Emojipedia

Emojipedia is a macOS dictionary that provides definitions for individual emoji characters. It integrates with the built‑in Dictionary app, allowing users to look up an emoji via right‑click, a three‑finger tap, or the Cmd+Ctrl+D shortcut, and displays a popup or entry view with the emoji, its descriptive name, hyperlinked keywords, and a link to the Emojipedia website for further reading. The dictionary ships with 1,719 emoji from Unicode version 12 and is installed through Dictionaries.app, Homebrew cask, or manual placement in the user’s ~/Library/Dictionaries folder.

The tool is aimed at anyone who needs quick reference to emoji meanings while working on macOS, such as writers, developers, or casual users who encounter emoji in text. Its integration with the native Dictionary service means it can be accessed from any application that supports the Look Up feature, providing contextual information without leaving the current workflow.

Emojipedia is a stable, core‑macOS package that can be extended by editing its source files and rebuilding with the provided script, and it includes links to external resources for more detailed emoji data.