| Developer(s) | ABBYY |
|---|---|
| Stable release | x5 / 2011 |
| Platform | Windows, Windows Mobile, Symbian OS, Mac OS X |
| Type | Machine-readable dictionary |
| License | Proprietary software |
| Website | http://www.abbyy.com/lingvo/ |
Lingvo, a family of dictionary software for desktop PC, PDA and smartphones, gives translations of words and phrases for 11 European and Asian languages, accompanied with transcription, pronunciation, word usage examples and the list of inflected forms. The languages are: Russian, English, German, Latin, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, Ukrainian, French, Chinese. It is a product of Russian software company ABBYY. Since 2007, print dictionaries have been produced under ABBYY Lingvo brand by a publishing company ABBYY Press.
Lingvo is the most widely spread dictionary software in Russia with estimated number of users exceeding 5 000 000 people.
The word "lingvo" means "language" in Esperanto.
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The program comes with a tool for learning words, Lingvo Tutor, which is a special repetition program. It allows to set up a study schedule, to create an own word study dictionary and to use one of the basic dictionaries included in the program. The Lingvo Tutor tool can also be installed on a pocket computer helping users to learn words on every possible occasion at any place.
Translation in pop-up window of Lingvo 12 didn′t work with popular web browsers Mozilla Firefox 3 and Opera 9.5 until the new Lingvo x3 was released.[1]
Lingvo Online is a free online Russian-to 5 other languages dictionary combined with human translation service. This web service includes 38 different authoritative dictionaries. Lingvo Online is provided by ABBYY on the base of its ABBYY Lingvo dictionary software. The service was launched internationally in October 2007.