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Is Wiktionary owned by Wikipedia? ›

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.

Wiktionary is a multilingual, web-based project to create a free content dictionary of all words in all languages. It is collaboratively edited via a wiki, and its name is a portmanteau of the words wiki and dictionary.

Free Dictionaries, Free Knowledge

The FreeDict project strives to be the most comprehensive source of truly free bilingual dictionaries. They are not just free of charge, but they give you the right to study, change and modify them, as long as you guarantee others these freedoms, too.

To cry (e.g. a motto)

In essence, going from most reliable and thorough and narrow to most unreliable, shallow and broad; Wiktionary is a step in the middle of that route and a good choice if it's to be your one-stop resource, but not the best if you actually want to research given word. SF. SF.

controversial (comparative more controversial, superlative most controversial) Arousing controversy—a debate or discussion of opposing opinions.

obsolete (comparative more obsolete, superlative most obsolete) (of words, equipment, etc.) No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected (often in favour of something newer).

Wiktionary is run by the Wikimedia Foundation, which also runs Wikipedia. The English Wiktionary currently has over 7.3 million pages and 4.0 million users. Much like Wikipedia, the Wiktionary is run in several different languages that can be selected from its main page.

That steals sacred things or robs a temple; sacrilegious. That violates or profanes sacred things; impious, godless, profane, sacrilegious.

Wiktionary supports the standard MediaWiki API - this basically lets you return page markup in a somewhat parseable format. And some projects to make working with Wiktionary content more machine-readable: https://github.com/dkpro/dkpro-jwktl.

Why are dictionaries banned? ›

Dictionaries were removed from library shelves in a Florida school district last year as part of an investigation of more than 1,600 titles for mentions of “sexual conduct” that could violate a 2023 state law.

For general purpose word reference, it's quite good. But if you need a set of reference works that's far more in depth and scope, then the paid version, Dictionary! , will probably fit your needs better.

American

Janet Yellen / Nationality

English (Somerset): probably a variant of Yelland or Yellin . Americanized form of Norwegian Hjellen: from the definite singular form of Old Norse hjallr 'terrace, ledge' (see Hjelle ).

Powell is a surname. It is a patronymic form of the Welsh name Hywel (later Anglicized as Howell), with the prefix ap meaning "son of", together forming ap Hywel, or "son of Hywel". It is an uncommon name among those of Welsh ancestry.

Deserving of trust, reliable.

The relationship resulting from affiliating one thing with another. A club, society or umbrella organisation so formed, especially a trade union.

reputation (countable and uncountable, plural reputations) What somebody or something is known for. synonyms ▲quotations ▼ Synonyms: name, (archaic) savour.

Wiktionary has grown beyond a standard dictionary and now includes a thesaurus, a rhyme guide, phrase books, language statistics and extensive appendices. We aim to include not only the definition of a word, but also enough information to really understand it.