diff --git a/include/Main.awk b/include/Main.awk
index c85bd772..0a437907 100644
--- a/include/Main.awk
+++ b/include/Main.awk
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ function init() {
 
     # Display
     Option["verbose"] = 1
+    Option["compact"] = 0
     Option["show-original"] = 1
     Option["show-original-phonetics"] = 1
     Option["show-translation"] = 1
@@ -344,6 +345,13 @@ BEGIN {
             continue
         }
 
+        # -compact
+        match(ARGV[pos], /^--?(c|compact)$/)
+        if (RSTART) {
+            Option["compact"] = 1
+            continue
+        }
+
         # -b, -brief
         match(ARGV[pos], /^--?b(r(i(ef?)?)?)?$/)
         if (RSTART) {
diff --git a/include/Translators/GoogleTranslate.awk b/include/Translators/GoogleTranslate.awk
index 8f506e2f..a9edde57 100644
--- a/include/Translators/GoogleTranslate.awk
+++ b/include/Translators/GoogleTranslate.awk
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ function googleTranslate(text, sl, tl, hl,
                          wShowTranslation, wShowTranslationPhonetics,
                          wShowPromptMessage, wShowLanguages,
                          wShowOriginalDictionary, wShowDictionary,
-                         wShowAlternatives,
+                         wShowDictionaryCompact, wShowAlternatives,
                          genderedTrans, hasWordClasses, hasAltTranslations,
                          i, j, k, group, temp, saveSortedIn) {
     isPhonetic = match(tl, /^@/)
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ function googleTranslate(text, sl, tl, hl,
         wShowLanguages = Option["show-languages"]
         wShowOriginalDictionary = Option["show-original-dictionary"]
         wShowDictionary = Option["show-dictionary"]
+        wShowDictionaryCompact = Option["compact"]
         wShowAlternatives = Option["show-alternatives"]
 
         if (!anything(oPhonetics)) wShowOriginalPhonetics = 0
@@ -429,10 +430,17 @@ function googleTranslate(text, sl, tl, hl,
                     }
 
                     r = r RS prettify("dictionary-word", ins(1, (article ? "(" article ") " : "") word, tl))
-                    if (isRTL(il))
-                        r = r RS prettify("dictionary-explanation-item", ins(2, explanation, il))
-                    else
-                        r = r RS ins(2, explanation)
+                    if (wShowDictionaryCompact) {
+                        if (isRTL(il))
+                            r = r " - " prettify("dictionary-explanation-item", ins(0, explanation, il))
+                        else
+                            r = r " - " ins(0, explanation)
+                    } else {
+                        if (isRTL(il))
+                            r = r RS prettify("dictionary-explanation-item", ins(2, explanation, il))
+                        else
+                            r = r RS ins(2, explanation)
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/man/trans.1 b/man/trans.1
index 6172db88..70cb50d9 100644
--- a/man/trans.1
+++ b/man/trans.1
@@ -85,6 +85,13 @@ This option is unnecessary in most cases since verbose mode is enabled
 by default.
 .RE
 .TP
+.B \f[B]\-c\f[R], \f[B]\-compact\f[R]
+Compact mode.
+.RS
+.PP
+Show one translate dictionary entry per line instead of splitting it into two lines.
+.RE
+.TP
 .B \f[B]\-b\f[R], \f[B]\-brief\f[R]
 Brief mode.
 .RS
diff --git a/man/trans.1.md b/man/trans.1.md
index 847d64e6..e735469c 100644
--- a/man/trans.1.md
+++ b/man/trans.1.md
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ If neither *TEXT* nor the input file is specified by command-line arguments, the
 
     This option is unnecessary in most cases since verbose mode is enabled by default.
 
+**-c**, **-compact**
+:   Compact mode.
+
+    Show one translate dictionary entry per line instead of splitting it into two lines.
+
 **-b**, **-brief**
 :   Brief mode.
 
diff --git a/man/trans.1.template.md b/man/trans.1.template.md
index 1e378f20..8b031f68 100644
--- a/man/trans.1.template.md
+++ b/man/trans.1.template.md
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ If neither *TEXT* nor the input file is specified by command-line arguments, the
 
     This option is unnecessary in most cases since verbose mode is enabled by default.
 
+**-c**, **-compact**
+:   Compact mode.
+
+    Show one translate dictionary entry per line instead of splitting it into two lines.
+
 **-b**, **-brief**
 :   Brief mode.