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Wiktionary is a multilingual, web-based project to create a free content dictionary of all words in all languages. It is collaboratively edited via a wiki, and its name is a portmanteau of the words wiki and dictionary. It is available in 171 languages and in Simple English.
Is Wiktionary Wikipedia? ›
Wiktionary is a wiki-based project to develop a multilingual online dictionary, or a group of meanings for words, in the form of a wiki. There are many languages of Wiktionary. Wiktionary is also a thesaurus. Wiktionary is run by the Wikimedia Foundation, which also runs Wikipedia.
Who made Wiktionary? ›
Wiktionary was brought online on December 12, 2002, following a proposal by Daniel Alston and an idea by Larry Sanger, co-founder of Wikipedia. On March 28, 2004, the first non-English Wiktionaries were initiated in French and Polish. Wiktionaries in numerous other languages have since been started.
Why definition wiktionary? ›
(interrogative) For what cause, reason, or purpose.
What is the wiktionary spiritual? ›
Of or pertaining to God or a place of worship; sacred, pure; (Christianity, specifically) inspired by the Holy Spirit. Of or pertaining to spirits; supernatural. Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal.
What is the wiktionary truly? ›
Adverb. (modal) Honestly, genuinely, in fact, really.
Is Wiktionary a credible source? ›
In essence, going from most reliable and thorough and narrow to most unreliable, shallow and broad; Wiktionary is a step in the middle of that route and a good choice if it's to be your one-stop resource, but not the best if you actually want to research given word. SF. SF.
What is the Wiktionary controversial? ›
controversial (comparative more controversial, superlative most controversial) Arousing controversy—a debate or discussion of opposing opinions.
What is the Wiktionary forbidden? ›
Not allowed; specifically disallowed.
What is Wiktionary belief? ›
(uncountable) The quality or state of believing. My belief that it will rain tomorrow is strong. (uncountable) Religious faith.
No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected (often in favour of something newer).
What does Omega mean Wiktionary? ›
The twenty-fourth letter of the Classical and the Modern Greek alphabet, and the twenty-eighth letter of the Old and the Ancient Greek alphabet, i.e. the last letter of every Greek alphabet. Uppercase version: Ω; lowercase: ω. (often capitalized) The end; the final, last or ultimate in a sequence.
What is the wiktionary maen? ›
maen m (plural meini) stone. griddle stone.
What is the difference between dictionary and wiktionary? ›
Wiktionary has grown beyond a standard dictionary and now includes a thesaurus, a rhyme guide, phrase books, language statistics and extensive appendices. We aim to include not only the definition of a word, but also enough information to really understand it.
What does the wiktionary indicate mean? ›
To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
What is so called Wiktionary? ›
Adjective. so-called (not comparable) so named; commonly called. the so-called Ising mode. (ironic) commonly called by such a name, but false or unfitting.