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English Etymology Dictionary app for iPhone and iPad


4.8 ( 2688 ratings )
Reference Education
Developer: MobiSystems, Inc.
9.99 USD
Current version: 10.0.17, last update: 4 years ago
First release : 14 Oct 2014
App size: 85.68 Mb

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology contains a wealth of information about the English language and its history. Find out where the words "bungalow" and "assassin" came from, what nice meant in the Middle Ages and much more.

LATEST APP UPDАТES:
 • Learn in style with any of the four colorful new themes – the colorful layout will turn your learning experience into an enjoyable routine. Customize your dictionary and benefit from the cheerful mood your favorite color brings you.
 • Dive right into the intricacies of the language - with a new and convenient Home page, sleeker and more intuitive visual layout, as well as innovations in the speed of searches - you can now get to the desired entry faster than ever.
 • Translate and learn as you speak with Talk & Translate – use this speech recognition & text-to-speech app by downloading it for Free from the App Store. The great synergy between the two apps will help you optimize your studies.

SEARCH TOOLS - quickly find words with the functional, clean and easy-to-use interface. Designed to provide the most comprehensive search experience, the dictionary combines several search tools to match or predict what are you looking for, including:
 • Search autocomplete helps you find words quickly by displaying predictions as you type.
 • Keyword lookup allows you to search within compound words and phrases.
 • Camera search looks up words in the camera viewfinder and displays results in seconds.
 • Voice search helps you find an entry using your speech.
 • Automatic ‘Fuzzy filter’ that corrects word spelling and a ‘Wild card’ that allows you to replace a letter or entire parts of a word with * or ? when you don’t know how it`s spelled.

LEARNING TOOLS - engaging features that help you further enhance your vocabulary. Designed to give you the freedom to structure your studies, this dictionary combines several learning tools to help you be more organized:
 • ‘Favorites’ that allow you to create custom folders with lists of words.
 • Recent list which helps you to easily review looked-up words.
 • Swipe-to-delete functionality in the Recent and Favorites menus.
 • Word-of-the-day option to teach you a new word every day.

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Latest reviews of English Etymology Dictionary app for iPhone and iPad

Lacks export/copy of entry text...
I love this Oxford Dictionary, but there is no support to copy definitions to use in research and study materials, major lacking feature for a dictionary app.
Do they know what etymology is?
I dont think so. Ive typed lots of words and gotten virtually nothing out of it!
Rip off do not buy
I think they are charging you $10 to act as a front end to someones website.
Terrible
Ive drank steel reserve in the past and that was worth more to me than this app. Eytmology? I think not. Ripoff
What a crock of bs
I downloaded it BEFORE I read the reviews. Huge mistake! You couldnt pay me to download this crap! I am livid and want my 999 pennies BACK!
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