EuroWordNet is a system of
semantic network
A semantic network, or frame network is a knowledge base that represents semantic relations between concepts in a network. This is often used as a form of knowledge representation. It is a directed or undirected graph consisting of vertices, ...
s for European languages, based on
WordNet
WordNet is a lexical database of semantic relations between words in more than 200 languages. WordNet links words into semantic relations including synonyms, hyponyms, and meronyms. The synonyms are grouped into '' synsets'' with short definition ...
. Each language develops its own wordnet but they are interconnected with ''interlingual links'' stored in the ''Interlingual Index'' (ILI).
Unlike the original Princeton
WordNet
WordNet is a lexical database of semantic relations between words in more than 200 languages. WordNet links words into semantic relations including synonyms, hyponyms, and meronyms. The synonyms are grouped into '' synsets'' with short definition ...
, most of the other wordnets are not freely available.
Languages
The original EuroWordNet project dealt with Dutch, Italian, Spanish, German, French, Czech, and Estonian. These wordnets are now frozen, but wordnets for other languages have been developed to varying degrees.
License
Some examples of EuroWordNet are available for free. Access to the full database, however, is charged. In some cases,
OpenThesaurus
OpenThesaurus is a multilingual thesaurus project built in open collaboration by volunteers. Its data is freely available as open content.
It is known for its usage in the applications OpenOffice.org, LibreOffice, KWord, Lyx, and Apple Dictionary ...
and
BabelNet
BabelNet is a multilingual lexicalized semantic network and ontology developed at the NLP group of the Sapienza University of Rome.R. Navigli and S. P Ponzetto. 2012BabelNet: The Automatic Construction, Evaluation and Application of a Wide-Cover ...
may serve as a free alternative.
See also
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vidby
vidby AG (stylized in lower-case) is a start-up based in Rotkreuz, Switzerland specializing in AI language translation
Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-langua ...
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Babbel
Babbel GmbH, operating as Babbel, is a German subscription-based language learning software and e-learning platform, available in various languages since January 2008.
History
Babbel is operated by Babbel GmbH in Berlin, Germany. Babbel ha ...
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Lexical databases
Computational linguistics
Online dictionaries
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