wikipedia
/ˌwɪ.kiˈpidi.ə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.92 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A free-content, multilingual, online encyclopedia and wiki run by the Wikimedia Foundation.
noun
A version of the encyclopedia Wikipedia in a particular language.
noun
A wiki or similar collaborative database, especially one that is also an encyclopaedia.
Example Sentences
- "He joined Wikipedia two years ago."
- "Shopping online for deals on some writable media / I edit Wikipedia"
- "Wikipedia is the best thing ever. Anyone in the world can write anything they want about any subject, so you know you are getting the best possible information."
- "Bart: So Dean Martin would show up at the last minute and do everything in just one take? Homer: That's right. Bart: But Wikipedia said he was “passionate about rehearsal.” Homer: Don't you worry about Wikipedia. We'll change it when we get home."
- "Civility – translated as savoir-vivre in the French version – is one of the five "pillars" of Wikipedia."
- "To see how ghastly things have turned, look at the pages of the highly popular Wikipedia. Its free accessibility has made it a very useful and popular Internet resource. Then due to reports by Nature in 2005 of Wikipedia’s higher accuracy than online offerings of the Encyclopedia Britannica, the Wikipedia has been gaining in respect as a legitimate online reference source. […]"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Polynesian *witi Hawaiian wiki Hawaiian wikiwiki Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *webaną Proto-Germanic *wabją Old English webb Middle English web English web English WikiWikiWebclip. English wiki Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Ancient Greek ἐν (en) Ancient Greek ἐν- (en-) Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Proto-Hellenic *kʷókʷlos Proto-Hellenic *kúklos Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos) Ancient Greek ἐγκύκλῐος (enkúklĭos) Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w-der. Proto-Hellenic *pā́wits Ancient Greek παῖς (paîs) Pre-Greekder.? Proto-Hellenic *-eús Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús) Ancient Greek -εύω (-eúō) Ancient Greek παιδεύω (paideúō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek παιδείᾱ (paideíā) Ancient Greek ἐγκύκλιος παιδείᾱ (enkúklios paideíā)bor. New Latin encyclopaedīalbor. English encyclopedia blend English Wikipedia Blend of wiki + encyclopedia, coined by Larry Sanger in 2001. By surface analysis, wiki + -pedia.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌwɪ.kiˈpidi.ə/
- British English: /ˌwɪ.kɪˈpiːdi.ə/