Dixit LogoDixit - Romanian Definitions Dictionary Ro|En

 Installation (Windows)

  1. Download from here the installation program dixit-1.0.1-setup.exe (15MB);
  2. Run the installation program.

 Installation (Linux)

Minimum requirements: qt-devel 3.1.2, zlib 1.2.0.

  1. Download from here the file dixit-[version].tgz containing the sources; choose the newest version;
  2. Unpack:
    tar xvzf dixit-[versiune].tgz
  3. Compile:
    cd dixit
    qmake
    make
  4. Run (the database file dixit.qdb is created in the current directory during the first run):
    ./dixit
    or, specifying the database file on the command line:
    dixit /home/me/dixit/dixit.qdb
  5. Optionally (if the database is not automatically downloaded), get the file dixit_qdb.zip from here, unpack it, and store it in the dixit directory.

 Using Dixit

To search a word, enter it in the search box and press Enter. You can search the definitions of a set of words by using the special characters "?" (which matches any letter) and "*" (which matches any sequence of letters, including the empty sequence). For example, the search "c?z*" will return the definitions of CAZ, CAZAN, CIZMAR etc.

To update the definitions database, press the update button . If the computer is connected to the Internet, the new definitions will be downloaded from the dexonline.ro server.

You can find some basic info on the Romanian language on this Wikipedia page.