An Interactive Arabic Dictionary

Abstract

This paper presents the Interactive Arabic Dictionary (IAD) developed at the Higher Institute for Applied Sciences and Technology (HIAST). IAD is an interactive web application based on the “Al-Wasseet” dictionary. It provides the different meanings of words with examples and multimedia illustrations. IAD presents also other related information like associated words, semantic domains, expressions, linguistic tips, common mistakes, and linguistic information. Users interact online with this dictionary to search information about Arabic words. Moreover, expert users can also enrich the dictionary with new words, different meanings, or other related information.