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[edit] August 2009

[edit] lookout

"lookout" is also a carpentry term, referring, I think, either to the rafter tails extending outside the wall, or to the horizontal members running from the wall to the ends of the rafters & to which the soffit is nailed, or to blocks simply nailed to the wall to support the eave -- one or more of these.

Thanks. I've copied your comments to Talk:lookout. DCDuring TALK 14:22, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Appendix:Cannabis slang

.5 grams is a nickel bag not a dime which is a full gram.

[edit] slut

I'm thinking that, unless I've missed it in the very detailed series of denotation, designation and connotation, overlooked may be the concept that the term, 'slut' derives from the fact that it is acronymic for 'lust'???

Do you have any evidence that this is more than just coincidental? We could record it under anagrams. Dbfirs 14:06, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] 꺽저기

This entry is very good. Thanks.

114.59.185.45 15:21, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] draft

Could antonyms be included in Wiktionary? Thanks!

Yes. Antonyms is an optional section that comes after the definitions between Synonyms and Derived terms. If you want to add antonyms to an entry that doesn't already have the secion just add the section too. It's one level higher than part-of-speech level, so usually level 4. To make a level-4 antonyms section just edit the page and place this in the right spot:

====Antonyms====
* [[uncomfortable]]

— hippietrail 03:26, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Special:SpecialPages

I cannot remember all of the symbols - how they relate to pronumciation and was trying to figure out how to pronounce a word in latin. Could not find a symbol guide anywhere here that shows what the symbols with what letter combinations mean ie long e, short e, words with that sound, etc.

See Wiktionary:English pronunciation key. —Stephen 04:34, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Special:UserLogin, Tamil

I would like to know what is the Tamil Superstar Rajinikanth's Rasi and Natchiterum in Tamil. I couldn't find it in Wikipedia.

thanks

You might try searching in Tamil. Rajinikanth = ரஜினிகாந்த்; இராசி (irāci, 12 signs of the zodiac); நட்சத்திரம் (natchattiram, one of 27 lunar constellations). —Stephen 06:51, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] overbridge

Term still applies to road over another road Doesn't have to be different modes

Quit true, but the definition doesn't exclude this. The usage note uses different modes just for ease of explanation. Dbfirs 14:03, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Special:Search

have other meanings of hiligaynon —This comment was unsigned.

[edit] thrill

i feel it very difficult to even think to edit pages here. site just is too messy. i think that wikimedia wiki was never intended to use as a dictionary, then why use it as a dictionary?

I think it makes an excellent dictionary. Perhaps we could put some help on your talk page, or you could explain your difficulties here? Dbfirs 13:59, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

I agree there are lots of problems with using encyclopedia software for a dictionary. But it's the best thing we have and nobody has offered to make some dictionary-specific wiki software for us. So for now we have to do the best we can. — hippietrail 03:19, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] entice

Dearest Friends at Wiktionary:

My name is Svetlana Munessar, and my spouse's name is Surendra Munessar. Surendra, and I frequently visit Wiktionary to find definitions that we're unfamiliar with. We've a Webster's II New College Dictionary (3rd Edition), but some words such as Mandir is not in our dictionary! Thank you for providing such a colossal, and diverse collections of words, definitions, and clear meanings.

We just decided to drop you a line to tell you that we appreciate this convenience.

Thanks,

Svetlana, and Surendra Munessar

[edit] Category:Croatian adjectives

The last word mentioned here is from Sanskrt, not from Croatian language... BTW, the word list is just awsome, I've got to say that! :D

One of our main Balkan language contributors is also one of our main Sanskrit contributors. Looks like he made a typo or cut and paste error. Fixed anyway thanks. — hippietrail 03:16, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] wont

The definition of the word "wont" lacks examples of the usage of this word as a transitive and an intransitive verb.

Such usages would be archaic, and not any use to modern writers, but I suppose we could find some if you need them to explain the old meaning of the verb. Dbfirs 13:56, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] natuurkrachtjes

A diminutive like stofje is really in use. It means either a speck of dust or a chemical compound that a scientist is synthesizing or studying in the lab.

'Natuurkrachtjes' however is not a real word. It is little more than a protologism. Oh, someone might use it to be funny or so.

The problem is that wiktionary does not distinguish between the two and in doing so it creates tons of odd-looking protologisms. I thought that dictionaries were there to describe language as it is really used not to create language.

[edit] altruism

OVERALL GOOD

[edit] jesti

i am very pleased to find full serbo-croat verb conjugations, thank you! —This comment was unsigned.

[edit] なら

Hi I am just the person who hope to find the correctly thing in the internet so please put some correctly information for usefull Thank you

[edit] Special:Search

Have just read an article where the act of stupefication was committed. Any help on this definition would be appreciated. thanks.

Probably a mistake for stupefaction. — hippietrail 08:14, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] wopila

Thank you; it is a good, precise definition.

[edit] shakedown

I notice that is some old literature, EG. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/18076/18076-h/18076-h.htm "shake-down" is used to describe a sort of bed. This is missing. 76.117.247.55 06:30, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Category:Requested entries

I request to send me the list of russian medical universities recognised in australia & list of russian medical universities recognised by the W.H.O on the following e-mail address - (removed e-mail address)

We don’t have that information. —Stephen 09:35, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] arborsculpture

This gives the impression it is a name for an art form. It is a name for a style shaping trees. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_shaping. The tree in the photo was not created using the Arborsculpture shaping style.

[edit] fascinate

every thing is fine , but it would be helpfull if some examples have been provided.

[edit] adverb

this page is alright but not enough information on the actual definition of an adverb,maybe try defining the word with more meaning to it.

[edit] immundus

Here it says (wrongly, I think) that MUNDUS means "clean, elegant"; under MUNDUS it gives different meanings.

My guess is that the adjective mundus is rare or late Latin and only used in its negative form (but I'm not a Latin scholar). Dbfirs 20:00, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] holiday camp

Would it be possible to give a link to the US equivalent, as well as the Canadian, Australian, NZ, Sth African, if they are different?

I'm Australian and I've never come across anything here that quite fits the description of a "holiday camp". We have campgrounds, caravan parks, and resorts, but that's as close as I can think of and they're all less organized. — hippietrail 02:13, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] screwed up

That's sure useful for my pokemon hack.

[edit] creep

Very good page.

[edit] paronomasia

the term paronomasia, as defined herein, does not describe the medical condition in which a part of the brain is physically altered (genetic, physical and psychological trauma, altered blood flow, etc.,) is a form of aphasia in which a thing is referred to by a wrong name.. sometimes, paranomia (s)

The OED has no record of your medical usage, but it doesn't have paranomia either. Do you have any examples of your meaning, or is the medical usage just an example of paranomia? Did Mrs Malaprop suffer from this? Dbfirs 10:16, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] User:Jyril/fi/3

is there any illness called 'bronzea'

[edit] swang

Teaching irregular past tenses of English verbs to ESL students, I was surprised to find "swang" as an alternative to "swung" (inf. to swing) absent on a list I downloaded. When I searched several online dictionaries (not only Wiktionary) I found the word absent or treated as archaic! I am now a senior in my 70th year and checked with my older sister to confirm that she too remembers using "swang" as the past tense of "swing" and both she and her husband confirmed that this was the form we used in our youth. The area of the USA I'm talking about is Massachusetts, in case this a regional usage but, although 70 and 80 years does qualify us as senior I don't think the language of our youth yet could qualify as "archaic." We're just old, not Elizabethan! Thank you for the Wiks, a wonderful, democratic idea and extremely useful!

"Archaic" as we use it with respect to definitions means that it would be understood, but be used to convey a sense of antiquity. The alternative, obsolete (“‘no longer understood’”), would be even worse, wouldn't it? I think that "swang" might also still be part of some dialects. I have found it in current Google news articles from speakers/writers in Scotland and raised in the US (Irish descent). Perhaps we should add dialectal to archaic. (It was also a Dizzy Dean favorite.) DCDuring TALK 02:51, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] expanse

Trying to make them a bit more expaining. --121.247.140.115 13:22, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Ո

I think is good. Have a good description. Be bold!!!

[edit] uczyć

Wiktionary is great, no matter what. It is usefull and, for those interested in words, truly captivating. Nonetheless, there is one little thing that irritates me: the collapsing tables, such as those found in conjugation tables of verbs (e.g. uczyć, dawać, etc.). Moreover, there seems to be no way to disable automatic collapsing of such tables from "Special:prefereces". Thank you. AmHaArez 15:35, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

In "Special:Preferences", second section, tick the box that says: "Show the translation sections expanded, instead of having them collapsed." —Stephen 02:06, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] dinger

Etymology of dinger missing

[edit] spiel

Well I think all the Wiki series are invaluable and I am so glad my children will grow up with them at their disposal. Coming from a fringe working class background with no library in a six mile radius, early on the answers to questions often became quests of homeric proportions. for rural people and isolated people and homebound or institutionalised folk, the Wiki pages are a labrynth of knowledge and wonder. If I were to suggest one improvement it would be to add more positive options above "good" in the feedback options menu.

[edit] Wiktionary:Feedback

- Well I think all the Wiki series are invaluable and I am so glad my children will grow up with them at their disposal. Coming from a fringe working class background with no library in a six mile radius, early on the answers to questions often became quests of homeric proportions. for rural people and isolated people and homebound or institutionalised folk, the Wiki pages are a labrynth of knowledge and wonder. If I were to suggest one improvement it would be to add more positive options above "good" in the feedback options menu.

Thank you for those comments. Ƿidsiþ 19:40, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] water

Need to have the Country Name also listed in "In Other Languages"

Thanks!!!

Well, languages aren't particularly restricted to one country. If you click on the article Catalan you can click through to Wikipedia and have a full list. Mglovesfun (talk) 09:25, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] vanity

care about genesis. god bless you.

[edit] Special:Search

I would like to have some guide to pronunciation, especially with foreign names. For example, is 'Thucydidus' pronounced with a soft or hard 'c' (an 's' sound or 'k' sound), and which syllable is accented - the 2nd or 3rd?

That would be Thucydides (thoo-SI-di-deez) in English, but Θουκυδίδης in Greek. —Stephen 01:20, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] whimsical

i would like to find out what is "whimsical" in afrikaans. please could somebody help me.

To request a translation you can edit the translation table and add this line in the right place:

* {{trreq|Afrikaans}}

— hippietrail 03:40, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wiktionary:Main Page

I got to know about wiktionary last year, since then I've been using this service.I have benefitted immensely from Wiktionary over the time. I've found out many definitions and increased in my vocabulary alot. Keep up the good work !!!!

[edit] COMMENTATION

COULD PROVIDE MORE TRANSALATIONS AND MUCH BETTER INFORMATIONS. REST ARE ALL DONE

Several better informations, coming up. Ƿidsiþ 14:51, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] WAWL

The word "wawl" should be added (just won the scrabble championship). I believe it means something about a shrill sound.

Done: wawl. Ƿidsiþ 19:08, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] dead as a doornail

Do you have spell check, or a tool section on fb?

The system should "guess" when you look for a word that doesn't exist and look for similar things. As for fb, if that's Facebook there is a very small unofficial Facebook group. Mglovesfun (talk) 11:35, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] fierce

please can you add the "tagalog" version. so that it easy to understand in my part. THANKS

Translations into all languages will eventually be added. You can help. What is the Tagalog word for fierce? Is it marahas? Dbfirs 02:34, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Dorothy

if there are hyperlinks that direct to wikipedia.org, that will be great. for example, I don't know who the ancient greek Dorothy is, so I want to check it by wiki... Thx..

I've added a link to the disambiguation page in Wikipedia because there is more than one possibility. Dbfirs 02:30, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] ausgezeichtnet

This is my favorite German word. It's very expressive sounding and fun to say as well. A good job has been done on the entry and meaning. I was a bit surprised about the limited # of meanings. I thought "out-standing" might be included.

You mean ausgezeichnet?

[edit] afblazen

In the sense of the example one would write eraf geblazen.

[edit] efficiency

efficiency is not a synonym for effectiveness.

Synonyms are rarely exact, but effectiveness is a reasonable approximation to sense 2. Dbfirs 20:40, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] significance

Wiki is certainly one of the best things that has happened to cyber communication! Thanks to all who have put this together and still doing so. I am persuaded to drop a note here because I use it so much even after 80 years of life and several degrees. We who strive to learn so much in so little time need all the help we can get in bringing us together as much as possible in the many various ways we use words.

[edit] mess with

GOOD GOOD STUDY, DAY DAY UP.

[edit] Wiktionary:Main Page

hello guy's and others,,, thank you for this wiktionary given me the right direction on how to take the reference to read the history of all country old to new,,,,

[edit] Appendix:English internet slang

A term that I have heard quite a bit is (rather derogatory) about end-user problems:

PICNIC: Problem in Chair, not in Computer.

HTH Cheers Steve

[edit] killjoy

I wonder what the orgin of the word "killjoy" as when it was first used and where? Thanks Greg

[edit] ylde

If and when you decide to simplify, make sure to leave the complex (and interesting and important information) accessible!

[edit] vain

Language needs to be much simpler, e.g. If someone is vain, they think about themselves a lot. How they look, perhaps?

Thank you. I'll add your simple definition to the Simple Wiktionary. Dbfirs 14:28, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] baluster

Wikitionary is just great. Wonderful. Having a mobile phone with internet access (such as an iPhone) completely makes disappear the need for a paper dictionary.

[edit] crazy

Crazy: Might be worth adding "crazy paving".

[edit] Wiktionary:Sandbox

IT VERY WONDERFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[edit] Wiktionary:Feedback

Sanguine: Might be useful to say something brief about the derivation of sanguine to shed light on the modern meaning. Something like:

In medieval (?)times people thought a person consisted of four humours, one of these being blood. People with this humour were supposed to be confident and optimistic - hence its modern meaning.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanguine_(disambiguation)

I think this might be a good way to explain it.

[edit] sanguine

Sanguine: I think it might be useful to say something brief about the derivation, in order to throw light on the modern meaning. Perhaps something like:

In medieval (?) times, people thought the human body was made up of humours - one being blood. People with a lot of the humour "blood" were confident and optimistic.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanguine_(disambiguation)

Perhaps this might be a useful way to explain the connection between the two meanings of this word.

I think this is not so much to do with etymology as with a better explanation of historical senses of the word; I have added more information to some earlier senses which hopefully conveys the sense development better. Ƿidsiþ 09:56, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] taxonomy

Χαίρετε - Hi to you all!
First, I must say that I really do appreciate this project, whatever the language, though quality differs noticeably between its versions.
Here is what I would like to say about Greek words as shown in etymology of any word in the Wiktionary — I am not speaking only about the “Taxonomy” article ^[1], φεῶ.
I know Wiktionary is not an Ancient Greek course, but…

First, though scientists borrowed ancient or most often medieval Greek words, this is never indicated here. Nor this, neither which variant has been used, outside some examples I found here and there. Then, despite the fact that the universities teach the Attic Greek as the main (sometimes as the sole) dialect ^[2], other variants are used indifferently here: e.g. θάλασσα seems to have high preference over θάλαττα (which is Attic), and the rather singular θάλαθθα appears without any indication about the dialect, and without any article — the third point I'd like to make. I guess it would be better to stick to Attic (unless, without forgetting to give known variants, and I think that specific entry variants like ὁ Ὀδυσσέας and ὁ Οὑλίξης should clearly redirect the reader to the main variant (here: ὁ Ὀδυσσεύς);
The words are given in their modern form. Just to show what it gives — I'd take an example which is not available here—, an adjective like ὑστεραῖος, -ᾱ, -ον (“following”, “next”), which would be the most correct and informative choice, would probably be given here as υστεραίος, which has nothing to do with etymology, as this is modern Greek. I don't even speak about the derivative τῇ ὑστεραίᾳ [-αίᾱͅ] (“the following day”), becoming probably some υστεραία, yet again without any article;
For years now, it is usual to indicate the gender of a noun (or even the number, in cases like τὰ γράμματα, “things”), which is preceded or followed by the definite article (thus: ὁ τάξις, not simply τάξις): though it is easy to know it, this may not be clear for everyone that γονεῖς is actually οἱ γονεῖς (“parents”: pl., not sg. m.), or that γλῶττα is ἡ γλῶττα (“language”: f., not pl.). The definite article is more largely used in all variants of Greek, even for proper nouns;
It is also usual to indicate the singular nominative endings of the adjectives, as there are several paradigms;
The -ειν flection is used everywhere here — including in the dictionaries —, but it is totally obsolete for several good reasons, and the use is to indicate the first person singular of an active verb, where this voice is available for the etymon, conjugated in the present indicative.

Now, I guess the academic way to give etymology in this case would be: [existing text], coined in French from the Koine Greek =>
- τάξις (taxis), “‘arrangement, order’”)➙ ὁ τάξις or τάξις (ὁ) (/ʰo táksis/: “arrangement”, “order”);
- + -νομία (-nomia), “‘method’”) < νόμος (-nomos), “‘law, managing’”) < νέμειν (nemein), “‘manage’”) ➙ + -νομία (/nomía/: “arranging”, “managing”), from ὁ νόμος or νόμος (ὁ) (/ʰo nómos/: “law”, “rule”, “principle”), deverbative noun derived from νέμω (/némo/: (I) “distribute”, “divide”, “manage”, and sometimes “feed”).

Thank you for reading this.
Notes
1 - Here I have to indicate that I have learnt both Modern and ancient (Attic) Greek. And I keep on learning the latter to be able to read as much variants of ancient Greek as possible, for 31 years now. However, I would never say I am an expert, just someone who knows a significant bit of ancient Greek.
2 - Not only in Ukraine, as I could check it goes the same way elsewhere: Russia, Sweden, Germany, USA and the UK.

[edit] tocayo

The definition of tocayo is okay, but probably should distinguish it from namesake if you are going to use that. Namesake in English is more often used when one is named after another. Tocayo is used for equals.

Namesake has both meanings in English, and is regularly used for equals, not just for those who are named after (for in USA) an elder. The definition given for tocayo clarifies the sense, but we could put the part in parentheses first if you think this would be clearer. Dbfirs 19:26, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Category:Swedish contractions

Hi there. Looking up the Italian passato remoto-form venne I found that "venne" also stands for a Swedish contracted form meaning "dunno". I have personally NEVER seen it written like that and it is extremely subnormal, belonging to a subcategory that we might call "slang used by illiterate youth" for "Jag vet inte" = I don´t know.

[edit] bear

"brings to bear" ?

[edit] Category:German phrasebook

1 "Leck mich im...." is offensive & shouldn't be in the phrasebook.

2 Hard to remove--- can't just edit that page to take it off. Someday, make it easier.

—This comment was unsigned.

I agree it shouldn't be in the phrasebook, though not because it's offensive. I've removed it.—msh210℠ 21:24, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] outwit

I find Wiktionary a very useful tool because when I meet in my reading an unknown word, I just click on Editing Wiktionary in order to have its meaning at once. Likewise when I`m writing something, Wiktionary helps me a lot in avoiding mispelling words. Thanks a lot to those people who support the wiktionaries. The only change I would do is to put the definition of the requested word right away at the begining and leave synonyms. etymology and the rest, after the word is defined. I think the definitions of the Wiktionay are quite simple even to foreigners with English as a second language, as I am. Wiktionary is a VERY GOOD DICTIONAY and thaks again. Caton Tellez

[edit] intuition

<!-tnx for helping me to my report...

