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Wiktionary (from the words wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in 158 languages. Unlike standard dictionaries, it is written collaboratively by volunteers, dubbed "Wiktionarians", using wiki software, allowing articles to be changed by almost anyone with access to the website.
Type of site | Online dictionary |
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Available in | Multi-lingual (over 170) |
Owner | Wikimedia Foundation |
Created by | Jimmy Wales and the Wikimedia community |
URL | http://www.wiktionary.org/ |
Commercial | No |
Registration | Optional |
Launched | December 12, 2002 |
Current status | active |
Like its sister project Wikipedia, Wiktionary is run by the Wikimedia Foundation. Because Wiktionary is not limited by print space considerations, most of Wiktionary's language editions provide definitions and translations of words from many languages, and some editions offer additional information typically found in thesauri and lexicons. Additionally, the English Wiktionary includes Wikisaurus, a category that serves as a thesaurus, including lists of slang words, and the Simple English Wiktionary, compiled using the Basic English subset of the English language.
The goal of Wiktionary is to eventually define "all words in all languages."[1]