Standard Lemma guide

Wiktionary

name · noun · 5 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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  • UK: /ˈwɪk.ʃən.ɹi/
  • UK: /ˈwɪk.ʃə.nə.ɹi/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: wĭkʹshə-nĕr'ē
  • US: /ˈwɪk.ʃəˌnɛɹ.i/
  • US: /ˈwɪk.tʃəˌnɛɹ.i/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada: /ˈwɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/
  • Canada: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˈwɪk.ʃə.nə.ɹiː/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • India: /ˈʋɪkʃ.nə.ri/
  • India: /ˈʋɪk.ʃə.nɛ.ri/
  • India: [ˈwikʃ.nə.ɾi]
  • rhymes with -ɪkʃənɹi
  • rhymes with -ɪkʃənəɹi
  • rhymes with -ɪkʃənɛəɹi
  • rhymes with -ɛəɹi
  • British, Southern, Standard: /ˈwɪkʃənɹɪj/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /ˈwɪkʃənəɹɪj/

1

name

Meaning 1

A collaborative project run by the Wikimedia Foundation to produce a free and complete dictionary in every language; the dictionaries, collectively, produced by that project.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He had logged in to Wiktionary two months ago.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A particular version of this dictionary project, written in a certain language, such as the English-language Wiktionary (often known simply as the English Wiktionary).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

Alternative letter-case form of Wiktionary.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Any online lexicon resembling Wiktionary, often one that can be edited by the public.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Any of the free dictionaries produced by a collaborative project run by the Wikimedia Foundation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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 *deyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *déyḱeti Proto-Italic *deikō Latin dīcō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin dictiō Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -um Latin -ārium ▲ Latin dictiō ▲ Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Latin dictiōnārius? Medieval Latin dictiōnāriumlbor. Middle English dixionare English dictionary blend English Wiktionary Blend of wiki + dictionary.

