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English

Etymology

1995. Abbreviated from WikiWikiWeb, from Hawaiian wikiwiki (quick) + English web.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: wĭʹkē, wēʹkē, IPA(key): /ˈwɪki/, /ˈwiːki/
  • Rhymes: -ɪki, -iːki
  • Homophones: wicky, weaky, wickie

Noun

wiki (plural wikis)

  1. A collaborative website which can be directly edited merely by using a web browser, often by anyone with access to it.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

wiki (third-person singular simple present wikis, present participle wikiing, simple past and past participle wikied)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To research on Wikipedia or some similar wiki.
    To get an understanding of the topics, he quickly went online and wikied each one.
  2. (intransitive) To contribute to a wiki.
  3. (transitive) To participate in the wiki-based production of.

Translations

See also

  • sukuma wiki

References

  • “wiki”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
  • "wiki" in the Webster's New Millennium Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.6), Lexico Publishing Group, 2003-2005.
  • Notes:

Anagrams

  • Kiwi, kiwi

Catalan

Alternative forms

  • viqui

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English wiki.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ˈbi.ki]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [ˈvi.ki]

Noun

wiki m (plural wikis)

  1. wiki

Chinese

Etymology

From English wiki.

Pronunciation

Verb

wiki

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to wiki; to research on Wikipedia

Proper noun

wiki

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Wikipedia

Alternative forms

  • Wiki

Noun

wiki

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) article on Wikipedia

Choctaw

Alternative forms

  • Spelling variants
    • weki (traditional)

Adjective

wīki

  1. heavy

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English wiki.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈviki/, /ˈvikʰi/, /ˈwikʰi/

Noun

wiki c (singular definite wikien, plural indefinite wikier)

  1. A wiki.

Inflection

Derived terms

  • wikikette
  • wikikode
  • Wikipedia
  • Wikipediabrugerside

References

Anagrams

  • kiwi

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English wiki.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋiki/

Noun

wiki m (plural wiki's, diminutive wikietje n)

  1. wiki

Derived terms

  • wikiën

Anagrams

  • kiwi

Finnish

Etymology

From English wiki, formed from Hawaiian wikiwiki.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwiki/, [ˈwik̟i]
  • Rhymes: -iki
  • Syllabification(key): wi‧ki

Noun

wiki

  1. wiki (collaborative website)

Declension

Further reading

  • wiki”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[5] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English wiki.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wi.ki/

Noun

wiki m (plural wikis)

  1. wiki

Derived terms

  • wikifier
  • Wikipédia
  • Wiktionnaire

Anagrams

  • kiwi

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *witi (note: only attested in Central-Eastern Polynesian).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈviki]

Verb

wiki

  1. (stative) hasten, speed up.
  2. (stative) be swift, speedy, quick.

Derived terms

  • wikiwiki

References

  • Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “wiki”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English wiki.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: wi‧ki

Noun

wiki (first-person possessive wikiku, second-person possessive wikimu, third-person possessive wikinya)

  1. wiki

Further reading

  • “wiki” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

Romanization

wiki

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ウィキ

Kokota

Etymology

Borrowed from English week.

Noun

wiki

  1. week
    palu wiki : two weeks

References

  • Bill Palmer, Kokota Grammar, page 380 →ISBN

Limburgish

Etymology

Borrowed from English wiki.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwi˦kə˧/, /ˈwi˦ki˨/

Noun

wiki m

  1. wiki

Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German wīk, from Latin vicus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvʲikʲi/

Noun

wiki ? pl

  1. (literary, commerce) market
  2. town square

Declension

Derived terms

  • konjece wiki
  • pjenjezne wiki
  • wikowanišćo
  • wjelike wiki

References

Further reading

  • Starosta, Manfred: Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik, Ludowe nakładnistwo Domowina, Budyšyn, 1999., →ISBN
  • Šwjela, Bogumil: Dolnoserbsko-němski słownik, Ludowe nakładnistwo Domowina, Budyšyn, 1963., p. 451.

Maori

Etymology 1

Verb

wiki

  1. to form circular ripples on the surface of a fluid

Etymology 2

Transliteration of English week

Noun

wiki

  1. week

Etymology 3

Transliteration of English wick

Noun

wiki

  1. wick; fuse

Norwegian

Etymology

Borrowed from English wiki, from Hawaiian wikiwiki (quick).

Pronunciation

Noun

wiki m

  1. A wiki.

Inflection

Derived terms

  • wikifisere

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English wiki.

Pronunciation

Noun

wiki f or (less common) m (plural wikis)

  1. wiki (website allowing collaborative editing of content)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English wiki.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwiki/ [ˈwi.ki], /ˈɡwiki/ [ˈɡwi.ki]
  • Rhymes: -iki
  • Syllabification: wi‧ki

Noun

wiki m or f same meaning (plural wikis)

  1. wiki

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English week.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwi.ki/

Noun

wiki

  1. week

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English week.

Pronunciation

Noun

wiki (n class, plural wiki)

  1. a week

Synonyms

  • juma

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English wiki.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /viːkɪ/, /vɪkɪ/, /wiːkɪ/, /wɪkɪ/

Noun

wiki c

  1. wiki.

Declension

The plurals are not agreed upon, other words for the indefinite plural nominative presently in use include wikier, wikis, wikisar, wikior, wikiar, wiki etc.

Tocharian A

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *w'īkän, from Proto-Indo-European *(d)wi(h₁)dḱm̥ti (cognate with Latin vīgintī, Ancient Greek εἴκοσι (eíkosi), Doric ϝείκατι (weíkati), Sanskrit विंशति (viṃśati), Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬯𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (vīsaiti), Ossetian инсӕй (insæj), Armenian քսան (kʿsan), Albanian (një)zet, Welsh ugain). Compare Tocharian B ikäṃ.

Numeral

wiki

  1. twenty

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from English wiki.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvici/
  • Hyphenation: wi‧ki

Noun

wiki (definite accusative wikiyi, plural wikiler)

  1. wiki

Declension

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