Kobo GLO HD dictionary format

[Jedi]

Hi,

What format does the kobo dictionaries are? As I see in the build-in dictionaries of my glo hd they are .html ?

Also adding custom dictionaries is the same way to koreader?
Thanks.

[rtiangha]

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.