Across languages

Translations

126 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Wikiwoordeboek — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Albanian: Wikifjalor — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Amharic: ዊኪ መዝገበ ቃላት (wiki mäzgäbä ḳalat) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Arabic: وِيكَامُوس (wīkāmūs) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Aragonese: Biquizionario — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Armenian: Վիքիբառարան (Vikʻibaṙaran) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Assamese: ৱিকিঅভিধান (wikiobhidhan) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Asturian: Wikcionariu — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Azerbaijani: Vikilüğət — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Basque: Wikiztegia — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Belarusian: Вікісло́ўнік (Vikislównik) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Bengali: উইকিঅভিধান (uikiobhidhan) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Central Bikol: Wiksyunaryo — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Blackfoot: Ikkamí'poyssináákia'tsisi — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Breton: Wikeriadur — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Bulgarian: Уикире́чник (Uikiréčnik) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Burmese: ဝစ်ရှင်နရီ (wachrangna.ri) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Catalan: Viccionari — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Chinese Cantonese: 維基辭典 /维基辞典 (wai4 gei1 ci4 din2) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Chinese Cantonese: 維基詞典 /维基词典 (wai4 gei1 ci4 din2) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Literary Chinese: 維基爾雅 (Wéijī Ěryǎ) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 維基詞典 /维基词典 (Wéijī Cídiǎn) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 維基辭典 /维基辞典 (Wéijī Cídiǎn) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Chuvash: Викисӑмахсар (Vik̬is̬ămahsar) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Corsican: Wikizziunariu — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Czech: Wikislovník — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Danish: Wikiordbog — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Danish: Wiktionary — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Dutch: WikiWoordenboek — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Dutch: Wiktionary — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Esperanto: Vikivortaro — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Estonian: Vikisõnaraamat — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Estonian: Vikisõnastik — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Finnish: Wikisanakirja — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • French: Wiktionnaire — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Georgian: ვიქსიკონი (viksiḳoni) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • German: Wiktionary — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • German: Wikiwörterbuch — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Greek: Βικιλεξικό (Vikilexikó) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Gujarati: વિકિકોશ (vikikoś) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Hebrew: וִיקִימִלּוֹן \ ויקימילון (vikimilón) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Hindi: विक्षनरी (vikṣanrī) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Hungarian: Wikiszótár — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Hungarian: Wiktionary — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Icelandic: Wikiorðabók — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Ido: Wikivortaro — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Indonesian: Wikikamus — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Interlingua: Wiktionario — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Irish: Vicífhoclóir — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Italian: Wikizionario — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Japanese: ウィクショナリー (Wikushonarī) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Javanese: Wikisastra — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Kannada: ವಿಕ್ಷನರಿ (vikṣanari) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Kazakh: Уикисөздік (Uikisözdık) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Khmer: វិគីនានុក្រម (vikiinaanukrɑm) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Korean: 위키낱말사전 (Wikinanmalsajeon) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Korean: 윅셔너리 (Wiksyeoneori) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Central Kurdish: ویکیفەرھەنگ (wîkîferheng) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Northern Kurdish: Wîkîferheng — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Kyrgyz: Викисөздүк (Vikisözdük) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Lao: ວິກິພົດຈະນານຸກົມ (wi ki phot cha nā nu kom) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Latin: Victiōnārium — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Latvian: Vikivārdnīca — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Limburgish: Wiktionair — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Lithuanian: Vikižodynas — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Low German: Wikiwöörbook — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Low German: Wiktionary — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Luxembourgish: Wiktionnaire — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Macedonian: Викире́чник (Vikiréčnik) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Malagasy: Wikibolana — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Malay: Wikikamus — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Malayalam: വിക്കിനിഘണ്ടു (vikkinighaṇṭu) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Maltese: Wikizzjunarju — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Marathi: विक्षनरी (vikśanarī) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Mon: ဝိက်ရှေန်နရဳ — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Mongolian: Викитоль (Vikitolʹ) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Nepali: विक्सनरी (viksanarī) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Nepali: विक्षनरी (vikṣanarī) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Wiktionary — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Occitan: Wikiccionari — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Odia: ଉଇକିଅଭିଧାନ (uikiabhidhāna) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Pashto: ويکيسيند (wikisind) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Iranian Persian: ویکیواژِه (viki-vâže) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Piedmontese: Wiktionary — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Piedmontese: Wiksionari — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Polish: Wikisłownik — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Portuguese: Wikcionário — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Punjabi: ਵਿਕਸ਼ਨਰੀ (vikśanarī) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Quechua: Wiksimitaqi — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Romanian: Wikționar — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Russian: Викислова́рь (Vikislovárʹ) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Scots: Wiktionar — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Serbo-Croatian: Викиречник — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Serbo-Croatian: Викирјечник — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Serbo-Croatian: Vikirečnik — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Serbo-Croatian: Vikirječnik — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Serbo-Croatian: Wječnik — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Shan: ဝိၵ်ႇသျိၼ်ႇၼရီႇ (wìk sjìn nǎ rìi) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Sicilian: Wikizziunaru — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Silesian: Wikcjōnorz — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Sindhi: وڪي لغت (wiki lughat) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Sinhalese: වික්ෂනරිය (wikṣanariya) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Slovak: Wikislovník — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Slovene: Wikislovar — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Spanish: Wikcionario — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Swahili: Wikamusi — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Swedish: Wiktionary — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Tagalog: Wiksiyonaryo — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Tajik: Викилуғат (Vikiluġat) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Tamil: விக்சனரி (vikcaṉari) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Tatar: Викисүзлек (Wikisüzlek) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Tatar: Wikisüzlek — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Telugu: విక్షనరీ (vikṣanarī) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Thai: วิกิพจนานุกรม (wí-gì-pót-jà-naa-nú-grom) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Tigrinya: ዊኪ-መዝገበ-ቃላት (wiki-mäzgäbä-ḳalat) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Turkish: Vikisözlük — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Turkmen: Wikisözlük — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Ukrainian: Вікісловни́к (Vikislovnýk) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Urdu: وِکْشَنْری (vikśanrī) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Uyghur: ۋىكىلۇغەت (wikilughet) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Uzbek: Vikilugʻat — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Vietnamese: Wiktionary — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Vietnamese: Uých-sân-ri (respelling) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Volapük: Vükivödabuk — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Welsh: Wiciadur — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language
  • Yiddish: וויקיווערטערבוך (vikiverterbukh) — the collaborative project; a particular version of this project written in a certain language