Wikipedia

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

English

Etymology

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@/
•  Audio (US)  Audio (UK)
• Rhymes: -iːdiə

Proper noun

Wikipedia (plural Wikipedias)

1. 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.

2. (Wiktionary and WMF jargon) A version of this encyclopedia in a particular language.

   There are over two 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.

Derived terms

• Wikipedian

Related terms

Translations

Noun

Wikipedia (plural Wikipedias)

1. (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.

Verb

to Wikipedia (third-person singular simple present Wikipedias, present participle Wikipediaing, simple past and past participle Wikipediaed)

1. (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.

2. (transitive) To add or edit an article of the Wikipedia online encyclopedia.

   I am going to wikipedia the article on my favorite actor.

Quotations

• 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

• 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?

External links

• Main Page of English Wikipedia
• Wikipedias in other languages

See also

• Wiktionary

Limburgish

Etymology

From English Wikipedia.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [wi˧gəˈpeːədia]

Noun

Wikipedia

1. Wikipedia