See also Wiki
Contents
English
Etymology
1995[1]. Abbreviated from WikiWikiWeb (first wiki software), from Hawaiian wikiwiki (“quick”) + English web.
Pronunciation
- enPR: wĭʹkē, wēʹkē, IPA: /ˈwɪki/, /ˈwiːki/, SAMPA: /"wIki/, /"wi:ki/
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Audio (US)
(file)
- Rhymes: -ɪki, -iːki
Noun
wiki (plural wikis)
- A collaborative website which can be directly edited using only a web browser, often by anyone with access to it.
Translations
collaborative website
- Afrikaans: wiki af(af)
- Arabic: ويكي (wiki)
- Armenian: վիքի hy(hy) (vik'i)
- Catalan: wiki ca(ca)
- Chinese: 維基, 维基 (wéijī)
- Danish: wiki da(da)
- Dutch: wiki nl(nl)
- Esperanto: vikio eo(eo)
- Estonian: viki et(et)
- Finnish: wiki fi(fi)
- French: wiki fr(fr) m.
- Georgian: ვიკი (viki)
- German: Wiki de(de) n.
- Greek: βίκι el(el) n. (víki), also γουίκι el(el) n. (gouíki) and ουίκι el(el) n. (ouíki)
- Hebrew: ויקי he(he) (wiki)
- Hungarian: viki hu(hu)
- Interlingua: wiki ia(ia)
- Italian: wiki it(it)
- Japanese: ウィキ (wiki)
- Khmer: វិគី (vikī)
- Korean: 위키 (wiki)
- Lithuanian: viki lt(lt)
- Macedonian: вики mk(mk) (víki)
- Norwegian: wiki no(no)
- Panjabi: ਵਿਕਿ (wiki)
- Persian: ویکی (viki)
- Polish: wiki pl(pl)
- Portuguese: wiki pt(pt)
- Romanian: wiki ro(ro)
- Russian: вики ru(ru) (víki)
- Serbian: вики sr(sr), viki sr(sr)
- Spanish: wiki es(es)
- Swedish: wiki sv(sv)
- Turkish: viki tr(tr)
- Volapük: vük vo(vo)
- Võro: viki
- Welsh: wici cy(cy)
Verb
to wiki (third-person singular simple present wikis, present participle wikiing, simple past and past participle wikied)
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(transitive) To research a topic on Wikipedia or some similar wiki.
- To get an understanding of the topics, he quickly went online and wikied each one.
- (intransitive) To contribute to a wiki.
Translations
research on a wiki
contribute to a wiki
Derived terms
References
- Notes:
- ^ Cunningham, Ward (2005). "Correspondence on the Etymology of Wiki." Ward Cunningham. URL accessed on 28 February 2010.
- “wiki” in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
- "wiki" in the Webster's New Millennium Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.6), Lexico Publishing Group, 2003-2005.
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
From English wiki.
Pronunciation
Noun
wiki m. (plural wiki’s, diminutive wikietje)
Derived terms
- wikiën
Anagrams
French
Noun
wiki m. (plural wikis)
Derived terms
Anagrams
Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-East-Polynesian witi
Verb
wiki
References
- “wiki” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986
Limburgish
Etymology
From English wiki.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈwi˦kə˧/, /ˈwi˦ki˨/
Noun
wiki
Norwegian
Etymology
From English wiki, from Hawaiian wikiwiki (“quick”).
Pronunciation
Noun
wiki m.
Inflection
Inflection of wiki
- wiki
- indefinite singular
- wikien
- definite singular
- wikier
- indefinite plural
- wikiene
- wiki
- indefinite singular
- wikien
- definite singular
- wikiar
- indefinite plural
- wikiane
Derived terms
- wikifisere
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈwi.ki/, /ˈɡwi.ki/
Etymology
From English wiki.
Noun
wiki m. and f. (plural wikis)
Swahili
Etymology
From English week.
Noun
wiki
- a week
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /viːkɪ/, /vɪkɪ/, /wiːkɪ/, /wɪkɪ/
Noun
wiki c.
- wiki.
Declension
Declension of wiki
- wiki
- singular
- wikin
- plural
- wikier
- wikierna
- wikis
- singular
- wikins
- plural
- wikiers
- wikiernas
The plurals are not agreed upon, other words for the indefinite plural nominative presently in use include wikier, wikis, wikisar, wikior, wikiar, wiki etc.