Standard Lemma guide
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
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
A lightweight markup language used to format and structure pages in wikis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Qualifier: wiki jargon
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: wikicode, wiki markup
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Content that has been marked up with such a language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Qualifier: wiki jargon
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Polynesian *witi Hawaiian wiki Hawaiian wikiwiki Proto-Indo-European *webh-der. Proto-Germanic *webaną Proto-Germanic *wabją Old English webb Middle English web English web English WikiWikiWebclip. English wiki Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-seti Proto-Indo-European *téḱseti Proto-Italic *teksō? Latin texō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus New Latin textusbor. Old French textebor. Middle English text English text English wikitext From wiki + text.
Across languages
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
