phrase · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌsaɪˈteɪ.ʃn̩ ˈniː.dɪd/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
General-American:/ˌsaɪˈteɪ.ʃən ˈni.dɪd/
General-American:/-dəd/
1
phrase
Meaning 1
Used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: humorous
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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phrase
Meaning 2
Used ironically to designate an obvious fact that needs no support.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From a tag, first created in June 2005, used on the English Wikipedia website to mark statements in articles that require verification.
Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
verwysing benodig
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
Arabic:
بِحَاجَةٍ لِمَصْدَرٍ
(biḥājatin limaṣdarin)
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
Belarusian:
няма крыніцы
(njama krynicy)
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
Bulgarian:
без източници
(bez iztočnici)
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
Catalan:
cal citació
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
Catalan:
citació necessària
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
Chinese Mandarin:
來源請求 /来源请求
(láiyuán qǐngqiú)
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
Danish:
kilde mangler
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
Esperanto:
citaĵo bezonata
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
Esperanto:
mankas fonto
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
Finnish:
lähde?
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
French:
référence nécessaire
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
French:
refnec
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
Galician:
cómpre referencia
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
Georgian:
საჭიროებს წყაროს მითითებას
(sač̣iroebs c̣q̇aros mititebas)
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
German:
Belege fehlen
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
Greek:
εκκρεμεί παραπομπή
(ekkremeí parapompí)
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
Hebrew:
דרוש מקור
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
Hungarian:
forráskérő
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
Icelandic:
heimild vantar
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
Indonesian:
butuh rujukan
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
Italian:
citazione necessaria
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
Japanese:
要出典
(yō-shutten)
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
Korean:
출처 필요
(chulcheo piryo)
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
Latvian:
nepieciešama atsauce
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
Lithuanian:
reikalingas šaltinis
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
Norwegian Bokmål:
trenger referanse
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
Norwegian Nynorsk:
treng kjelde
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
Polish:
potrzebne źródło
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
Portuguese:
carece de fontes
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
Punjabi:
ਹਵਾਲਾ ਲੋੜੀਂਦਾ
(havālā loṛīndā)
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
Romanian:
necesită citare
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
Russian:
нет исто́чника
(net istóčnika)
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
Sardinian:
esigit tzitassione
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
Serbo-Croatian:
тражи се извор
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
Serbo-Croatian:
traži se izvor
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
Serbo-Croatian:
nedostaje izvor
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
Slovak:
chýba zdroj
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
Slovak:
bez citácie
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
Slovak:
chýba citácia
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
Lower Sorbian:
trěbne žrědło
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
Upper Sorbian:
trěbne žórło
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
Spanish:
cita requerida
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
Swedish:
källa behövs
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
Thai:
ต้องการอ้างอิง
(dtông gaan âang ing)
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
Vietnamese:
cần dẫn nguồn
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification
Welsh:
angen ffynhonnell
— used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification