Phrase guide

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phrase · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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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

2

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