Wiktionarian

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Proto-Polynesian *witi

Hawaiian wiki

Hawaiian wikiwikider.

English wikiblend.

Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *déyḱti

Proto-Italic *deikō

Latin dīcō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Italic *-tjō

Latin -tiō

Latin dictiō

Latin -ārium

Medieval Latin dictiōnāriumlbor.

Middle English dixionare

English dictionaryblend.

English Wiktionary

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

   Coordinate terms: Wikidatian, Wikipedian

   • 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

• 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