Wiktionary

Wiktionary

Logo of English Wiktionary
Screenshot Main Page of the English Wiktionary on April 2, 2019.
Type of site	Online dictionary
Available in	Multilingual (168 active)[1]
Owner	Wikimedia Foundation
Created by	Jimmy Wales Wikimedia community
URL	wiktionary.org
Commercial	No
Registration	Optional
Launched	December 12, 2002; 21 years ago (2002-12-12)
Current status	Active

Look up wiktionary or Wiktionary in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Wiktionary (UK: /ˈwɪkʃənəri/, WIK-shə-nər-ee; US: /ˈwɪkʃənɛri/, WIK-shə-nerr-ee; rhyming with "dictionary") is a multilingual, web-based project to create a free content dictionary of terms (including words, phrases, proverbs, linguistic reconstructions, etc.) in all natural languages and in a number of artificial languages. These entries may contain definitions, images for illustration, pronunciations, etymologies, inflections, usage examples, quotations, related terms, and translations of terms into other languages, among other features. It is collaboratively edited via a wiki. Its name is a portmanteau of the words wiki and dictionary. It is available in 192 languages and in Simple English. Like its sister project Wikipedia, Wiktionary is run by the Wikimedia Foundation, and is written collaboratively by volunteers, dubbed "Wiktionarians". Its wiki software, MediaWiki, allows almost anyone with access to the website to create and edit entries.

Because Wiktionary is not limited by print space considerations, most of Wiktionary's language editions provide definitions and translations of terms from many languages, and some editions offer additional information typically found in thesauri.

Wiktionary's data is frequently used in various natural language processing tasks.