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English

wikipedia

Etymology
Abbreviated from w:WikiWikiWeb|WikiWikiWeb? (first wiki software), from Haw. wikiwiki (quick) + English web.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�wɪ.ki/ or IPAchar|/�wi.ki/
AHD|(wĭʹk�) or AHDchar|(w�ʹk�)
audio|en-us-wiki.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|ɪki or IPAchar|Rhymes:English:-i�ki|-i�ki

Noun
en-noun

1. A collaborative website which can be directly edited by anyone with access to it.

Translations
trans-top|n. collaborative website
Afrikaans: wiki ("viki")
Arabic: ARchar|���� (wiki)
Catalan: wiki
Chinese: 維�, 维� (wéijī)
Danish: t-|da|wiki
Dutch: t-|nl|wiki
Esperanto: t-|eo|vikio|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: t+|et|viki
Finnish: t+|fi|wiki
French: t+|fr|wiki|m
German: t-|de|Wiki|n
Georgian: ���� (viki)
Greek: t|el|βίκι|n|scGrek (víki), also t|el|γο�ίκι|n|scGrek (gouíki) and t|el|ο�ίκι|n|sc=Grek (ouíki)
Hebrew: ��ק�/���ק� (wiki)
Hungarian: t+|hu|viki
Interlingua: wiki
Italian: t+|it|wiki
Japanese: ��� (wiki)
trans-mid
Khmer: KMchar|���� (vīkī)
Korean: �� (wiki)
Lithuanian: t+|lt|viki|xs=Lithuanian
Panjabi: ਵਿ�ਿ (wiki)
Persian: FAchar|Ù�Û�Ú©Û� (viki)
Polish: t+|pl|wiki
Portuguese: t+|pt|wiki
Romanian: t+|ro|wiki
Russian: t+|ru|вики|trvíki|scCyrl
Serbian: t+|sr|вики|sc=Cyrl, t+|sr|viki
Spanish: t+|es|wiki
Swedish: t+|sv|wiki
Turkish: t+|tr|viki
Volapük: wiki
Võro: viki#Võro|viki
Welsh: wici
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Verb
en-verb|wiki

1. 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.

1. intransitive To contribute to a wiki.

Derived terms
transwiki
wikify
wikiholic
wikilink
Wikipedia
wikisource
Wiktionary
Wiktionarian

References
R:American Heritage 2000|wiki
R:Webster's New Millennium|wiki

Maori

Proper noun
Wiki

1. short for Wikitoria (Victoria).

Swahili

Noun
wiki

1. derivation of English week.

Swedish

Noun
wiki IPA|vi�kɪ, vɪkɪ, wi�kɪ, wɪkɪ

1. #English|wiki.

Inflection
sv-noun|gender=Common|wiki|wikin|wikier|wikierna|wikis|wikins|wikiers|wikiernas
<small>¹: The plurals are not agreed upon, other words for the indefinite plural nominative presently in use include wikis, wikisar, wikior, wikiar, wiki etc.</small>

Category:Hawaiian derivations

de:wiki
el:wiki
es:wiki
fr:wiki
id:wiki
it:wiki
lv:wiki
lt:wiki
jbo:wiki
ja:wiki
no:wiki
nn:wiki
pl:wiki
pt:wiki
ro:wiki
ru:wiki
scn:wiki
simple:wiki
sk:wiki
fi:wiki
sv:wiki
tl:wiki
vi:wiki
tr:wiki

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