Wiktionarian

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Proto-Polynesian *witi

Hawaiian wiki

Hawaiian wikiwikider.

English wiki

Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *déyḱeti

Proto-Italic *deikō

Medieval Latin dīcō

Proto-Indo-European *-tisder.

Proto-Italic *-tjō

Medieval Latin -tiō

Medieval Latin dictiō

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Medieval Latin -ārius

Medieval Latin -ārium

Medieval Latin dictiōnāriumlbor.

Middle English dixionare

English dictionary

blend

English Wiktionary

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Latin -nus

Latin -ānus

Latin -iānusbor.

English -ian

English Wiktionarian

From Wiktionary +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈwɪk.ʃən.ɹi.ən/, /ˈwɪk.ʃə.nə.ɹi.ən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈwɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi.ən/, /ˈwɪk.tʃəˌnɛ.ɹi.ən/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪkʃənɹiən, -ɪkʃənəɹiən, -ɪkʃənɛəɹiən, -ɛəɹiən
• Hyphenation: Wik‧tion‧a‧rian

Noun

Wiktionarian (plural Wiktionarians)

2. (Wikimedia jargon) A person who contributes to Wiktionary, especially a regular contributor well versed in the ways of the site.

   Hypernyms: dictionarian, dictionarist, lexicographer, lexicographist, Wikimedian < contributor < person

   Coordinate terms: Wikipedian, Wikidatian

   • 2008, Phoebe Ayers, Charles Matthews, Ben Yates, How Wikipedia Works: And How You Can Be a Part of It, No Starch Press, page 430:

     An outside project called Omegawiki, started by a handful of Wiktionarians, is working on a grand combination of data from Wiktionary into a single dictionary for all languages.

   • 2012, Sylviane Granger, Magali Paquot, editors, Electronic Lexicography, Oxford University Press, page 271:

     Wiktionary contributors are called Wiktionarians.

   • 2013, Robert Lew, “User-generated content (UGC) in online English dictionaries”, in OPAL - Online publizierte Arbeiten zur Linguistik, number § 5.1:

     Wiktionary is compiled through a collaborative process by a large community of Web users, in this context called Wiktionarians.

Translations

a person who contributes to Wiktionary

Arabic: وِيكَامُوسِيّ (wīkāmūsiyy) Catalan: viccionaire m or f Danish: Wiktionarist c Dutch: Wikiwoordenboekmedewerker m, Wikiwoordenboekmedewerkster f Esperanto: Vikivortaristo, Vikivortaristino (female) Finnish: Wiktionaristi French: wiktionnariste (fr) m or f, wikidémicien (fr) m, wikidémicienne (fr) f German: Wiktionärist m, Wiktionäristin f Hebrew: ויקימילונאי (he) Hungarian: Wiktionary-szerkesztő, Wikiszótár-író Italian: wiktionarista m or f Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: wîkîferhengvan, wîksiyonarîst Latin: Viktionarianus m, Viktionariana f Polish: wikisłownikarz (pl) m, wikisłownikarka (pl) f Portuguese: wikcionarista (pt) m or f Russian: викисловарист (vikislovarist) Spanish: wikcionarista (es) m or f Swahili: mbuni wikamusi Swedish: wiktionarian c

See also

• Wiktionary:Wiktionarians