Foreign language character support

This question is for oracle 9i and above, on windows and linux.
Is there a way to create a foreign language dictionary that contains words from 2 or more languages? The words are to be stored in the native character set of the
language, along with the phonetic spelling and other data.
Example:
ENGLISH
Main Entry: book
Pronunciation: 'buk
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bOc; akin to Old High German buoh book, Gothic boka letter
1 a : a set of written sheets of skin or paper or tablets of wood or ivory b : a set of written, printed, or blank sheets bound together into a volume c : a long written or printed literary composition d : a major division of a treatise or literary work e : a record of a business's financial transactions or financial condition -- often used in plural <the books show a profit> f :
GERMAN
book
bestseller -- das meistverkaufteste Buch des Jahres
Bible -- das allein maßgebende Buch
to bind a book -- ein Buch binden
to bind a book in boards -- ein Buch kartonieren
book -- das Buch
a book for critical readers -- ein Buch für gehobene Ansprüche
this book is mine -- das Buch gehört mir
the book reads well -- das Buch liest sich gut
the book sells well -- das Buch geht gut
the book sells well -- das Buch verkauft sich gut
that book there -- das Buch dort
the book you want -- das Buch, das sie möchten?
to dogear -- Eselsohren in ein Buch machen
Table design
language varchar2(15), -- eng, ger, rus, spn
word varchar2(20),
sound clob, -- mp3 file
picture clob, -- jpeg file
description varchar2(1000); -- mostly free text
The SOUND mp3 file and picture jpeg files should be stored IN the database, not as
an operating system file.
Also, need to store special characters, such as diacritical marks
(german unlaut ö, spanish tilde ~)
I believe this will require supporting multiple character sets, simultaneously.
Also, assuming this can be done, what are the implications for
entering data via web based forms and creating reports?

this is also an issue for text messaging and emails in non-latin character sets.
also, in a related issue, i have some symbols in passwords (symbols in the latin alphabet like ~ and ^) that can't be recognized by the web browser. so, i'm unable to log in to some of my website accounts.

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