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MultiDefine
AnkiWeb addon 755799523
Automatically fills Anki notes with monolingual definitions, clozed example sentences, pronunciation audio, IPA, and verb forms for English, German, Russian, French, and Azerbaijani, with bulk defining.
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- Last update or commit was 19 days before the snapshot (2026-09-12).
- The repository has 65 test files.
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- thegeneralist01/anki-multidefine · more by thegeneralist01
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- 2026-09-12
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- Python, Jupyter Notebook, Shell, Makefile
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| Min Anki | Max Anki | Updated |
|---|---|---|
| 2.1.50 | 26.08.1+ | 2026-09-12 |
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README
MultiDefine
An Anki add-on that auto-defines words from monolingual dictionaries in multiple languages — English, German, Russian, French, and Azerbaijani — and fills note fields with definitions, examples (headword clozed for study), audio, phonetics, and verb forms.
Based on AutoDefine Oxford Learner's Dictionaries by Artem Petrov. English behavior is preserved bit-for-bit.
Install
Tools → Add-ons → Get Add-ons → paste code:
755799523
Restart Anki. Done.
Languages & sources
| Language | Source | Definitions | Audio | IPA | Verb forms |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 English | Oxford Learner's Dictionaries | ✓ | ✓ mp3 | ✓ | ✓ |
| 🇩🇪 German | DWDS | ✓ native | ✓ mp3 | most words | ✓ irregular |
| 🇷🇺 Russian | ru.Wiktionary | ✓ native | ✓ ogg+mp3 | ✓ | — |
| 🇫🇷 French | Larousse | ✓ native | ✓ mp3 | — | — |
| 🇦🇿 Azerbaijani | AZLEKS | ✓ native | — | bracketed | — |
No API key required. All sources are scraped directly.
Usage
- Open Add Cards
- Type a word in the Word field
- Click the MultiDefine button or press
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+D - Choose a language from the popup (or press
1–5)
The add-on fills:
- DefinitionAndExamples — definitions + examples with the headword clozed as
#word# - Audio —
[sound:…]tag - Phonetics — IPA transcription
- VerbForms — conjugated/inflected forms
- Opens a Google image search for the word
Bulk define: Browser → select notes → Edit → MultiDefine in bulk…
Configuration
Tools → Add-ons → MultiDefine → Config
Key options:
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
4. languages |
Ordered list of enabled languages — controls popup order and 1–N keybinds |
enabled: false |
Hide a language without removing it |
max_examples / max_definitions |
Limits per sense (false = unlimited) |
corpus |
English only: "American", "British", "American_first", "British_first" |
See AutoDefineAddon/config.md for full documentation.
For developers
Setup
git clone https://github.com/thegeneralist01/anki-multidefine.git
cd anki-multidefine
# Symlink into Anki (macOS/Linux)
ln -s "$PWD/AutoDefineAddon" \
~/Library/Application\ Support/Anki2/addons21/multidefine
Restart Anki. Edits to the repo are live immediately on next restart.
Running tests
pip install requests beautifulsoup4
python3 scripts/check_providers.py
All 6/6 checks must pass.
Building the package
bash scripts/build_ankiaddon.sh
# → multidefine.ankiaddon
Adding a new language
- Write
AutoDefineAddon/providers/<lang>.py— subclassDictionaryProvider - Register in
AutoDefineAddon/providers/__init__.py - Add entry to
4. languagesinconfig.json
See AGENTS.md for the full technical reference and CONTRIBUTING.md for contribution guidelines.
License
GPL v2 — see individual files for attribution.
oxford.py is BSD 3-Clause © NearHuscarl.