Catalan English Spanish Dictionary for iOS — dic:ph
dic:ph is a new concept of multi-dictionary for the iPhone.
If you enter a word in any of the supported languages (Catalan, Spanish, and English), dic:ph will search through some resources available online to give you all the linguistic information you might need for that word in any of the supported languages.
dic:ph is:
- a Catalan/English two-way dictionary;
- a Catalan/Spanish two-way dictionary;
- a monolingual Catalan dictionary;
- a conjugator for Catalan verbs.
- any foreigner living in Barcelona or Catalonia who needs to deal with both Spanish and Catalan;
- any Spanish native speaker who needs Catalan in his daily life;
- any Catalan native speaker who needs English in his daily life;
- any Catalan native speaker who might like having a full Catalan dictionary handy.
If you fall into any of those categories, then dic:ph is the tool for you.
Maybe you find yourself constantly switching among the three languages in your daily routine. So it happens that sometimes you know the Catalan word for something, and you wonder how you said it in Spanish, or viceversa; other times, you may simply be unsure whether a word is Spanish or Catalan, and would like an easy way to check; other times still, you know the English word but don’t know neither the Catalan nor the Spanish translation, or vice versa.
And dic:ph is also a great monolingual tool for Catalan native speakers, since it allows to quickly get a thorough definition of any Catalan word or check on a verb conjugation. Definitely a way to improve your Catalan proficiency while on the go.
dic:ph uses online resources offered by the Institute of “Enciclopèdia Catalana” and DACCO, so it requires an internet connection.
dic:ph launch price is 0.99$ and you can find it on the App Store.
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