Slava Russian Dictionary

This extension writes accents on Russian words, and adds a popup to each word with its English definition.
What is Slava Russian Dictionary?
'Slava Russian Dictionary' is a handy Chrome extension specifically designed to assist in learning the Russian language by providing accents for Russian words and displaying popup English definitions. The feature-rich tool marks vocal stress positions, provides key grammatical forms, and clarifies perfective or imperfective verb forms. The definitions and examples are fetched from the Wiktionary public API. This non-commercial, open-source extension respects user privacy, neither recording nor sending any data to external servers.

Extension stats

Users: 1,000+
Rating: 4.61 (18)
Version: 0.0.0.4 (Last updated: 2019-05-28)
Creation date: 2019-05-27
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • activeTab
  • <all_urls>
Size: 4.00M

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Extension summary

Features:

  • When visiting a page with Russian text, click the owl icon in the toolbar. This will mark accents (vocal stress position) on Russian words. For example, предложение is converted to предложе́ние.
  • After clicking the owl icon, move the mouse over any Russian word to display a pop-up with the English definition of the word. *) Word base form and accent, e.g. окно́. Click on the Word base to show the full Wiktionary entry with etymology, declension and other information. *) Word class and grammar, e.g. Noun or Adjective, neutral, inanimate *) Key grammatical forms, e.g. neutral inanimate *) For verbs, perfective or imperfective and the corresponding other form(s), e.g. пить impf (perfective вы́пить or попи́ть) *) Definition and example sentences

Notes:

  • The extension must be manually activated for every tab where you want it to run. For this, click on the button with the owl icon in the toolbar.
  • In some cases, there are multiple possibilities for accenting the word. For example, окна can be окна́ (genitive singular) or о́кна (nominative/accusative plural). The extension does not attempt to guess the correct case, so it will mark the word о́кна́. The reader should of course not accent both vowels, but infer the correct pronunciation from the context.

This is a non-commercial, open-source project. There are no ads or hidden features.

Privacy policy: the extension does not record not sends any information to external servers. When a pop-up is displayed, the Wiktionary public API is called to retrieve the word definition to be displayed.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Very useful for Russian learners, especially for reading and pronunciation.
  • Provides definitions quickly for words, with stress marks included.
  • Allows copy-pasting of accented Russian text.
  • Simple, effective, and fast compared to similar products.
Cons
  • Sometimes slow to show meanings or does not work at all.
  • Requires manual clicks instead of being always active.
  • Limited functionality with Google Docs and YouTube comments.
  • Popup window closes too quickly to read longer entries.
  • Not all web fonts are supported, leading to distorted text.
Most mentioned
  • Useful for pronunciation and reading.
  • Slow performance or not working at all.
  • Desire for activation similar to the Zhongwen extension.
Recent reviews
Sadly, does not work anymore.
by Atalay, 2024-08-02

by Putri Sonia, 2024-02-26

This is a great extension but it is taking a lot of time to show the meaning when I click the word. Please consider making this extension like Zhongwen where we can get the meaning of a word as soon as we hover on it
by Lakshmikanth .V, 2023-11-25
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Slava Russian Dictionary requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

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