the-free-dictionary

TheFreeDictionary

TheFreeDictionary is a versatile Ruby library that fetches information about words from various languages. It retrieves the pronunciation link (audio) and the transcription for a given word from The Free Dictionary website.

Features

• Fetches audio pronunciation links
• Retrieves phonetic transcription of words
• Supports multiple languages including English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, and Chinese

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'the-free-dictionary'

And then execute:

$ bundle install

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install the-free-dictionary

Usage

Here's a quick example to get you started:

require 'the_free_dictionary'

dictionary = TheFreeDictionary::English.new
result = dictionary.find('glossary')

puts "Sound URL: #{result[:sound]}"
puts "Transcription: #{result[:transcription]}"

Supported Languages

TheFreeDictionary provides classes for different languages:

• TheFreeDictionary::English
• TheFreeDictionary::Spanish
• TheFreeDictionary::French
• TheFreeDictionary::German
• TheFreeDictionary::Italian
• TheFreeDictionary::Russian
• TheFreeDictionary::Chinese

Each class has a find method that takes a word as an argument and returns a hash with :sound and :transcription.