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| URL | WordReference.com |
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| Type of site | Online dictionary |
| Registration | no |
| Available language(s) | English, French, Spanish, Italian, German and Russian[1] |
| Owner | Michael Kellogg |
| Created by | Michael Kellogg |
| Launched | 1999 |
| Alexa rank |  272 (February 2012[update])[2] |
| Revenue | from AdSense |
| Current status | active |
WordReference is an online translation dictionary for the pairs English-French, English-Italian, English-Spanish, French-Spanish, Spanish-Portuguese and English-Portuguese. These four Romance languages (French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese) represent around 93% of all Romance language speakers worldwide (around 690 million native speakers).
WordReference also has Oxford Unabridged and Concise dictionaries available for a subscription. These dictionaries contain more translations than the free ones. The price is currently 30EUR (45USD) per year.[3]
Recently, as of June 2009, more language pairs have been added: English-German, English-Russian, English-Polish, English-Romanian, English-Czech, English-Greek, English-Turkish, English-Chinese, English-Japanese, English-Korean, English-Arabic. Presently the newer additions are still work-in-progress.
According to Alexa.com[4], the website is one of the 500 most visited websites worldwide and is mostly accessed from (by traffic): Chile, Spain, France, Mexico, United States, Venezuela, Peru, Italy, Argentina, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Canada, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, United Kingdom, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, China, Panama, Belgium, Brazil, Morocco, Algeria.
[edit] WordReference forums
The website features publicly accessible forums allowing registered users to ask questions about vocabulary and grammar.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.wordreference.com/
- ^ "Wordreference.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/WordReference.com. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
- ^ "WordReference Subscription Dictionaries". 2009. http://www.wordreference.com/english/Oxford-subscriptions.aspx. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
- ^ wordreference.com - Site Information from Alexa