[edit] tante

"tante" means "aunt" in Yiddish, too.—This comment was unsigned.

Yes, but not with that spelling. Yiddish is spelled using Hebrew characters.—msh210℠ 16:25, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] relegation

I Did not under stand many time what the wiktionary show me really so clear it properly

The Simple Wiktionary (simple:Main Page) might help, but it doesn't have relegation yet. The Simple Wikipedia has an article on Promotion and relegation. Dbfirs 06:08, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] alumni

"alumni" needs to be written phonetically (with a schwa or whatever).—This comment was unsigned.

Added; thanks.—msh210℠ 16:24, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] exclusive

Is it possible to also include a link to synonyms and antonyms of a word?

[edit] anecdote

Hi - I was pleased at the quick and informative response to my inquiry. Also for the many additional derivatives included of the original word I requested information on. Fascinating and informative - Thank you. = Muchly satisfied user.

[edit] coolness

if you could add to it a thesaurus it would be even more useful!

[edit] antidisestablishmentarianism

Way too many big words that no one knows what they mean except the person who wrote it.

That's why we define it: so you can understand what it means as well. It would be a bit silly if we only included simple words which everyone knew the definition of, wouldn't it? Ƿidsiþ 08:12, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
If you meant that the definition of the word, and other explanation in its entry, has too many hard words, you may find the Simple English Wiktionary more your speed: simple:Main Page.—msh210℠ 17:28, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] deflagrate

You should be providing the pronunciation of the word and its tenses.

I'm not all that good with IPA, but /di.fla.greɪt/ seems almost right. I think the conjugation is okay though. Mglovesfun (talk) 09:29, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] 發行

This word also exists in Japanese as 発行　（はっこう） hakkou (i.e. hakko with macron over "o"). See Japanese translation for publication. 発行 = Shinjitai (and needless to say, the traditional Chinese version 發行 is also what is used in Kyujitai).

It just hasn't been added yet as a Japanese entry. There are many situations where there's only Chinese or Japanese, not the other, even if the characters match, e.g. 出版 there is a Mandarin but no Japanese. It applies to entries in Roman or Cyrillic or other letters where a spelling could be shared in a few languages. And it should be added in its current standard, shinjitai form. See translations for publication, where 発行 is used once. See an example of a Japanese noun entry: 愛国者, created by User:Tohru. Also the long Japanese vowels are rendered with a macron, so you need a tool or copy/paste them. Use English brackets, not Japanese; 発行 (はっこう, hakkō). Other symbols with a macron: ā, ō, ī (also ii), ū, ē (also ei). Anatoli 00:53, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

Sorry if I disappointed anyone but I decided to create 'em first. :) See 發行, 発行, はっこう and hakkō. 50 Xylophone Players talk 18:08, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] staccato

b#

... or in any key Dbfirs 11:24, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wiktionary:Main Page

Would need better coordination between languages for a full interactive multi-lingual tool.

Well it is actually designed as a dictionary, not a full interactive multi-lingual tool, but if you have any suggestions as to how the dictionary can fulfil a secondary function, please go ahead and put forward your proposals. Dbfirs 11:13, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] divan

Minor and pedantic point, but in the definition of divan, it suggests that a divan is a oviparous mattress...—This comment was unsigned.

Fixed, thanks.—msh210℠ 19:57, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wiktionary:Main Page

I submitted anonymously and chose the wrong choice! I said it was confusing and I meant GOOD. Sorry. Keep up the good work.

[edit] Wiktionary:Spelling variants in entry names

Great to see this growing and developing. Given that the purpose of Wiktionary, though, is presumably to clarify the correct use of language, there is very little adherance to rules of punctuation display. For instance, some dashes here are long, some short, and there should be a space after a colon. These are just two of many. It looks like you need to find a way of establishing and then enforcing style and display rules.

I guess that some of these inconsistencies could be corrected by a bot. What others have you noticed? Dbfirs 23:48, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] slutrea

Would love it if there were pronounciation audio files to hear the word spoken correctly.

You can request an audio translation by adding {{rfap}} to an entry. It might be best to also add a ===Pronunciation=== heading. — hippietrail 03:24, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Reverse Dictionary

it would be nice if Wikipedia has a reverse dictionary. it will be very helpful to learn different words of similar meaning on one page.

[edit] thank you :]

thanks your site info realy helped me on my report for science.

-lindsey

[edit] fukka

I am very satisfied with Wiktionary - except from one thing: It keeps deleting my contributions. I feel disscouraged to write anything new, because it continue to get deleted.

For example: I wrote an article about "fukka" (an Norwegian version of the word "Fucked", and it was deleted several times)

Please explain why you don´t take any contributions from me.

It almost seems the articles must be very sophisticated to be approved, and that defeats the purpose of a free dictionary - I think.

From Eskild Engeland Fors

Perhaps you intended to add it to the Norwegian Wiktionary? To be included here as a Norwegian word, your word must have the correct format with a language header. I don't think many English people would be in doubt about the meaning of the word. Dbfirs 14:27, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] hassle

please give some example sentences —This unsigned comment was added by 219.248.50.54 (talk • contribs) 16:16 21 August 2009 (UTC).

I have put in one sentence each for two different senses. 50 Xylophone Players talk 16:25, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] badge

Dear Sirs , We are Tianzixing (Kun Shan) Gifts Company was founded in December 1998 in Kunshan city ,Jiangsu provence of China. As an experienced manufacturer and exporter, we have cooperated with many famous corporation such as Coca-Cola, NBA, Ford, Honda. Our mainly productions are lapel pins, key chains, cufflink, spoons, bookmarks ,challenge coins . dog tag .bobby pin .badges . PVC productions and so on . At the same time we adhere to the principles of honesty, we can guarantee that we will use high - quality and lowest price to serve every customer . We sincerely hope to cooperate with all of you in the future days on our business circle . If you have any intention please post us as the followings address and phones.

Dictionaries don't advertise, but best wishes for success in your business. Dbfirs 09:04, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Special:Search

I am surprised that you do not have a Hebrew to English dictionary on your (my all time favorite site). If you do have one I spent over 20 minutes trying to find it. Help

I don't speak Hebrew, but are there no translations at the Hebrew Wiktionary? Dbfirs 09:11, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

What word were you looking for? Whenever you can’t find a certain Hebrew word, you can request it be entered by placing it in Wiktionary:Requested entries:Hebrew. —Stephen 20:42, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Special:Search

I could not find roly poly. I need to Know what they eat.

Well, obviously, from our entry at roly-poly, these short, plump people must eat lots of steamed puddings made from suet pastry containing jam or fruit ... but perhaps this Wikipedia article was what you were looking for? Dbfirs 09:46, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

Goodness, methinks most of the stuff on this page belongs here. : ) L☺g☺maniac chat? 23:05, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Misbehaving audio file....

i am using firefox 3.5.2 on win xp sp2. i tried to play the audio file on the page lion. when i click on it it takes me to a new page where firefox opens the audio file and plays lion. but when i replay the file from there it spells li-lion. there is some error here.

i downloaded the ogg file to my comp and played it. it spelled fine. no prob with the file... i haven't tested any other audio file. i don't know where the prob is. but if u experience the same prob join me to report it....

[edit] Generation, Generations

Wiki is having an adverse effect on the understanding of generational periods: Baby Boomer, Generation X, Generation Y, etc. This is due to a lack of precision and an error which is now being picked up by some journalists Baby Boomer is 1945-1964 but wiktionary says fifties and sixties Generation X is 1965-1984 but wikitionary defines as sixties and seventies while wikipedia says 1965 to 1979 Similarly Generation Y is 1985-2004, then comes Generation Z or internet generation. Recommend corrections to improve wiki credibility.

I think the terms have always been rather vague, but can you point us to some authoritative sources? Dbfirs 08:51, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wiktionary:Preferences

iv'e entered a word twice and can't find it. could someone have deleted it. if so how do they do it and can i stop that. the word is boom bap. —This comment was unsigned.

Work with me on this. Go to Talk:boom bap. DCDuring TALK 02:06, 22 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] loudspeaker

For those who do crossword---access from a word to thesaurus suggestions would be helpful!

[edit] Special:Search

I could not find the right words (falling action). There were to many other words and definitions and I looked through multiple times, but could not find the words.

-Thanks

Which words? Mglovesfun (talk) 00:00, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wiktionary:Preferences

SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE PRONUNCIATION GUIDE AT THE BEGINNING

[edit] chiminea

the found content is: essentially useless. where is the definition?

chiminea (plural chimineas)

Variant of chimenea Retrieved from "http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chiminea"

One purpose of the entry is to direct users to the linked entry with the more common spelling. Have you tried clicking on the blue links? Are they not visible on your screen? Are our links too slow to give you a timely answer? DCDuring TALK 19:22, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] wiktionary

Hi

I'm a linguist and I love words. I'd like to contribute to Wiktionary, but I find there's a lack of logic in how the site works. There's just too much information.

I don't understand why entries for a word from other languages have to be part of the "English" entry, when you simply link to that non-English entry.

The same goes for the categories. Say I choose "geography" as a category. I'll see "Geography words in English" "Geography words in Dutch", ... If I speak Dutch I can simply go to wikiwoordenboek and have a look at the categories there.

Wouldn't it make more sense to have a neat dictionary entry in one language and then link to entries in other languages in the sidebar, just like wikipedia does?—This unsigned comment was added by Lies Van Rompaey (talk • contribs) 09:25-26, 22 August 2009.

Preceding was posted to Help talk:FAQ, and I've copied it here.—msh210℠ 20:13, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

If I, who don't speak Dutch, want to know what a Dutch word means, it will be very hard for me to figure it out by reading wikiwoordenboek. That's why we have Dutch entries here at English Wiktionary. (Or did I misunderstand your question?)—msh210℠ 20:13, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

In the long term we hope to have a preference where users can choose "Just show me entries in English (etc)" but due to lack of programmers and other technical type people and the fact that Wiktionary uses software designed for an encyclopedia, this has not yet been implemented. — hippietrail 03:14, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Special:Search

laskennallinen : that would be "calculatory" in finnish, I think

[edit] Wiktionary:Random page

not much languages available. does not fit image logo on wikipedia. no korean. horrible. —This unsigned comment was added by 219.255.208.226 (talk • contribs) 10:27 24 August 2009 (UTC).

We do have Korean entries. :P See Category:Korean language. The problem is the random page feature is completely random; that you could be taken to an entry for a word in absolutely any language Wiktionary has entries for. If you want something specific then see Wiktionary:Random entry by language]]. 50 Xylophone Players talk 12:10, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Try this:

Go to WT:PREFS
Tick "Use the preferences set on this page"
Tick "For each language section add interwiki and random links."
Click on "Save settings to refresh view."
Go to any Korean entry

Now next to every Korean language heading you will see a red dice. Clicking on these will take you to a random Korean entry. — hippietrail 03:09, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Cannot find word!

I can't find the word 'chaperooned'. My English teacher asked me to find out the meaning of it and even wrote the spelling of it. so the spelling can't be wrong. Your help will be appreciated.

Try chaperone ... chaperoned is the past tense or past participle of this verb. —Stephen 11:48, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

With that spelling, historical meanings could also include:

hooded or capped or wearing a bonnet
dressed like a Knight of the Garter
(of a horse) having a small escutcheon fastened to the forehead for ceremonial purposes
accompanied by a married or elderly woman (a chaperone) for the sake of propriety

What are you reading in English? Dbfirs 13:30, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] chirurgeon

needs IPA

I've attempted this (but you might like to wait for someone to check it because I'm not an expert at IPA). Dbfirs 01:30, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] relent

pls support d meanings with some 5-6 sentences for each meaning so that we understand better

I think that might be overkill! I've reduced the senses to four, and we could add a couple of examples for each. Would that suffice? Dbfirs 20:37, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

... (later) ... Some of the senses are obsolete, so it is probably not worth the effort of understanding unless you are interested in obsolete words. I've added a few examples for current senses. Dbfirs 21:40, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Special:Search

you need more neenah stuff and wisconsin colleges and vet schools pages —This comment was unsigned.

Neither dictionaries nor punctuation guides will provide this information. Perhaps you wanted the Wikipedia article on Neenah Dbfirs 01:12, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] malign

I love Wiktionary, what a great idea, thank.

[edit] Nathanael

also means Ancient Door

[edit] Special:Search

I am totally in awe of wikiquote,wiktionary and wikipeedia.i just cant think of any other sites whenever i'm online. its enriching me.and when i say enriching,i really mean "ENRICHING" enriching!!! i'm getting to learn so many things. in a typical indian style,in urdu language,i'd thank wikipedia and all its sister sites with these lines: mai aapka zindagi bhar shukrguzar hu.

[edit] diagramme

I have seen this used in en_GB too.

In error, perhaps? Dbfirs 13:32, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

google books:"to|a diagramme".—msh210℠ 18:28, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Most of these are in French or German, or from books written in France or India. The spelling in British English is rare enough to be a mis-spelling. Dbfirs 23:33, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] réclamer

The verb is listed as noun here.

Fixed - you could have done it yourself. SemperBlotto 21:07, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
- Frankly which idiot did that? Mglovesfun (talk) 17:57, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] upper extreme

i think wikipedie and wiktionary is the best thing there is to find information an definitions. good job!!!!!!! :)

[edit] homogenous

your page is very incomplete theres no definition here please new this page thanks --124.217.83.74 01:56, 26 August 2009 (UTC)unkown--124.217.83.74 01:56, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Did you mean no etymology or no pronunciation? The given definition is "Having the same genetic structure" (homo=same; gene as on chromosomes). Dbfirs 23:22, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Talk:omnibus

breakdown of pronounciation would be helpful

[edit] hubbub

The definition of "hubbub" seems inaccurate to me. My understanding is that it may derive from the Indo-Aryan Konkani word hubbab.

The Oxford English Dictionary agrees on the Gaelic origin (though that doesn't preclude the possibility that the Irish got it from the Indo-Aryan Konkani word hubbab. Do you have any evidence? Dbfirs 23:36, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Special:Search

NO DEFINITION OF SHIFT WORK GRRRRRRRRR

The OED just regards this as attributive use of the noun shift (sense 2), but I agree that the single word is sufficiently common to deserve an entry. I've made a first attempt, but it can be improved. Thanks. Dbfirs 04:33, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] kewl

nice project , keep it up ! it is so kewl :)

[edit] cynicism

I've found the definition of some words simply throw me around the site constantly (specifically the definition of 'cynical').

It is difficult to provide a definition in words of one syllable. Eventually, the Simple Wiktionary will provide an easier route for those not familiar with longer words, but they don't have an entry yet. Can you suggest a simple definition? Dbfirs 11:52, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] hash

I Love You

[edit] swings and roundabouts

How comes the idiom Swings and Roundabouts? We'd like to know the original story in "history". Thanks!

[edit] Special:Search

im just joking but it is alittle messii

[edit] Wiktionary talk:Main Page

Why aren't plurals, past tense, etc. redirects? It seems wasteful to have a separate entry for every form of every word. More importantly it makes random entry completely useless. Speaking of which, random entry by language needs some serious work. You have to click like three links to get to a word.

You can create a random entry link for a given language. Someone else will need to help you with the exact details, but generally you need to create a user name, such as User:JohnDoe. Then, for random Spanish, you would add some code to your monobook page User:JohnDoe/monobook.js, like this:

// add Hippietrail & Connel's random Spanish page support

function addToNav() {

var lastnav = document.getElementById('n-sitesupport');

var newli;

var newa;

newli = document.createElement('li');

newli.className = 'autowidth';

newa = document.createElement('a');

newa.href = '/wiki/Special:Random';

newa.appendChild(document.createTextNode('Random'));

newli.appendChild(newa);

newli.appendChild(document.createTextNode(' ('));

newa = document.createElement('a');

newa.href = 'http://toolserver.org/~hippietrail/randompage.fcgi?langname=Spanish';

newa.style.width = 'auto';

newa.appendChild(document.createTextNode('es'));

newli.appendChild(newa);

Then you should see a "Random (es)" in the nav box in place of your current "Random". —Stephen 10:59, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

OR just try this:
1. Go to WT:PREFS
2. Tick "Use the preferences set on this page"
3. Tick "For each language section add interwiki and random links."
4. Click on "Save settings to refresh view."
5. Go to any Spanish entry

Now next to every Spanish language heading you will see a red dice. Clicking on these will take you to a random ~~Korean~~ Spanish entry. — hippietrail 03:11, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, Hippietrail, for your clever script. It works beautifully! I took the liberty of making the obvious minor correction to your instruction above. Dbfirs 12:46, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

... and does not every word deserve an entry, just to say what part of speech it is? Plurals etc. would be wasteful in a printed dictionary, but individual entries are not a serious space issue on-line (though they might slow down searches slightly?) It is so easy to link to the root definition for the meaning, and the separate entry allows for occasional alternative meanings. Dbfirs 11:48, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Plurals are far more useless; to an educated native speaker they mostly are, but when you're learning a language they're vital, plus there's stuff like anagrams, pronunciation etc. And when I say learning, at 26 and a native speaker I quite often have doubts over the spelling or the pronunciation of highly irregular plurals. Mglovesfun (talk) 23:55, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] hermana

Thanks.

[edit] Geordie

My only comment is that you don't have an etymology included in Wiktionary. Any dictionary deserving attention should have word history.

Etymology is included, but it has not been added to every word yet. Can you help? The problem with the etymology of Geordie is that no-one knows. The OED suggests George Stephenson's miners' lamp as origin, but others think that the word was in use before that invention, and they try to trace the word back to opponents of the 1745 Jacobite rebellion (supporters of King George). Who knows?Dbfirs 11:30, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Special:Search

Dear Readers,

Wikipedia must be one of the greatest works to evolve from the computer age. We need to bear in mind, previous authors and controllers of cultures, and their words were scolars and academics linked to universities whose origins are owed to monosteries which were ecclesiastical and fundementally biblical. But wiki pedia allows us an escape from dark age cultures and the opportunity to breath the fresh air of human ingenuity.

Russell Harcourt Dunn.

Thank you, Russell, for your opinion on Wikipedia. Perhaps you would like to tell them on their own website? Wiktionary is a related project, but we are a dictionary, so we record slightly different knowledge such as meanings of words and spellings. Dbfirs 10:47, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Special:UsabilityInitiativeOptIn

It would be great if it were possible to only display a single language

The ways of doing this that may be first implemented will only be available to registered users, as far as I can tell. Please register to find out when it will be available. DCDuring TALK 19:51, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] decapitate

Nice dictionary, but ive seen better!

Don't behead us yet! Why not help to improve it? Dbfirs 10:42, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] witting

"Witting" is not fully obscure; it is a common legal term, the opposite of "unwitting."

Also, the pronounciation guide (characters used) in Wiktionary, (like that in Wikipedia), is useless to those of us who are not linguists.

Only the noun is obsolete. The adjective is in current use both in and outside the legal profession. Dbfirs 11:28, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

I struggle with IPA too, but "ɪ" is a short "i", and "ɪŋ" is the ususal "ing" of ending. Some people pronounce the "g", some don't, and some combine it with the "n" to make a "ng" sound called "ŋ". Dbfirs 12:50, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

If you click on the "IPA" bit, you'll be taken to a helpful guide. Learning the symbols used in English is 10 minutes' work. Ƿidsiþ 12:53, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Yes, in my younger days, when my memory functioned efficiently, I might well have learnt the symbols in not much more than ten minutes, but, with my current brain, I have to keep looking back at the list. I'm sure that there are many others who struggle with interpreting the symbols. Whilst I like IPA, and approve of its use in our entries, I wonder what proportion of the population understands it easily. Dbfirs 20:59, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Oh yeah, I hear you. I only wanted to make sure the OP knew there was a guide available. Ƿidsiþ 17:54, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] prefiggevano

<! - Inserisci i tuoi commenti in questa finestra, cliccando su "Salva pagina" quando hai finito. Grazie! -> ho ripetutamente posto una domanda su una diagnosi cosi' come e' stata descritta dal laboratorio di analisi, ma non riesco ad avere una risposta..

Could someone please translate from Italian to English so that we can all read the feedback? Dbfirs 10:42, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Translation via Google Translate: (— hippietrail 02:59, 1 September 2009 (UTC))

<! - Provide your comments on this window, click on "Save page" when finished. Thank you! -> I repeatedly asked a question about a diagnosis like 'How' was described by the laboratory, but I can not get a response ..

Thanks. (Was that a machine translation, or did it have some human input?) I still don't know what the questioner wanted to know. Dbfirs 20:37, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] ration

Definition #2 is incorrect, reflecting equivocation used in current US political debates. All other dictionaries provide definitions consistent with "to allocate among demanders by some means other than the price they are willing to pay", as in food or gasoline rationing by the government during wartime. Specifically, the very opposite meaning.

Well, our job is not to decide what is or isn't "correct" (it's hard to see what objective criteria there are for that) but to explain how words are in fact being used. The definition you question (which is now #3) seems reasonable to me, but this kind of thing can only really be settled by citations. If you think it's wrong, you can add {{rfv-sense}} to the definition line, but you kind of contradict yourself by saying you've heard it used in US political debates. If it's used, it's used. We're here to explain how. Ƿidsiþ 19:53, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] logo

i think i might have a logo you all would want for your site please email me if you would like to review my logo.--170.185.177.19 19:51, 31 August 2009 (UTC)anthony wayne

[edit] September 2009

[edit] silhouette

could you please put this in spanish? I would appreciate the gesture

We already have the Spanish translation for this word. The Translations are in a pop-down box. Just click "Show" on the box in the Translations section to see the translations we have. --EncycloPetey 02:27, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] to thank you

i m a clat aspirant and dis is really miracle 2 me

i really wanna thank u all team of dis wikitionaryy

really u guys r brilliant

thanxxa lottttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt

[edit] Participating provider definition

very bad

? Mglovesfun (talk) 17:52, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] propose

What is the difference with to suggest ?

To propose is more deliberate, more definite, than to suggest. I suggest that we go to dinner means that I would like to do it but it is okay if you would rather not. I propose that we go to dinner means that we need to do something and I feel that it is important that dinner is what we should now do. To suggest is merely to mention, but to propose is to have a definite plan and intention. —Stephen 14:58, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Thank you very much Stephen.

This was illuminating, Stephen. Can you add your explanation to a usage note in propose or extend the definition of "propose" from the current "To suggest a plan or course of action"? I would do it myself, but, after all, you are the author. --Dan Polansky 13:14, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

I’m not sure how it should be formatted. Feel free to do it, as I claim no special rights of authorship. —Stephen 18:10, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] to learn naturally

there is a specific word for the ability to learn or become aware naturally without prompting. I am looking for this work

Perhaps you mean to intuit? † ﴾^(u):Raifʻhār ^(t):Doremítzwr ﴿ 17:18, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wiktionary:Frequency lists

In my opinion the word frequency is used in the wrong way here. The frequency of a word in a text should be higher for words which are use a lot, that is occurring more, as opposed to periodicity, which is low for words which are used a lot. So the frequency list should show high numbers for common words and low numbers for unusual words. Greetings, Vincent Malstaf

I agree with your analysis, and the actual frequencies are shown in the lists, but it is traditional in most cultures to assign an ordinal number (first, second, third etc) to entries in lists when they are arranged in order. Thus the most frequent is assigned the ordinal number 1 (=first). These are the numbers shown, and they are understood by most readers of Wiktionary. Dbfirs 11:20, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Special:Search

Really fantastic

[edit] semordnilap

Looking for the word that describes repetitive dates such as 09/09/09

I can't think of a single word for repetitive dates. Can anyone else? Dbfirs 12:27, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] banyan

A banyan is also a party or get to gether. millitary, specificly naval

I think this is banyan as an adjective (as in banyan party) and it derives from the religion of the Bannyans or Banians (Hindu sect) who are not permitted to eat any meat, thus Navy meat-free days were called banyan days, then they started saving meat from other days to have a beach party on the meat-free days. Before I add this sense, do you know whether the word is usually capitalised in the navy, and whether it is ever used as a noun? Dbfirs 11:33, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] proverbial

You didn't give me a definition!

We don't deliver definitions personally - you have to read them for yourself. Clicking blue links can help you understand what the definition means. Dbfirs 17:26, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] emulate

I could not find the pronunciation of the word emulate!

Try it now. —Stephen 13:58, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Special:Search

Depointing A Satellite sensor term. Depointing is the practice of aiming one sensor at a different angle than a related sensor. For instance aiming a receive antenna at a different angle that a transmit antenna to correct for parallax due to the two sensors physical separation.

Excerpt: The reasons for depointing the antennas are: 1) to correct for parallax arising due to the transmit and receive antenna physical separation and, 2) to ensure that the transmit and receive backlobes are never in alignment. This improves the round-trip backlobc kVel and provides backlobe auroral clutter suppression.

Source: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1990 ANTENNA APPLICATIONS SYMPOSIUM Paul Mayes, et al. Sponsored by DIRECTORATE OF ELECTROMAGNETICS ROME LABORATORY HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE AIR FORCE SYSTEMS COMMAND Page 122

Excerpt: Translational Position of Probe 13. Displacement of the Center of the Probe Aperture Parallel to the plane of Theta Motion (Horizontal Depointing). 17. Displacement of the Center of the Probe Aperture Perpendicular to the plane of Theta Motion (Vertical Depointing Error).

Source: An Expanded Approach to Spherical Near-Field Uncertainty Analysis Doren W. Hess MI-Technologies 4500 River Green Parkway, Suite 200 Duluth, Georgia 30096-2580 (678) 475- 8380 dhess@mi-technologies.com Pages 2 & 3

I've added a simple definition for depointing. A longer discussion should be added to Wikipedia. SemperBlotto 17:03, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] do aid,odjective and goal mean the same.

No. objective and goal are synonyms, but aid means help. Perhaps you were thinking of aim? —Stephen 02:34, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] quisiera

include a conjugation chart

Just click through to the infinitive, querer, and you will find a conjugation chart already in place. —Stephen 02:32, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] escheatment

too hard to find 'meaning' that i needed ,very confusing, and took too long

As legal terms go, this is fairly straightforward, and takes just three seconds to load on my slow internet connection. What 'meaning' did you need? Can you suggest a better definition? Perhaps "A rule about what happens to unclaimed property"? Dbfirs 20:52, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] elo

"elo" neans link in portuguese

Thanks. Hippietrail has added this entry. Dbfirs 09:05, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wiktionary:Main Page

Please consider the following for addition not only to Wiktionary but to the English language as well! The use of the Honorific "Mi." It would be used in addressing mail by anyone and is not gender specific on purpose. ("Mi" appears in each of "Mister", "Missus", and "Miss") "Mrs." comes from the word "Mistress", as you may well know. With today's society, it is increasingly more dangerous to describe yourself and this will help solve this problem. It has not been too long since "Ms." was added. Thank you for your consideration. —This comment was unsigned.

It is not our function to invent words. But we will include it if you can find proof of its use over time. SemperBlotto 10:29, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] soigné

Definition incomplete Soigne - (add) Showing sophisticated elegance; fashionable: a soigné little club.

Respectfully subitted, Barry

[edit] 事实

Most widely used form, ie simplified chinese, sould be on top.

The shinjitai form is Japanese. Even though there are more Chinese than Japanese, languages are treated equally. The simplified does appear before the traditional, if that is any consolation. —Stephen 16:28, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] ethnic orphan

The term [Ethnic Orphan] quoted under [Everything], is the wrong context for the word I am looking for. [Ethnic Orphan] in the context true context is to be "OutCast from Society. A person rejected by the Whole of Society.A person nobody wants to claim as their own. Be it a group, family, society, government or the whole country they reside or are staying in. Much like an OutCast but on a more discriminatory scale of larger and Human Rights Standards proportions."

Where do you mean? The term ethnic orphan does not appear in everything, nor, it would seem, anywhere else. —Stephen 19:02, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

The term is used in an on-line essay [1], and in Alice Dunbar-Nelson's "Local Colors of Ethnicity, Class, and Place", but I don't think it has yet entered the language. Most usages are the adjective ethnic describing the noun orphan, or have an implied comma between the two words. Dbfirs 09:11, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wiktionary:Contact us

are you trying to help people with information or are you just fucking around - why can i never get any info i ask from you???????? —This comment was unsigned.

Yes, we are just fucking around. If we wern't doing this we would only be hanging around on street corners and getting into trouble. SemperBlotto 21:16, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

I alternate between working on Wiktionary and hanging around on street corners getting into trouble. This is actually true. Could the original poster expand on what he/she wants to know? Equinox ◑ 21:20, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

Just be careful how much you joke with people, even if it is true. We don't want to enhance the notion that all MediaWiki project contributors are gangsters and vandalizers. And some people take everything waaaaaay too literally. :) However, some days it does seem like all we're doing here is fucking around . . . :P L☺g☺maniac chat? 22:52, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] bliain

I love the declension and mutation tables, so helpful to a learner! I hope the rest of the Irish entries in English look like this!

[edit] request for change on "female"

I think that for kids reading this for school it isn't exactly appropriate and it's a little too long.

In what way is it not appropriate? What content would you suggest removing to shorten the entry? Would this remove content that someone might be looking for? --EncycloPetey 00:22, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Special:Search

i like wiktionary, wikiquote and wikipedia. I get to learn so much about everything.

Well good for you. I do too. (Most of the time.) :) L☺g☺maniac chat? 22:47, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Special:PrefixIndex

Mostly I think that Wiktionary is good, though the index pages are in my opinion very messy. This is because there are all words from different languages together. If I'm looking for a English word that begins with a 't' I get all kinds of Spanish and French words. So I'll probably go and get my paper dictionary instate. —This unsigned comment was added 16:09, 7 September 2009 (UTC).

Special:PrefixIndex is an auto-generated index, and has to do with the MediaWiki software which runs the Wiktionary website. Its only function is to list pages whose title starts with the given prefix. Sometimes the same spelling of an English word is a valid word in another language (whether it has the same or a different meaning) and Wiktionary places the definitions of all languages in the same page, as in the case of "put" for instance. For a non-auto-generated index see Index:English. --72.167.131.219 23:07, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Special:Search

I couldn't find the word I was looking for.

What word was that? —Stephen 18:09, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wiktionary:Tea room

On <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Contact_us> I read this:

"Contact trusted Wiktionary volunteers at info-en@wiktionary.org."

I was concerned about a detail in the Wiktionary logo. So, I sent an e-mail to that address -- and received the following reply. Apparently I did something wrong in addressing my e-mail; I thought I was writing to "trusted Wiktionary volunteers" and got a reply from "the Wikimedia Foundation." Strange. I have no idea whether inserting this here is the right thing to do. Maybe somebody here can make something of it:

Dear Sean Nowak,

Thank you for your email.

09/06/2009 19:57 - Sean Nowak wrote:

> > Dear volunteers, > > > > Since I have used Wiktionary seldom, I am too unexperienced to give you > > any serious feedback; but I must say I am rather surprised to see that > > you include only the pronunciation [ˈwɪkʃənri] in the home corner of the > > site. To me it seems utterly British (or should I say RP?) and therefore > > exclusive and therefore inadequate. Maybe the IPA form is considered > > mainly a decorative element in the site layout and not something people > > really understand (?). I believe that there are people around who > > actually know what those symbols represent -- maybe not many, but some. > > So, I suggest you opt for a more inviting design. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Sean > > > >

I am afraid that the Wikimedia Foundation is not able to help you with this request. As an organization that relies entirely on volunteer work, Wikimedia doesn't have the resources to research questions unrelated to its projects.

However, on Wiktionary, there is a page called the Tea Room, where various volunteers try to answer questions about words such as yours: <http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Tea_room>. Instructions for using the Tea Room are on this page.

Though there is no guarantee that they can provide an answer, they are often able. Please be specific in your question so that others can better assist you. Good luck in finding the answer to your question!

Yours sincerely, Keegan Peterzell

-- Wiktionary - http://en.wiktionary.org --- Disclaimer: all mail to this address is answered by volunteers, and responses are not to be considered an official statement of the Wikimedia Foundation. For official correspondence, please contact the Wikimedia Foundation by certified mail at the address listed on http://www.wikimediafoundation.org

Did you read Wiktionary:FAQ? It's the first item listed because it's a frequently asked question. --EncycloPetey 22:51, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

begin with the end of mind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!----199.216.95.253 16:23, 8 September 2009 (UTC)--199.216.95.253 16:23, 8 September 2009 (UTC)--199.216.95.253 16:23, 8 September 2009 (UTC)--199.216.95.253 16:23, 8 September 2009 (UTC)199.216.95.253 16:21, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wiktionary:Main Page

Wikipedia has an excellent mobile site; please borrow their stylesheet so I can get definitions on the go!

[edit] Special:Search

i can't find what i want--199.216.95.253 16:16, 8 September 2009 (UTC) So..........what is it you want? Ƿidsiþ 16:35, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Special:Search

tell me what it means

it, pron.: Used to stand in for any inanimate noun. Ƿidsiþ 16:36, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Deus vult

need pronunciations in dictionary!! —This unsigned comment was added 16:43, 8 September 2009 (UTC).

Done. 72.167.131.219 19:25, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Corrected. --EncycloPetey 04:14, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

Dictionary.com gives /ˈdɛus ˈvult/, FWIW. † ﴾^(u):Raifʻhār ^(t):Doremítzwr ﴿ 17:09, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

That looks like Anglicized Latin or possibly Ecclesiastical Latin. It's not Classical Latin. --EncycloPetey 16:20, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I know; it suggests the need for an English entry — I have no doubt that it is attestable in an English context. † ﴾^(u):Raifʻhār ^(t):Doremítzwr ﴿ 12:46, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] WIKIDICTIONARY IS AWESOME!!!!!

--72.208.17.171 03:57, 9 September 2009 (UTC)THANK YOU!!! WHENEVER I TRY TO FIND A WORD, I FIND IT RIGHT AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU ,THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[edit] Chinese people during the gold rush

can u please have proper stuff during the gold rush or im never coming to this website again

You're on the wrong Web site anyway, since this is a dictionary, not an encyclopaedia. Equinox ◑ 08:45, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] oltreché

Just like Wikipedia, the definitions should come translated in as many languages as possible. Keep up the good work!

In many of our entries there are. If you know any translations for this or any word, please add them using

====Translations====

* Language name: {{term|word name}}

replacing "language name" with the language of the translation you're addding and "word name" with the translation itself. L☺g☺maniac chat? 22:45, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

I don't think Wikipédia ever gives translations, apart from highly linguistics subjects. Mglovesfun (talk) 17:48, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] What does job means in graphics

this website is bad because i wass loookingm a meaning and it could't find what i was loooking for my homework.

I don't think job means anything different in graphics. It might help if you explain what you couldn't find. Dbfirs 19:34, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] travail

I'd like a Thesaurus too - that would help me a lot!

I absolute love wiktionary, but I would like it if you added more translations

[edit] trial

thank for yor wetside is good and thank you!!!!

Some of us have a dry side too, but thank you for your feedback on our website. Dbfirs 07:09, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Special:Search

irish jig=wig syrup of figs=digs as in accomodation

Were you born within the sound of Bow bells? Dbfirs 22:23, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Special:Search

make it easy

Make what easy? Just type in a word and press Go... L☺g☺maniac chat? 01:12, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] every cloud has a silver lining

not enough.

[edit] striscie

The correct form of the Italian plural of "striscia" is "strisce": "striscie" is a bad misspelling!

{{rfd}}’d. † ﴾^(u):Raifʻhār ^(t):Doremítzwr ﴿ 17:03, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] by means of

(Vandalism removed Mglovesfun (talk)) Err yes, this could do with expanding as to me it doesn't really many anything specific enough to call a "definition". Mglovesfun (talk) 17:47, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] non-stoichiometric compound

Should probably include a few examples, like the first compounds of that type (by Berthollet, probably ?)

The box to the right of the definition is a link to the wikipedia encyclopedia, which has more detailed material such as you suggest. RJFJR 15:38, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] orthodoxy

orthodoxy (plural orthodoxies)

correct in doctrine and belief of or pertaining to the numerous religious denominations that self-itentify as such

There is a spelling mistake & correct word: "self-identify"

I've fixed the spelling of self-identify. Thank you for pointing it out. RJFJR 15:37, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

I don't understand this sense. Do the "orthodox" denominations identify themselves as denominations, or as "orthodox"? Dbfirs 14:54, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] blunge

I'm new to the wictionary, but very familiar with the wikipedia. Today I was looking for etymology. In fact, that is really the only reason I use a dictionary anymore, since I already know what most words mean. Pronunciation is also sometimes useful, especially regional variations.

I don't see these things in your dictionary. Even when these things are not known, every entry should have a place for them, stating unknown when that is the case. Indeed, some words are so obscure the etymology has truly been lost and is genuinely unknown. You need a consistent formatting policy for these items to make your dictionary professional and therefore useful.

A lot of entries do have Etymology and Pronunciation sections, but if you don't see them you can request them by adding {{rfe}} (request for etymology) or {{rfp}} (request for pronunciation) to the relevant page. Ƿidsiþ 18:07, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] flounder

Have you considered allowing or providing an esy link or optional link(s) to another language(s)? To me, it would be desirable to look up for a word in English, and be able to click on "my option" of another language to see the translation &/or definition in that alternate language(s). Even though you have some optional languages, I could not see the one I wanted. Example: I looked up for the word Flounder, but could not find an easy way to connect to the Spanish equivalent. Thanks, Alex.

You will find the Spanish Translation listed in the pull-down "Translations" table. Click "Show", and the translations will appear. --EncycloPetey 22:30, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Roman candle

Hi. I looked up Roman Candle. I feel the definition is incomplete. I remember reading somewhere the old Roman Candle was a way Roman Coliseums were lit and illuminated by packing deceased (and sometimes not deceased) slaves and Gladiators in elevated metal cages and setting fire to them. Once a human body starts to burn it continues to burn (like a pig) with lots of yellow flames and light.
Cheers Ian Dean

If you can find a use of Roman candle in English with that meaning, then we would add it. Our entries cover usage of the words themselves, not topics related to that word. --EncycloPetey 22:32, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

I've heard that explanation, too, but I don't know whether it is genuine or just a gruesome story. Dbfirs 08:09, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Urban myth? Mglovesfun (talk) 23:44, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] divisive

Thanks, this Wiktionary thing is great.

