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Originally Posted by HarryT
You choose one dictionary PER LANGUAGE. So you can have one dictionary for English, one for French, one for German, etc. The Kindle will automatically use the dictionary that's appropriate for the language setting of the book.
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Yes, and no. You can even have multiple dictionaries for the same language, and pick a default one. From what I read somewhere, the logic is then to look up the particular item in the default dictionary, and if it isn't found, to consult other dictionaries (don't know in which order, though).
This could for instance be helpful in a setup like this. Suppose you're french, with pretty good, but not perfect, english skills. Dictionaries:
french: Larousse (or whatever french-french dictionary)
english: English-French (default), Oxford (english-english) also installed.
While reading an english book, look up some word. If a translation is found, you get the french translation. If no translation is found, the english-english dictionary is searched, hopefully giving you a definition of the word.
Just one sample use case, but it hopefully illustrates the potential usefulness of having multiple dictionaries for the same language. Of course, the same logic could also apply to multiple english-english dictionaries, etc. You get the idea.