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English
Wikipedia has an article on: WikipediaEtymology
Blend of wiki and encyclopedia, coined by Larry Sanger.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /ˌwɪkɪˈpiːdɪə/, SAMPA: /%wIkI"pi:dI@/
- (US) enPR: wĭ'kēpēʹdēə, IPA: /ˌwɪkiˈpiːdiə/, SAMPA: /%wIki"pi:di@/
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Audio (US) (file) Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -iːdiə
Proper noun
Wikipedia (plural Wikipedias)
- (trademark) An open-content online encyclopedia, collaboratively developed over the World Wide Web.
- 2005, Financial Times, December 14.
- Work in the open-source software community or contribute to wikipedias on your favourite subjects.
- 2005, Financial Times, December 14.
- (Wiktionary and WMF jargon) A version of this encyclopedia in a particular language.
- There are over three million articles on the English Wikipedia.
Quotations
- 2006, Cindy Long, "Getting WIKI With It", NEAToday 25 (2): 40 (October)
- It’s because of this open editing feature that Wikipedia draws praise, criticism, and, at times, vandals.
- 2007, The Time Team, Doctor Who Magazine 384: 57 (June)
- "He probably looked them up on Wikipedia," suggests Peter. "That would explain why it’s so inaccurate," sighs Jac.
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Wikipedia (plural Wikipedias)
- (figuratively) A source of abundant encyclopedic knowledge; a modern encyclopedia.
- 2009, Baze Mpinja, "Six Beauty Secrets Every Model Knows", Glamour magazine on Msn.com
- Rules and insights from some of the hottest new faces in the biz—they’re walking Wikipedias of hair, skin and makeup knowledge.
- 2009, Baze Mpinja, "Six Beauty Secrets Every Model Knows", Glamour magazine on Msn.com
Verb
to Wikipedia (third-person singular simple present Wikipedias, present participle Wikipediaing, simple past and past participle Wikipediaed)
- (transitive) To search for information on a topic in the Wikipedia online encyclopedia.
- I wikipediaed the article on science and learned about the scientific method.
- (Can we verify() this sense?) (transitive) To add or an article of the Wikipedia online encyclopedia.
- I am going to wikipedia the article on my favorite actor.
Quotations
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- 2004, Mike Pitt, in rec.sport.soccer [1]
- Did a bit of Wikipediaing:
- http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanganyika and
- http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzania
- Did a bit of Wikipediaing:
- 2005, David DeLaney, in alt.religion.kibology [2]
- If I did Wikipediaing, I’d put your effort under the definition of ROXXORZ.
- 2005, Edward Cherlin, in rec.arts.sf.science [3]
- Is everybody in this group incapable of arithmetic, Googling, and Wikipediaing?
- 2010 craziestgadgets.com
- That’s a true fact, you can Wikipedia that shizz.
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Dutch
Dutch Wikipedia has an article on: WikipediaEtymology
Borrowed from English.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Wikipedia
Limburgish
Etymology
From English Wikipedia.
Pronunciation
- IPA: [wi˧ɡəˈpeːədia]
Proper noun
Wikipedia
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