https://github.com/aupiff/def

word definitions and morphological transformations
https://github.com/aupiff/def

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word definitions and morphological transformations

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/aupiff/def
• Owner: aupiff
• License: bsd-3-clause
• Created: 2015-02-11T09:04:24.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2015-08-01T20:12:35.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-04-05T22:39:46.969Z (over 1 year ago)
• Language: Haskell
• Size: 242 KB
• Stars: 4
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 2
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# def

A command line interface to wiktionary. Look up any word in any language,

defined in any language. Scrapes the absymally inadequate wiktionary API to

display a nice, pretty-printed definition.

[example api call](http://en.wiktionary.org/w/api.php?action=parse&format=xml&prop=text|revid|displaytitle&callback=?&page=obnubiler)

## usage

The program takes command line arguments `source-lang definition-lang`

```

stack exec -- def fr en

```

Available language codes:

 * "en" -> English

 * "fr" -> French

 * "ru" -> Russian

 * "es" -> Spanish

saves all successfully found definitions to `dict.log` file for future reference.

example output:

```

----------------------------

crasse

Adjective

 * crass

 * (of humor) dirty, filthy

Noun

 * filth, muck

 * (especially, dirty) froth, foam

Verb

 * first-person singular present indicative of crasser

 * third-person singular present indicative of crasser

 * first-person singular present subjunctive of crasser

 * first-person singular present subjunctive of crasser

 * second-person singular imperative of crasser

----------------------------

```