French learners struggle to look up and retain vocabulary
French learners report friction both when looking up words and when trying to build vocabulary: one finds online dictionary ads off-putting, while another says Google Docs’ Define feature only recognizes English. Other signals point to learners wanting shared French vocabulary cards and material suited to someone returning after a long break, rather than beginner lessons. The requests suggest a fragmented path from encountering a word to finding a definition and practicing it.
For french learners and returning bilinguals. Mentioned from Jan 2024 to Feb 2026 on Bluesky, Hacker News and Stack Exchange.
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But I'd also like to use the Define feature to get the dictionary definition of a French word. I have French included in my Google account General settings for the web - but the Define feature only recognises English words
I don’t really need beginner french so much as a way to increase my vocabulary. I used to be bilingual but really out of practice
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