Getting a good English-Sinhala dictionary is important in learning either English or Sinhala. A good dictionary will be your guide to English or Sinhala. It will teach you new words, how to pronounce them, and how to use them. It will help you understand English or Sinhala texts. Successful learners use their dictionaries all the time: when reading books, at study, when doing homework, when surfing the Web.
There are some English to Sinhala and Sinhala to English Dictionaries available online. You can use them online and some of these dictionaries can be downloaded as desktop computer software and also as mobile-phone applications.
Madura English-Sinhala Dictionary
More than 230,000 English and Sinhala definitions are stored in this language translator software. You can find the exact Sinhala meaning of any English word and the exact English meaning of any Sinhala word easily. It includes complete glossaries of technical terms covering medicine, science, law, engineering, accounts, arts and many other sources.
http://maduraonline.com/
You can also download this dictionary to your computer
http://download.cnet.com/Madura-English-Sinhala-Dictionary/3000-2279_4-10571464.html
Kapruka Online dictionary for English to Sinhala and Tamil Languages
Kapruka brings this online Sinhala dictiony with courtesy of S. Godage Books.
http://www.kapruka.com/dictionary/EnglishToSinhala.jsp
Tri-Lingual Online Dictionary in Sinhala,Tamil & English
Sinhala, English and Tamil Tri-lingual dictionary created by Department of Official Languages, is now available as online web based system and as a desktop application. You can search සිංහල, தமிழ் or English words. You can type words using built-in key pad or enter Unicode words. It is based on the official printed version of the dictionary
https://studentlanka.com/2012/09/17/tri-lingual-dictionary/
LEXILOGOS Sinhala Dictionary Online Translation
This dictionary searches words from Madura and Kapruka and Sinhala Online databases.
http://www.lexilogos.com/english/sinhala_dictionary.htm
Sinhala Dictionary Offline – Android Apps on Google Play
Sinhala Dictionary Offline is a free English to Sinhala / Sinhala to English Dictionary with a database of more than 160,000 words for Android version 2.1 and above.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=sachith.com.dictionary.offline
Bhasha English-Sinhala Dictionary on the App Store for iPhone
With this iPhone app you can get unlimited instant language translations from English to Sinhala with your iPhone for FREE. This Bhasha English-Sinhala Dictionary is Sri Lanka’s Official Sinhala-English Dictionary app for SmartPhones brought to you by Bhasha Lanka (Pvt) Ltd in partnership with Language Technology Research Laboratory, Sri Lanka.
Bhasha English-Sinhala Dictionary provides you offline dictionary service for English to Sinhala word translations where you do not need any Internet connection to use the dictionary.
https://itunes.apple.com/lk/app/bhasha-english-sinhala-dictionary/id592018752?mt=8
Sinhala-English Dictionary – Free download
http://sinhala-english-dictionary.en.softonic.com/
Sinhalese-English dictionary by Benjamin Clough
You can read online and download this dictionary by Benjamin Clough (1892) from Archive.org.
https://archive.org/details/sinhaleseenglish00clourich
Read this dictionary free from Google Books
http://books.google.lk/books?id=_5wCAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
Sinhala online English-Sinhala Dictionary
http://www.sinhala-online.com/sinhalese-dictionary.html
Sinhala Tamil English Dictionary
Download this software from cnet download.com
http://download.cnet.com/Sinhala-Tamil-English-Dictionary/3000-18495_4-75681598.html
Pali sinhala dictionary – (Pali sinhala shabdhakoshaya)
http://blog.sinhalaelibrary.com/pali-sinhala-shabdhakoshaya-pali-sinhala-dictionary/
Sinhala by Nemo – Free Language Learning App for iPhone and iPad
With this App you can turn your iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch into your FAVORITE teacher of Sinhala. Download here.
Dear friend Hiran,
I have gone through your blog post of “Sinhala online Dictionaries, mobile-phone apps and download books” which published on which May 31, 2014. It is very useful post and I’m really appreciate it!. kindly i have a suggestion for your above post. it is a recently uploaded English-Sinhala Science Dictionary in Appstore and it is comfortable with all “IPhone, iPad” and “IPod”. even “IWatch” too. So please check it out by bellow like and if you think it is useful for your viewers, please add it to your posts too.
Reference URL: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sinhala-science-vocabulary/id1146577041?mt=8
Thank you!
Thanks Heshantha for the update.