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rtiangha · 04-10-2022, 03:30 PM

Not exactly. They are .html files, but are MARISA based.

Here's some information on the actual format Kobo uses:
https://pgaskin.net/dictutil/dicthtml/format.html

If your dictionary already works under koreader (i.e. is in stardict format), then you can use pyglossary to convert it into Kobo format.

Here are some instructions on how to sideload a custom dictionary onto a Kobo:
https://pgaskin.net/dictutil/dicthtml/install.html

EDIT: Although on recent firmware versions, you can just place the custom dictionary into .kobo/custom-dict/ rather than having to edit the database first or replacing an existing dictionary like it says in the link above.

04-10-2022, 03:30 PM	#2
rtiangha Evangelist Posts: 495 Karma: 356531 Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: 'burta, Canada Device: Kobo Glo HD	Not exactly. They are .html files, but are MARISA based. Here's some information on the actual format Kobo uses: https://pgaskin.net/dictutil/dicthtml/format.html If your dictionary already works under koreader (i.e. is in stardict format), then you can use pyglossary to convert it into Kobo format. Here are some instructions on how to sideload a custom dictionary onto a Kobo: https://pgaskin.net/dictutil/dicthtml/install.html EDIT: Although on recent firmware versions, you can just place the custom dictionary into .kobo/custom-dict/ rather than having to edit the database first or replacing an existing dictionary like it says in the link above. Last edited by rtiangha; 04-11-2022 at 11:46 AM.