Kotva · iPhone & web

Translate it once. Keep it for good.

Kotva translates meaning, not words: every result comes with its senses and real examples. Every word you look up stays with you. It comes back in practice right before you forget it, and in messages from characters who write back.

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I’d love to come, but I can’t make it tonight.
J’aimerais beaucoup venir, mais je ne pourrai pas ce soir.
Expression of desire to attend an event followed by an inability to do so.
EnglishFrench
Other meanings
J’adorerais venir, mais je ne suis pas disponible ce soir.
More enthusiastic expression of desire with a formal reason for absence.
C’est avec plaisir que je serais venu, mais je ne peux pas ce soir.
Polite and slightly more formal way to decline an invitation.
J’aurais bien aimé venir, mais ce soir, c’est pas possible.
Colloquial way to express inability to attend.

One word. Every sense. Real examples.

Look up anything and Kotva splits each meaning apart, with real example sentences, so you know which sense you are actually using.

  • Senses separated automatically, no dictionary diving
  • Real example sentences, translated
  • Every lookup kept in History; save the ones you need
light
lumière
Rayonnement électromagnétique visible par l’œil humain.
EnglishFrench
Other meanings
Examples
The sun provides light to the Earth.
Le soleil fournit de la lumière à la Terre.
This suitcase is very light.
Cette valise est très légère.
Could you light the candle?
Pourrais-tu allumer la bougie ?

Tap a meaning to make it the main translation.

The words you save, the words you keep.

Everything you translate turns into practice. A Mixed session blends cards, sentences and reading aloud, and spaced repetition brings each word back right before you would forget it.

  • Context: pick the word that fits a real sentence
  • Pronunciation: read aloud, get a score for every word
  • Flashcards: recall, then grade how well you knew it
  • Vocabulary and Mixed sessions work offline
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The morning light fills the room.

La   du matin remplit la pièce.

Characters who write to you, in the language you learn.

Every day, practice characters send short messages built around the words you saved. Reply in your own words and get a friendly correction that explains the rule, never a wall of red.

  • New messages daily, written around your saved words
  • Grammar fixes explained in plain language
  • Characters remember what you tell them
C
Camille
Barista in Lyon · Practice character
Salut ! Il fait si beau aujourd’hui. Tu as envie de flâner un peu après le travail ?
Use: to wander, with no destination
Oui ! Je veux flâner dans la parc avec toi.

Live demo: send the drafted reply to see how feedback works.

Translate right where you read.

Select text in Safari, Mail or any app and pick Kotva in the Translate or Share menu. On a computer, the Chrome extension opens the meaning next to your selection. Every lookup lands in your history.

  • iPhone: the Translate and Share menus in any app
  • Chrome: select a word, see its sense in that sentence
  • Save to Favorites without leaving the page
travel-notes.example/lyon

Au printemps, Lyon se découvre à pied. On peut dans les traboules du Vieux Lyon, puis s’arrêter dans un bouchon pour goûter la cuisine locale. Le soir, les quais du Rhône sont .

Click a highlighted word.

Your words, right on your home screen.

Add a widget that shows one saved word at a time: its translation and a real example sentence. It moves on by itself every hour, or you step through with the arrows.

  • Medium and large sizes, extra large on iPad
  • Any collection: Favorites or one of your own
  • Previous and next straight from the home screen
serendipitynoun
heureux hasard
Meeting her there was pure serendipity. La rencontrer là-bas, c’était un pur hasard.
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Live demo: the arrows step through the collection, exactly like on the widget.

Words you love, kept in order.

Build your own collections of words and phrases: travel kits, email formulas, kitchen words. Everything syncs between iPhone and the web.

  • Favorites plus any collections you make
  • Practice any collection, or pin it to a widget
  • Available offline on iPhone
Vocabulary
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Start free. Upgrade when it clicks.

The web version is free, with daily limits. Kotva Pro removes every limit, and on iPhone you get 7 days to try it free.

Free
On the web, gently limited
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  • 5 AI translations a day
  • 15 saved words & phrases
  • Meanings with examples
  • Grammar check
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Pro
Everything, unlimited, on iPhone and the web
7-day free trial on iPhonePrice announced at launch
  • Unlimited translations
  • Unlimited saved words & collections
  • Every learning mode, including Pronunciation
  • Widget, Translate and Share menus on iPhone
  • iPhone ⇄ web sync
iPhone app: coming soon