Are their any free dictionary engines I can use in my website?

Question

I am looking to build a website that will need a dictionary search engine on it. Are their any free-open source dictonary engines I can use? Can I legally create a mashup with say "encarta"? Any suggestions would be super helpful.

Answer 1

Hi, you could reference this WEB SERVICE, it is a SOAP webservice call.

The URL Reference is here :
http://services.aonaware.com/DictService/DictService.asmx

Those guys supplied this web service free for developers.
Information about that Dictionary Web service is here: http://services.aonaware.com/DictService/

Remember it is a SOAP Web Service, and every language supports SOAP. Just find a tutorial on the language of your choice and use that service. It is as simple as referencing that website and just using its methods for calling.

If you need any help relating this matter, you could message me and I will gladly help.

Good Luck

Answer 2

if you just want a dictionary website to link to try this one http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/ it's very good