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Wikipedia
DefinitionfromWiktionary,thefreedictionary
Seealso:WikipdiaandWikipdia

Contents
1 English
1.1 Alternativeforms
1.2 Etymology
1.3 Pronunciation
1.4 Propernoun
1.4.1 Derivedterms
1.4.2 Relatedterms ThelogoofWikipedia
1.4.3 Translations
1.5 Noun
1.5.1 Translations
1.6 Verb
1.6.1 Furtherreading
2 Danish
2.1 Etymology
2.2 Propernoun
2.2.1 Derivedterms
3 Dutch
3.1 Pronunciation
3.2 Etymology
3.3 Propernoun
4 German
4.1 Etymology
4.2 Pronunciation
4.3 Propernoun
5 Japanese
5.1 Romanization
6 Limburgish
6.1 Etymology
6.2 Pronunciation
6.3 Propernoun
7 Spanish
7.1 Etymology
7.2 Pronunciation
7.3 Propernoun
8 Swedish
8.1 Etymology
8.2 Propernoun

English

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Alternativeforms

wikipedia(whenusedasacommonnoun)
WikiPedia(dated)

Etymology

Blendofwiki+encyclopedia,coinedbyLarrySanger.

Pronunciation

(UK)IPA(key):/wkpid/
(US)enPR:w'kpd,w'kpd,IPA(key):/wkipidi./,/wkpidi./
Audio(UK) 0:00 MENU
Audio(US) 0:00 MENU
Rhymes:idi

Propernoun

Wikipedia(pluralWikipedias)

1.Afreecontentonlineencyclopediafoundedin2001,collaborativelydevelopedovertheWorldWideWebin
anumberoflanguages.[quotations]
2.ThecommunitythatdevelopstheWikipediaencyclopedia.[quotations]
3.Amainbeltasteroid(No.274301).

Derivedterms

Wikipedian

Relatedterms

Relatedterms [show]

Translations

onlineencyclopedia [show]

Noun

Wikipedia(pluralWikipedias)

1.AversionoftheencyclopediaWikipedia(afreecontentonlineencyclopedia)inaparticularlanguage.
[quotations]

ThereareoverfivemillionarticlesontheEnglishWikipedia.

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2.Awikiorsimilarcollaborativedatabase.[quotations]

HisnewprojectistocreateaWikipediaforUFO
sightingsfromallaroundtheworld.

3.(figuratively)Asourceofabundantencyclopedicknowledge.
[quotations]

HermindwasaWikipediaofuselessinformation.

Translations

sourceofabundantknowledge [show]

Verb ThelabelofaDVDversionoftheGerman
Wikipedia
Wikipedia(thirdpersonsingularsimplepresentWikipedias,present
participleWikipediaing,simplepastandpastparticiple
Wikipediaed)

1.(colloquial)ToconsultWikipediaforinformation.
1.Usedintransitively.[quotations]
2.Usedwithanobjectdenotingtheinformationsoughtorobtained.[quotations]
3.Usedwithanobjectdenotingthespecificarticleconsulted.

Iwikipediaedthearticleonscienceandlearnedaboutthescientificmethod.

Furtherreading

WikipediaonWikipedia.
MainPageofEnglishWikipedia
Wikipediasinotherlanguages(http://www.wikipedia.org/)

Danish
Etymology

BorrowingfromEnglishWikipedia.

Propernoun

Wikipedia

1.Wikipedia.

Derivedterms

Wikipediabrugerside

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Dutch
Pronunciation

IPA(key):[kipedia]
Audio 0:00 MENU

Etymology

BorrowingfromEnglishWikipedia.

Propernoun

Wikipedia?

1.Wikipedia

German
Etymology

BorrowingfromEnglishWikipedia.

Pronunciation

Audio 0:00 MENU

Propernoun

Wikipediaf(genitiveWikipedia)

1.(WiktionaryandWMFjargon)Wikipedia

Japanese
Romanization

Wikipedia

1.Rmajitranscriptionof

Limburgish
Etymology

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BorrowingfromEnglishWikipedia.

Pronunciation

IPA(key):[wipedia]

Propernoun

Wikipedia

1.Wikipedia

Spanish
Etymology

BorrowingfromEnglishWikipedia.

Pronunciation

Audio 0:00 MENU

Propernoun

Wikipediaf

1.Wikipedia

Swedish
Etymology

BorrowingfromEnglishWikipedia.

Propernoun

Wikipedia

1.Wikipedia

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English5syllablewords Englishtermswithaudiolinks Englishlemmas Englishpropernouns
Englishcountablepropernouns Englishnouns Englishcountablenouns Englishtermswithusageexamples
Englishverbs Englishcolloquialisms en:Websites DanishtermsborrowedfromEnglish

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DutchtermswithIPApronunciation Dutchtermswithaudiolinks DutchtermsborrowedfromEnglish
DutchtermsderivedfromEnglish Dutchlemmas Dutchpropernouns
GermantermsborrowedfromEnglish GermantermsderivedfromEnglish Germantermswithaudiolinks
Germanlemmas Germanpropernouns Germanfemininenouns de:Wiki Japanesenonlemmaforms
Japaneseromanizations LimburgishtermsborrowedfromEnglish LimburgishtermsderivedfromEnglish
LimburgishtermswithIPApronunciation Limburgishlemmas Limburgishpropernouns
SpanishtermsborrowedfromEnglish SpanishtermsderivedfromEnglish Spanishtermswithaudiolinks
Spanishlemmas Spanishpropernouns SpanishtermsspelledwithW SwedishtermsborrowedfromEnglish
SwedishtermsderivedfromEnglish Swedishlemmas Swedishpropernouns

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