. It partners with and shows results from other dictionaries, including the

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. In 2014, Naver reportedly spent

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. The dictionary supported 19 languages in 2019, 37 by 2016. During that time, Naver Dictionary began operating a Vietnamese-Korean dictionary; the dictionary reportedly was used by 32.6% of mobile users in Vietnam. It supported 41 languages by 2018, and 55 languages by 2021, including

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. In 2018, it launched an open-source dictionary called Open Dictionary PRO (ODP). The service aggregates various dictionaries, glossaries, encyclopedias, images, video, and audio related to definitions. Users are able to create their own dictionaries on the platform. In June 2023, the South Korean Ministry of the Interior and Safety began offering standardized translations for public signs in eight languages on the platform.

Supported languages

* English (Korean-English, English-English) * Korean *

Hanja Hanja (; ), alternatively spelled Hancha, are Chinese characters used to write the Korean language. After characters were introduced to Korea to write Literary Chinese, they were adapted to write Korean as early as the Gojoseon period. () ...

* Japanese * Chinese * French * Spanish * German * Vietnamese * Nepali * Lao * Mongolian * Burmese * Swahili *

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* Uzbek * Indonesian * Cambodian * Tagalog * Thai *

* Persian * Hausa *

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, Modern) * Dutch * Norwegian * Danish *

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* Russian * Romanian * Swedish * Albanian * Ukrainian *

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* Georgian *

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* Croatian * Turkish * Portuguese * Polish * Finnish * Hungarian

References

External links

Korean dictionary

English-Korean dictionary

Open Dictionary PRO
{{Naver Online dictionaries Korean dictionaries Multilingual dictionaries 1999 establishments in South Korea Internet properties established in 1999

Background

Supported languages

See also

References

External links