d is a wrapper around dictd and gtranslate for lightning fast dictionary querying from the terminal
Dependencies: ruby3, translate-shell, dict
You can install dict from most package managers, e.g. brew install dict. Both gtranslate and dict must be in your $PATH, otherwise set D_GTRANSLATE_BIN_PATH and D_DICT_BIN_PATH environment variables.
chmod +x ./d
d eng tur love
d thesaurus contextuald define glee club
d thesaurus medium
d acronym LISA
See the dictd_mode_command function below for the supported
modes; it's easy to add any that dictd supports.
You can quickly translate arbitrary language to language pairs as well:
d eng hun to preen
d eng tur beautiful
d eng spa seaside
Run dictd -D for a list of available language pairs.