Tureng dictionary

Tureng Dictionary
Web address www.tureng.com
Type of site
Bilingual Turkish English Dictionary
Registration No registration needed
Available in English Turkish Spanish German French
Owner Ozgur Suyel
Launched 2006
Alexa rank
Increase 4,593 (October 2015)[1]
Current status active

Tureng Dictionary (name coined from the first syllables of the words Turkish and English) is a bilingual online Turkish English dictionary provided by Tureng Çeviri Ltd, a Turkish translation company. As of May 20, 2009, the site has more than 2.000.000 English and Turkish words and phrases, classified into categories by the field of usage with audial pronunciation in three different accents, British, American and Australian.

History

The dictionary was developed by Ozgur Suyel, a Turkish English translator with more than 10 years experience in translation.

Since September 2006, the site has been developed primarily for those who are working in translation and language services sector, academicians, college students and foreign trade professionals.

Content

The definitions on Tureng Dictionary are based on the “unfound” words, phrases and idioms translated by Tureng translation team and Tureng forum users.

The user can view all related results of the searched term along with the other combinations of that word in usage categories like technical, law, medical etc. A high percentage of dictionary’s database is unique phrases and idioms not found on other Turkish English dictionaries.

Most words have multiple definitions and the site enables the users to search and check the meanings in Google images, Merriam Webster, dictionary.reference.com, Tdk (Turkish Language Association), and thefreedictionary.com, as well. Also the users may contribute by adding or correcting words. IE8 Accelerator, Google ToolBar, iGoogle, Firefox ToolBar, mobile dictionary, PDA and Pocket PC versions are the other helpful features.

References

  1. "Tureng.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2014-04-01.

External links

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