Visual & contextual dictionary
Point at a word.
Understand it in context.
Point your camera at a printed word. Glossema reads the sentence around it and writes the definition — the one that matches the sense actually used.
French · English · Spanish — plus translation mode
She felt a chilling silence fill the room, as if time were holding its breath.
In three moves
From page to definition, without leaving your reading.
No typing, no tab to open. The camera does the work, context makes the difference.
Aim at the word
Point the camera at a word in a book, a newspaper, a leaflet. Text recognition captures it, accents included.
The sentence is read
Glossema also keeps the whole sentence around the word. That's what tells it which sense is meant.
One definition, the right one
A model writes the definition for the sense actually used — with pronunciation, register, and the base form if the word is inflected.
The Glossema difference
The same word doesn't mean the same thing.
A classic dictionary lists every sense and leaves you guessing. Glossema reads the sentence and picks the one that applies.
“a chilling silence”
→ chosen definition
That grips with dread; that unsettles. The cold is figurative, emotional.
literary register“a chilling wind”
→ chosen definition
Extremely cold; that chills the body. Here the cold is quite real, physical.
common senseSame word, two sentences, two answers. Context decides.
What you get
A dictionary entry, tailored to your sentence.
In-context definition
The sense used in your sentence, not a list of every possible one.
Three languages
French, English, Spanish. Define a word in another language: translation mode.
Inflected form → base
“went”, “mice”: Glossema recognises the form and traces it back to the base word.
Pronunciation & register
Phonetic transcription (IPA), register — informal, literary, botanical… — and gender.
Manual search
No printed text at hand? Type the word, by voice or keyboard.
Synced history
Every word you look up is kept. With an account, it follows you across devices.
Your words file themselves by book.
Say once what you are reading. Every word you look up joins its book, and your history sorts itself by reading instead of piling up.
- Scan the barcodeThe ISBN on the back of the book is enough: title, author and first-edition year are found for you. Otherwise, type the title.
- Every word joins its readingNothing left to file. The word from page 40 and the one from page 300 sit in the same place, months later.
- Pause it, pick it up againA reading can be paused and resumed. A periodical never ends: it accumulates, issue after issue.
- Reminders that name the workA word comes back to you with the book you met it in, not alone in the middle of a list.
Access
Start without an account. Keep everything with one.
Each definition is written on demand. An account widens the limit and syncs your history; Pro removes it and follows your readings.
Without an account
- Ready on launch, no sign-up
- Camera and manual search
- 2 definitions to try it out
With an account
- 3 definitions a week
- Translation mode: define in another language
- History synced across devices
With Glossema Pro
or €34.99 a year — save 27%
- Definitions with no limit
- Reading sessions: your words filed by book
- Memorisation reminders that name the work
Glossema
Read without ever stumbling on a word.
The dictionary that reads over your shoulder and hands you the exact sense.