WordReference.com lookups in your browser, for English ↔ multiple languages and English monolingual definitions.
Supported language pairs include Turkish, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, French, German, Dutch, Swedish, Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Greek, Polish, Romanian, Czech, Japanese, Korean, Icelandic, and English (monolingual).
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| Feature | How to use |
|---|---|
| Popup search | Click the WR toolbar icon. On normal pages, you can also press Alt+Z (customizable in options). |
| Auto direction | WordReference direction is resolved automatically based on the selected dictionary language pair. |
| In-page bubble | Select a word and use Alt + double-click, Alt+Q (page shortcut), or Alt+X (Chrome command shortcut). |
| Context menu | Right-click selected text, then click WordReference: …. |
| TTS | Click the pronunciation flag buttons in the popup (when available). |
| Favorites | Save words from popup or in-page bubble; duplicates are blocked automatically. |
| Excel export | Manage favorites on the settings page and export all favorites to .xlsx (Word, IPA, explanation). |
| Open in WR | Click the WR logo in the popup to open full results on WordReference. |
| PDF support | In Chrome's own PDF viewer, right-click a selected word for the bubble. For Alt + double-click / Alt+Q / Alt+X inside PDFs, turn on the PDF viewer in settings (opt-in; Mozilla PDF.js; local files too, with Allow access to file URLs). |
- Preferences are stored in
chrome.storage.sync; favorites stay on your device inchrome.storage.local. - Translation results are fetched directly from
wordreference.com. The extension does not send user data to any custom backend. - To pass WordReference's anti-bot check, the extension sets a single
nginx_wr_humancookie onwordreference.com(the same cookie the site sets for ordinary visitors). No other cookies are read or written, and no tracking is performed.
Load the repo root as an unpacked extension: chrome://extensions → Developer mode → Load unpacked. Unit tests:
npm install # one-time; dev-only (jsdom)
npm testRecipes, release steps, and packaging: DEVELOPMENT.md.
Proprietary. Copyright (c) 2026 Abdullah Kavakli. All rights reserved. Commercial use, redistribution, and modification require prior written consent and payment of a licensing fee; see LICENSE.
Excel export uses SheetJS Community Edition; the PDF viewer uses Mozilla PDF.js. See THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md.