[edit] self-critical

not enough info/doesn't explain enough

I've re-phrased the definition slightly, but I don't see how we could make it any clearer. Dictionaries just give a definition, not lots of information like an encyclopaedia. You might like to try Wikipedia [2] but that entry also lacks detail. Dbfirs 12:02, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] coitus

there is no offered pronunciation

Both the English and the Latin pronunciations have been added. --EncycloPetey 22:38, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] divorce

why nowadays these are more broken homes ?

Perhaps because more people know that divorce is possible, having read the definition on Wiktionary?

We can't speculate here about the reasons - this is just a dictionary to define the term, not to explain the cause. Wikipedia has an article on divorce. [3] Dbfirs 11:34, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] straitjacket

Did it fit? Dbfirs 14:50, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Love your sense of humor. L☺g☺maniac chat? 21:44, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] aggregation

Definition 1 (The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated.) is totally unnecessary, moreover it is in bad form to use the root word or a derivation of the word in its definition.

I agree. I've combined four senses into three. Is this better? Dbfirs 14:47, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] typhoid fever

the explanation is a bit too complicated

Which part is too complicated? It says it's an illness and identifies the germ that causes the illness. --EncycloPetey 16:18, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Yogacharya

Hi, it would be helpful to know not only that "yogacharya" is a title given to a yoga teacher, but also who permits to use this title, and under what circumstances. Thanks, Roman.

The Wikipedia article [4] on Yogachara gives more detail. Which is the correct spelling (or is one the pupil and the other the teacher)? Dbfirs 19:07, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] father

A father by design of God is a leader and studies show that the true father is much more than you have defined him here.

However, Wiktionary is for defining words, not for the presentation of topical ideas. That is the realm of an encyclopedia. --EncycloPetey 22:27, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] rooting

Need a definition for the word "rooting" when it is used in this sense: "We are rooting for New Zealand in the rugby match."

That definition already exists: It is the present participle sense. --EncycloPetey 22:34, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] panjandrum

a 'panjandrum' has also been used to refer to a person who takes charge without being given authority.

Do you have any citations to support this sense of the word? Dbfirs 02:19, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

The OED has a similar sense to the first and second of ours, but presented as one sense. The term doesn’t seem to carry the sense of “usurper”. † ﴾^(u):Raifʻhār ^(t):Doremítzwr ﴿ 11:43, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Citations:Salvatore Filocamo

this is very good

[edit] Transwiki:List of Irish slang

The section on Belfast is a shame. Someone PLEASE clean it up - the editor/author is using it for personal insults.

Some of it is just general British slang. It certainly needs cleaning up, but I don't have the expertise. Dbfirs 12:19, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] humanist

Its nothing like wikipedia, Its messy, and incomplete and just painful to use. make it more like wikipedia

This is a dictionary. We're trying not to be like Wikipedia. It's supposed to be different. As to being incomplete, you can help by adding words that are missing or by requesting them. L☺g☺maniac chat? 19:26, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] yielding

i think having a way to find words by the lette they start with would be really useful; i need to find adjectives that start with "y", and it is hard to find the words.—This comment was unsigned.

Try Category:English adjectives for adjectives, or Index:English for English words in general.—msh210℠ 23:43, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] kano

If your asking how to improve this site i sugest a program that can help you find identify foriegn words such as japanese by specificaly asking what language the word is and what language you want the definition in. The reason I put this intry in is because when i typed in a japanese romanized kanji (Kano) it sent me to a page of the dutch which was not what I was looking for so plese take this into recognition as somthing you could change or fix

This would have worked for you except that nobody has entered the Japanese under kano yet. You could do it. In Japanese, it could be 彼の, 可能,　化膿. —Stephen 11:58, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] competitive

We're missing an entry for the standard meaning "competitive" has today: capable of success in competition (and, quite often, the euphemism is applied in situations where there is no actual competition). Indeed, "competitive" might be today's "democracy" in not having much of a useful definition other than a general sense of positiveness.

82.113.106.149 16:36, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Talk:what should a cv always include

I that think besides giving definitions of words you should also try to answer questions and define sentences with relevant links to help. This would be a great asset for students, which helps with their homework. thank you!

Hmm. Well, you could always try the Information Desk, whereat some people may help you out; however, “what should a cv always include” seems, by a very large margin, to be outside the scope of any dictionary. Try talking with a careers advisor. † ﴾^(u):Raifʻhār ^(t):Doremítzwr ﴿ 22:41, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Special:Search

i could not find right info!

What specifically were you looking for? —Stephen 00:47, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Alan

Alan is a boy name given to Kurdish boy when he looks awsome and cute and it is very much related to the origion of Kurdish prople (Ari) and it was and it is now a popular name. My ONLY son's name is Alan.

Dr Sherwan Rhaman Sulaiman

[edit] Wiktionary:Random page

What a kickass resource!

Thanks!

[edit] Special:Search

Wiktionary is extremely useful! Keep up the good work!! The appearance is fine just the way it is! —This comment was unsigned.

[edit] geometry

Was looking for the plural of geometry, was able to find it here. Good help.

[edit] sweetie

the information given is always extremely helpful!
i know whenever i dont understand a difficult word or i want to look up a synonym, i know to go to wiktionary! —This comment was unsigned.

[edit] parapet

Thanks! This is good already, but wish one day it will give me as much a pleasure as Wikipedia. The entries are complete of course, but seem too terse than other dictionaires. The translation feature is great and probably unique! Would like to see some pictures or a 'picture dictionary' type reference links e.g. when looking up say gunwale, a link to a picture of a ship showing all other terms would be a great!

[edit] incandescent

i could not find the place of origin for the word incandescent and am now going to fail my class !

[edit] sny

Let's just say your definition might reflect someone's usage, but after 15 years of searching for the real meaning, your definition is a misunderstanding of a misunderstanding, ect. Best I've been able to learn, its real meaning was cloaked in secrecy by the tradesmen known as Liners who were simply trying to save the secrets of their trade for their sons, ect. Sny is the reaction inside a plank to being bent and twisted at the same time. The reaction mentioned occurs inside as a result of the planks structure working against itself. The net result is that the end rises perpendicular to the upper edge of the plank. So you have this rise at both ends of a planked hull. Picture the plank I have described above. It has the shape of a smiley face, but in the parlance of old, it was said to "hang", not sny. You should try doing research using a modern definition for a old word. To further hide their secrets, they referred to freshly gotten out planks that had an unhappy face as sny. When you understand that the essence of "spiling" is anticipating "sny", a plank with an excessive unhappy face is planned for a fit against the hull with a lot of bend and twist. As you can see, this word doesn't lend itself to a simple definition. It is my contention that the publication of dictionaries has done more to hide the real meaning of this neat word, than any tradesman could ever have envisioned. Call me if you wish at (personal information removed). Bob Giles

Yes, the word really is obscure, and it also can mean the curve of planks in the other direction. Do you have any good citations to support your view? Dbfirs 18:02, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wiktionary:Information desk

please,I need medicine for MEN HOOD ERECTION.

The problem is that after making love with a woman first time,I will be tiryed to go for second round.My penis will not get up again, untill after about two hours.Please kindly help me.Iam 42 years old.

A lot of people like to use w:Viagra for such problems. —Stephen 04:48, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

And most people don't like to admit it. RJFJR 13:21, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Ewe

I was searching for a basic definition of the noun which also means a female domestic sheep. This did not appear in your pages.

The word for female sheep is not capitalized: ewe. —Stephen 17:43, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] mediocre

Thanks for the good work! Keep it up please. N. I

[edit] Special:SpecialPages

Wiktionary is an awesome tool for learning a foreign language. I'm learning Finnish, which is a difficult language for dictionaries because the word forms change so drastically with different cases. And there are a lot of cases!

With Wiktionary, I can type the Finnish word into the search box just as it appears in the text I'm trying to read, and I can go find the entry for the base word. The autocomplete info that comes up when I start typing in the search box is also very helpful.

Thanks!

[edit] 軽

> 1. light

What does this particualr "Light" mean? It's light as "not dark", light as "not heavy", both, or something else?

Thank you for the comment. It means "not heavy." I've modified the sense accordingly. --Tohru 05:24, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] haul wind

you guys need pirate slang. --70.231.135.150 18:38, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] ought

There is no Greek translation for the word ought. —This comment was unsigned.

In the article there is? Do you mean they're incorrect, then? Mglovesfun (talk) 23:33, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] dramatic

--121.247.193.251 08:51, 21 September 2009 (UTC) u dont have have hindi font and jagdish chandra mathur
very bad

A Hindi translation? No, not yet. Mglovesfun (talk) 23:35, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Appendix:Canadian English military slang

A term to add:

1. Hey-o!!!

"Hey-o!!!" is the unofficial Canadian army response when acknowledging agreeing with something. It can also be used in place of laughter.

Ex. First man : Man did I get wasted last night!
Second man: Hey-o!!!

[edit] load

I homeschool my fifth grader and was in the fifht grade page for spelling. I was horrified to find one of the definitions to the word "load" as "a slang for seamen", as in: "yeah she was suckiong on me and I blew my load right in her face" This is fifth grade spelling...for a ten year old for God's sake.

[edit] journey

you guys are the best!!!!

[edit] Rhymes:English

I love Wiktionary ! it always helps me find info. i will use it forever!

[edit] ver

You are saving me by helping me help my daughter do her spanish homework!! Thank you!

[edit] Wiktionary:Main Page

Could you possibly make a section for specialist words. For example, i often note that there are not a lot of definitions for profession-specific words. It would be nice to have sub-sections for literature, cinema, chemistry etcetera.

We tend to use categories on the grounds they look after themselves. See Category:Chemistry for an example. Mglovesfun (talk) 11:33, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Special:Search

cant type in more than one word at once eg "quick to judge"

[edit] ammatti

I need to know the declension of this word, and principally, how the genitive and partitives (sing and plural) forms are.

