Naver Dictionary

Naver Dictionary was launched in 1999, supporting the English language.{{Cite web |last=차 |first=현아 |date=2018-12-05 |title="고대 히브리어도 찾아준다"...네이버, 소수어 5종 사전 오픈 |url=https://it.chosun.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=2018120501575 |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=IT조선 |language=ko}} It began launching mobile applications in 2010.{{Cite news |last=박 |first=대한 |date=2010-11-08 |title=네이버 모바일 전용 일본어사전 출시 |url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20101108078300017 |access-date=2024-07-31 |work=Yonhap News Agency |language=ko}} The product Line Dictionary, launched in 2014, was part of the platform. By 2022, the platform reportedly had 60 different sub services,{{Cite newsletter |last=Kim |first=Jonghwan |date=September 2022 |title=Introducing ODP: Naver's Open Dictionary PRO platform |url=https://lexicala.com/wp-content/uploads/lr30_odp_2022-1.pdf |access-date=July 31, 2024 |magazine=Lexicala Review |language=en}} and was the most popular online dictionary service in South Korea by 2021.{{Cite web |date=2021-08-06 |title=네이버에서 '벙어리' 검색하면..."차별·비하표현 주의하세요" |url=https://news.mt.co.kr/mtview.php?no=2021080616404862447 |access-date=2024-07-31 |website={{ill|Money Today|ko|머니투데이}} |language=ko}}

Naver Dictionary contains many definitions of words, a Korean audio pronunciation service, and easy searching and accessibility of words.{{Cite web |last=Song |first=Kyoung-son |date=2017-07-07 |title=Web portal Naver launches Korean-English dictionary |url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2017/07/07/industry/Web-portal-Naver-launches-KoreanEnglish-dictionary/3035581.html |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=Korea JoongAng Daily |language=en}} It partners with and shows results from other dictionaries, including the Oxford Dictionary of English,{{Cite web |last=Sohn |first=Ji-young |date=2018-03-22 |title=Pwag, zoobs? Naver's English dictionary contains nonsense, questionable definitions |url=https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20180322000756 |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=The Korea Herald |language=en}} Collins English Dictionary,{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2010-06-29 |title=네이버 국어·영어 사전 서비스 강화 |url=https://www.jjan.kr/article/20100629359998 |access-date=2024-07-31 |website={{ill|Jeonbuk Ilbo|ko|전북일보}} |language=ko}} Wiktionary, and Urban Dictionary. In 2014, Naver reportedly spent ₩100 billion per year to access databases and reference materials.{{Cite web |last= |date=2021-03-22 |title=[한국 인터넷 대중화 20년](7) 포털 공화국을 연 새 리더십 이해진 네이버 의장 ② |url=https://biz.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2014/10/06/2014100602433.html |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=The Chosun Ilbo |language=ko}} it also show results from the Dictionary of Tourism Terms ({{Korean|hangul=관광용어 용례사전|labels=no}}) by the Korea Tourism Organization, Jeolla dialect dictionary in 2022, Multilingual Dictionary of Korean Art Teminology ({{Korean|hangul=한국미술 다국어 용어사전|labels=no}}) in 2023,{{Cite web |last=황 |first=진영 |date=2023-09-21 |title=네이버 어학사전, 예술경영지원센터와 협업 ...'한국미술 다국어 용어사전' 탑재 |url=https://www.cnet.co.kr/view/?no=20230921103429 |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=CNET|language=ko}} and Urimalsaem, which is operated by the National Institute of Korean Language.

The dictionary supported 19 languages in 2019, 37 by 2016. During that time, Naver Dictionary began operating a Vietnamese-Korean dictionary; the dictionary reportedly was used by 32.6% of mobile users in Vietnam. It supported 41 languages by 2018, and 55 languages by 2021, including Greek, Burmese, Tetum, and Hebrew.

In 2018, it launched an open-source dictionary called Open Dictionary PRO (ODP). The service aggregates various dictionaries, glossaries, encyclopedias, images, video, and audio related to definitions. Users are able to create their own dictionaries on the platform. In June 2023, the South Korean Ministry of the Interior and Safety began offering standardized translations for public signs in eight languages on the platform.{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Tae-hee |date=2023-06-28 |title=Safety Ministry standardizes public sign translations in eight languages, with more to come |url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2023/06/28/national/kcampus/korea-sign-translation/20230628154406820.html |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=Korea JoongAng Daily |language=en}}

• English (Korean-English, English-English)
• Korean
• Hanja
• Japanese
• Chinese
• French
• Spanish
• German
• Vietnamese
• Nepali
• Lao
• Mongolian
• Burmese
• Swahili
• Arabic
• Urdu
• Uzbek
• Indonesian
• Cambodian
• Tagalog
• Thai
• Tetum
• Persian
• Hausa
• Hebrew (Ancient, Modern)
• Hindi
• Greek (Ancient, Modern)
• Dutch
• Norwegian
• Danish
• Latin
• Russian
• Romanian
• Swedish
• Albanian
• Ukrainian
• Italian
• Georgian
• Czech
• Croatian
• Turkish
• Portuguese
• Polish
• Finnish
• Hungarian

• Naver Papago – machine translation service also by Naver

{{reflist}}

• [https://dict.naver.com/ Korean dictionary]
• [https://en.dict.naver.com/ English-Korean dictionary]
• [https://open-pro.dict.naver.com/_ivo/home Open Dictionary PRO]

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