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English

Etymology

    First appearance in 1995 in PC Week. 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)

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

    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.
    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, Valencia) [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
    • Hyphenation(key): wi‧ki

    Noun

    wiki

    1. wiki (collaborative website)

    Declension

    Derived terms

    Further reading

    • “wiki”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[6] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, 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
    • wikiprojet
    • Wikipédia
    • Wiktionnaire

    Anagrams

    • kiwi

    Hawaiian

    Etymology

      From Proto-Polynesian *witi. Note that this reconstruction is only attested in Central-Eastern Polynesian.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈwi.ki/, [ˈʋi.ti]

      Verb

      wiki

      1. (stative) to hasten, to speed up
      2. (stative) to be swift, to be speedy, to be 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 (plural wiki-wiki)

      1. wiki

      Further reading

      • “wiki” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of 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

      Latvian

      Etymology

      Unadapted borrowing from English wiki

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈviki/

      Noun

      wiki m (invariable)

      1. wiki

      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 Bokmål

      Etymology

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

      Noun

      wiki m (definite singular wikien, indefinite plural wikier, definite plural wikiene)

      1. wiki

      Derived terms

      • wikifisere

      Norwegian Nynorsk

      Etymology

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

      Noun

      wiki m (definite singular wikien, indefinite plural wikiar, definite plural wikiane)

      1. wiki

      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 class IX (plural wiki class X)

      1. a week

      Synonyms

      • juma

      References

      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 (kʻsan), Albanian (një)zet, Welsh ugain). Compare Tocharian B ikäṃ.

      Numeral

      wiki

      1. twenty

      Turkish

      Etymology

      Borrowed from English wiki.

      Pronunciation

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

      Noun

      wiki (definite accusative wikiyi, plural wikiler)

      1. wiki

      Declension

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