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Abbreviated from WikiWikiWeb (first wiki software), from Hawaiian wikiwiki (“‘quick’”) + English web.
Pronunciation
- enPR: /wĭʹkē/, /wēʹkē/, IPA: /ˈwɪ.ki/, /ˈwi.ki/, SAMPA: /"wI.ki/, /"wi.ki/
- Audio (US)help, file
- Rhymes: -ɪki or Rhymes: -iki
Noun
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Singular wiki |
Plural wikis |
wiki (plural wikis)
- A collaborative website which can be directly edited by anyone with access to it.
Verb
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Infinitive to wiki |
Third person singular wikis |
Simple past wikied |
Past participle wikied |
Present participle wikiing |
to wiki (third-person singular simple present wikis, present participle wikiing, simple past and past participle wikied)
- (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
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Derived terms
- wikify
- wikiholic
- wikilink
- Wikipedia
- Wikisource
- Wiktionary
- Wiktionarian
References
- “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)
- wiki
Derived terms
- wikifier
- Wikipédia
- Wiktionnaire
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
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Noun
wiki m.
Inflection
Inflection of wiki| indefinite singular | definite singular | indefinite plural | definite plural | |
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| Bokmål m | wiki | wikien | wikier | wikiene |
| Nynorsk m | wiki | wikien | wikiar | wikiane |
Derived terms
- wikifisere
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈwi.ki/, /ˈgwi.ki/
Etymology
From English wiki.
Noun
wiki m. and f. (plural wikis)
Swahili
Etymology
Noun
wiki
- a week
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /viːkɪ/, /vɪkɪ/, /wiːkɪ/, /wɪkɪ/
Noun
wiki
- wiki.
Inflection
| Inflection for wiki | Singular | Plural | ||
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| Common | Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite |
| Nominative | wiki | wikin | wikier | wikierna |
| Genitive | wikis | wikins | 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.
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