One of the most useful Kindle Paperwhite features is the built-in dictionary. The dictionary is easy to access and makes it swift and painless to find the definition of an unknown word.
To display a dictionary definition of a word, long-tap (that is, tap and hold) a word. The selected word is highlighted as white text on a black background. When you release your finger, a short dictionary definition for the word appears onscreen in a pop-up box. To clear the definition, tap anywhere outside the pop-up box or simply tap the X in the upper-right corner.
As shown on the left in the figure above, if you want to know more, tap Show Full Definition and a dictionary page opens with the full dictionary information for the word. Press the Back icon on the toolbar to return to your text.
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From the definition box, you can also highlight the word. This highlights it on the screen and also saves it in your Notes & Marks file. To access this file, from the book, tap Menu→View Notes & Marks. Tap the Back icon to return to the text of your book.
In the definition box on the second-generation Kindle Paperwhite (as shown on the right in the figure above), note two additional tabs: X-Ray and Wikipedia. Tap X-Ray to display additional information about the selected word. Likewise, if your device is not in Airplane mode, you can tap Wikipedia to open a Wikipedia page with information about your selected word. Note that the information provided by the three resources may be similar.
X-Ray is not active in all books nor is it active for all words. When this is the case, the option will appear dimmed.
At the bottom of the second-generation Kindle Paperwhite definition box are two additional choices: Search and More. Tap Search to display the menu shown in the following figure. You have three choices: This Book searches for the word in the current book, All Text searches for the word on your Kindle Paperwhite, and Kindle Store finds all titles that have the word — it doesn’t search for every instance of the word in the Kindle Store!
The definition box also includes a More button. Tap that button to display the screen.
Depending on the version of Kindle Paperwhite you own, you have the following options:
Highlight: Highlight the word on the screen. Note that once the word is highlighted, the choice on the More Options menu changes to Delete. This option deletes the highlighting, not the word.
Share: Share the word (and any commentary you want to include) on Goodreads (this applies to the second-generation Kindle Paperwhite) and, if you want, Facebook and Twitter. Let your friends know how smart you are!
Add Note: Add a note regarding the word. The note will be included in your Notes & Marks file.
Dictionary: Get the dictionary definition of the word, same as before.
Wikipedia: View the Wikipedia entry, which provides a more detailed discussion of the word, not just the definition. Note that the wireless must be on to display Wikipedia entries.
Translation: Translate the word from English to one of 16 other languages, including Chinese, Hindi, and Norwegian. You can also translate from other languages to English. For example, if the book has a Spanish phrase, you can find out want it means. The Kindle Paperwhite will even determine the source language for you.
Open Dictionary: Open the default dictionary at the definition of the word. In this way, you can read a more detailed definition or navigate quickly to linked entries.
Report Content Error: Report errors, such as typos, formatting, or other problems directly to Amazon. Is a word misspelled or is incorrect punctuation used? Here’s your chance to report it. Amazon has made a concerted effort to have publishers correct errors in their Kindle Editions so that readers receive the highest quality books available.
The Kindle Paperwhite has two dictionaries: the default, New Oxford American Dictionaryand Oxford Dictionary of English (both from Oxford University Press). You can change the default dictionary as follows:
Tap Menu→Settings.
Tap Device Options→Language and Dictionaries→Dictionaries.
The active dictionary appears.
Tap the active dictionary to change to a different dictionary.
A list of available dictionaries stored on the device appears.
Change the default dictionary by tapping the radio button on the right.
The radio button that is darkened (filled in) indicates which dictionary is selected as the default.
Stored in your Kindle Library at your Amazon account are several foreign language dictionaries, including Spanish, French, and Portuguese. You can have any of these dictionaries delivered to your Kindle Paperwhite. If you change the language, the corresponding language dictionary becomes the default. Note that you won’t see the dictionaries if you look at the Cloud on your Kindle Paperwhite; you have to go to your Kindle Library.
One primary reason that I like reading on Kindle is the utterly convenient dictionary feature. To look up the definition of a strange word on Kindle, we just need to press and hold on the word. But sometimes the default dictionary doesn't work very well especially when it meets some plural nouns or past participle.
Here we are going to introduce how to add or change the Kindle dictionary. German version please refer to Wie man ein Wörterbuch in Kindle ändert oder hinzufügt.
Add Dictionary to Kindle
1Download the dictionary file to computer
The dictionary for Kindle is actually a .mobi file, which can be downloaded freely from the internet or bought from Amazon Kindle Store. Here I got a Collins Cobuild V3 dictionary file. Yes I like Collins dictionary since my college years.
2Plug Kindle to computer with USB Cable
Every Kindle user should have a USB cable in the box which is shipped with the device. Find it and use it to connect Kindle and computer. Seconds later there will generate a Removable Disk called 'Kindle'. Open it and find 'documentsdictionaries' folder.
3Paste the dictionary file into the 'dictionaries' folder
4Safe eject Kindle and unplug the USB Cable
Now all the steps on computer are finished. The following job is to make the dictionary file work on Kindle.
Change the default Kindle dictionary
Different generation of Kindle should be set in different ways. Do it as the list below:
- Kindle 3: Home -> Menu -> Settings -> Menu -> Change Primary Dictionary
- Kindle 4: Home -> Menu -> Settings -> Dictionaries
Kindle App Add Dictionary
- Kindle Touch: Home -> Menu -> Settings -> Dictionaries
- Kindle DXG: Home -> Menu -> Settings -> Menu -> Change Primary Dictionary
- Kindle Paperwhite/Kindle Voyage/$79 Kindle: Home -> Menu -> Settings -> Device Options -> Language and Dictionaries -> Dictionaries
- Kindle Oasis: Home -> Menu -> Settings -> Language and Dictionaries -> Dictionaries
As I am using a Kindle Paperwhite at the moment, so I am going to take Kindle Paperwhite for example and introduce the process. And let's start with the 'Dictionaries' screen.
Press the 'Dictionaries' option, and we can see the default Kindle dictionary - 'Oxford Dictionary of English'.
By pressing it we can change the primary dictionary of english. As the screen shows below, 'Oxford Dictionary of English' is defaultly chosen and we need to switch to 'collins3', which is recently imported by me.
Then back to the previous screen we can see the default dictionary for english has been changed.
Now let's check the result.
Want to add foreign language dictionary to Kindle?
No problem! And the steps are pretty similar to the above. Suppose I am reading a book written in french, so I need a french-english dictionary.
Free Dictionary App For Kindle
First we need to download a french to english dictionary file, then transfer to the Kindle dictionary folder. As this is the first french dictionary in my Kindle, I need not to change any settings. The Kindle will choose this file as the primary dictionary for french language.
Then open a french book, press and hold on a word I don't know the definition, and see what happens.
Add Dictionary To Kindle App
Jonny Greenwood joined Epubor since 2011, loves everything about eBooks and eReaders. He seeks the methods to read eBooks more freely and wants to share all he has got with you.