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How can I handle several languages at the same time in Spotlight ?
When a word exists in several languages including english, Spotlight gives me results in english. I would like to have all the results.
For example, 'bras' means arm in french. But it's also the plural form of bra, an english noun. So I cannot find it with Spotlight unless I actually launch Dictionary from the Spotlight results and switch the language.
Try ^+⌘+D while selecting a word (that's ctrl+cmd+d). If the app is well integrated into Mac OS X, it will show a little popup with the word definition.
Like so
If you click "More..", it'll open the dictionary app.
If this shortcut doesn't work, go to
System Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard shortcuts > Services
and search Look Up in Dictionary to add the shortcut you want.
TinkerTool also allows you to change this preference via a GUI (rather than a Terminal command). It's under Applications > Spotlight:
Note that you will have to log out and back in for the changes to take effect.
Best Answer
⌃⌘D or tapping with three fingers doesn't work for some reason, but you can show a look up popover from the context menu.