[edit] päällikkö

I need the declension of this word too: I know only that the partitive plural is päällikköä.

Just click on the little asterisk after stem päällik-* in the first line of the entry. —Stephen 13:24, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Declension table added. Btw: päällikköä is a singular form. One recognizes plural noun of an "i" (and if there would be a vowel on both sides of it, a "j") that it has in front of the case ending. --Hekaheka 20:00, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] beneath

Great

[edit] incarnation

you guys do a gr8t job.  found just what i needed. keep up the good work! ;)

[edit] geb.

I looked up "geb." in you site, and the translation is "nee" indicating a woman's maiden name. The reason I looked it up is because some old tombstones in our family's graveyard include "geb" on them. I'm thinking "geb" is an abbreviation for "geboren" (meaning "born") since it is followed by a date on the tombstones.

Yes, that seems reasonable, but could also signify née as the maiden name is the name that a woman was born with. SemperBlotto 10:20, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] bean counter

If i put a plural of noun, I dont get its meaning but i get a link for its singular.
it would have been great if i got the meaning in first attempt itself

I just created bean counters. Undoubtedly, there are a lot of plurals we still need. Mglovesfun (talk) 11:30, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Special:Search

i couldn't find the word life career when i had typed it out. Please send or put the definition on this page thank you,

loyal companyen

[edit] apples

u guys are awesome except when my teacher assigned me some extra credit classes and i couldnt find what i wanted 2 find eny ways overall it was AWESOME THANKS.

SINCERLY SOME GUY (THAT WROTE IT)

Sorry we let you down. What were you looking for? DCDuring TALK 18:57, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Category:English compound words

Hello whoever is reading this letter, I'm not one to be picky but your website is a bit too formal, you need a splash of color, you need things that make people smile! If you did those things I garentee your website will be a hit! By the way I had a very nice time quick and easy may I add finding 200 compound words. And I know your probably wondering why I need 200 compound words and I just do these sort of things for fun! So you might be hearing from me once a week! Just so you know so you can tell me apart from other letters my letters will always have 5 exclemation points! You can look in this letter to see. Well as we kids say ta ta for now my good friend whitch I just met a few seconds ago. Have fun doing who knows what.

P.S. I would put a smiley face on here

if I could or knew how.

Good Day, Jenna

[edit] Special:Search

well! here you go i was chring to find what is a matter but it gave me so manny thing so my question was how would you difine a mattetr ? and i could not find it and speshly every one saids that this is the best web site i dont think so ok so you can reach my buy <remove email> and this is my mom email so thnk and im very up set couse i have A TEST TOMMAROW so F for me who ho

GET YOU WEB SITE ORGANIZE THNKS. NOT HAPPY WITH U GUYS.............................. ....................................................................

You might have more success if you begin studying earlier. Strating the night before the test is called cramming, and is never an effective study method. You might also try an encyclopedia article, rather than a dictionary definition. Wikipedia has an article on Matter. --EncycloPetey 13:43, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] freedom

The plural of "freedom" is "freedom". Check any dictionary and you will never see "freedoms" listed as the plural of "freedom". That is a recent fad started by ignorant people. You don't say "deers", "mooses" or "freedoms".

A little research shows that it is neither recent nor a fad. Here is a 1907 quote from the New York State Library's History Bulletin:

The contrary minded, seeing that they could no longer prevent it directly, began indirectly under pretext of economy to curtail these freedoms.

The people at the New York State Library are unlikely to be ignorant by any standard, so your information was incorrect. --EncycloPetey 13:49, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] your wiktionary

 I'd just like to say that I feel what would improve this would be to incorporate an enunciation tool for a broad

array of languages so that the user can hear it. Additionally a word translator in both directions as an improvement would

be good . Keep it simple! I like your service VERY much.

[edit] incandescent

[edit] personality

Its kind of ignorant that it doesn't always have accurate information!! That should be fixed!!

Which information did you find that was inaccurate? --EncycloPetey 13:52, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

And if you know of any authority that is always accurate, please tell us? Dbfirs 16:42, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] arbitrate

you need to make it easier to understand some words like compromise

I've linked additional words in definition of compromise, but it is still rather hard to understand (especially the second definition). I'll post a note in the tea room and see if we can't improve it. Please point out additional words that have room for improvement if you find them. RJFJR 23:58, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] anthers

Your site dose not say any thing useful about anther the part of a plant!

You were looking at the plural. Try the singular anther. —Stephen 21:57, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] transcendent

I think there is a mathematical meaning of the word trancendent. I couldn't find it.

You were probably thinking of a number that is not a solution of a polynomial equation with rational coefficients, but this is usually called transcendental. Dbfirs 16:39, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wiktionary:Feedback

its too good...

[edit] turbulence

the plural to turbulence is just turbulenc not turbulences

It is both. If you search Google books you'll find many uses of "turbulences" in the technical literature. --EncycloPetey 02:32, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] 孎

Please someone write some meaning to this characters.

No known meaning. —Stephen 09:53, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

We should probably note that in the entry, since it does look like an omission. † ﴾^(u):Raifʻhār ^(t):Doremítzwr ﴿ 16:36, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Various Korean online hanja dictionaries think that it means "meek", "to follow and die", or "for a woman to die doing her duty" (rough translations; not really my field). It seems unlikely that these readings would be unique to Korea, or made up out of whole cloth. But I don't know how to track down the rest of the story. -- Visviva 17:23, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] 䶯

also this.

No meaning, but used in girl’s name. —Stephen 09:54, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

We should probably note that in the entry, since it does look like an omission. † ﴾^(u):Raifʻhār ^(t):Doremítzwr ﴿ 16:37, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] eumhun

Multiple eumhun pairs for a hanja: See also: eum, hun

The hanja or Han ideogram is simply a Chinese word (though pronounced in a corrupt or dialectal way) that makes one or more senses like the words in any other natural language, hence one or more eumhun pairs per hanja.
The "Eumhun" of {{ko-hanja}}, as shown in 穴#Korean, is unwittingly designed to display just a single (at best primary) sense. This is unnecessarily self-limiting, not to mention the meaninglessness of the mere Sino-Korean pair without relating to the English equivalent.
Therefore, this "Eumhun" part should better be disabled as soon as possible so as to encourage listing multiple eumhun pairs, each relating to each English definition, as suggested in 穴#Korean, as seen in most Sino-Korean lexicons, 옥편.
The resulting well-done Sino-Korean-English semantic web is three times thicker than the single Sino-English web, you see.

You could use {{ko-hanja-reading}}, you know. Not that I would especially recommend it, since the definitive status of an eumhun reading drops off quickly as one moves away from the core lexicon, and most of the finer-grained readings are simply invented by individual dictionaries -- that is, they are not materially different from definitions, and thus copying them en masse would violate copyright. But that template could be used, in the few cases where it might be wise to do so. -- Visviva 07:11, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Visviva, I may not be smart enough to understand what you are talking about.

By applying the template somewhat like this:

{ {ko-hanja-reading|穴|구멍 혈|hole} }

I get:

穴: hole

(eumhun reading: 구멍 혈 Feedback)

What is this at all? It is even worse than {{ko-hanja}}, if not a joke, to apply or adapt it to the definition of multiple senses as follows (no worry about copyright! or so given at least):

(구멍 혈, gumeong-hyeol): hole, hollow
(구덩이 혈, gudeong'i-hyeol): pit, ditch
(굴 혈, gul-hyeol): cave, cavern, cavity; den, burrow, sett
(움 혈, um-hyeol): dugout

Please show up your way below.

Sure, like so:

穴: hole

(eumhun reading: 구멍 Feedback)
穴: pit

(eumhun reading: 구덩이 Feedback)
穴: cave

(eumhun reading: 굴 Feedback)
穴: dugout

(eumhun reading: 움 Feedback)

But in the vast majority of cases it would be far better to just put the most prominent eumhun in the inflection line and use normal definitions otherwise. The only real reason to have the eumhun is when it is used to identify the character as such. It is easy to compare google:"구멍 혈" (7710 hits) with google:"구덩이 혈" (47 hits), and see that the secondary readings are seldom used to refer to the character. A little more looking shows that google:"굴 혈" (41400) hits is even more common (with almost all hits being in reference to this character). Thus, if a non-native speaker of Korean needs to describe this character in Korean, there is no doubt that "굴 혈" is the best choice.

And we just define it like anything else on Wiktionary:

Feedback
Eumhun:

Sound (hangeul): 혈 (revised: hyeol)

Name (hangeul): 굴 혈 (revised: gul hyeol)

I will grant you, {{ko-hanja}} is pretty awful. I've always hated using it. But I think the solution is to make it smaller, not bigger. -- Visviva 17:45, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] inertia

In the declension tables of Finnish nouns there is a problem. The tables often show multiple forms in a single cell. There are always two forms for singular accusative and often for plural genitive, sometimes for other forms. The reason of plural forms is not given but the form of the table falsely suggests that it at least is the same in each cell. In most cases the reason is that the different forms are synonymous, from different dialects or otherwise in free variation. However, in case of accusative the two forms are not interchangeable: in any context one of them is either wrong or not interpreted as accusative. The term "accusative" actually covers two distinct cases (that have no standard names). Therefore they should not be displayed in the same way as synonymous forms in other cells.

[edit] cupola

No information provided for pronounciation :(

It's there now. You can use {{rfp}} to request this info. Ƿidsiþ 17:40, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] 話

Wiktionary is great, but these days I'm only interested in the "Translingual" and "Japanese" sections of a page. It would be really nice if I could set some option to only show these unless I explicitly ask for the Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean, etc., sections. (I guess I should figure out Greasemonkey again.)

Also, it makes a fantastic reference, once you get to the character you're looking for, but the search doesn't really work for kanji: you can't search by stroke count or radical (or if you can, I can't find it). I usually go to [5] to look up the character. I'd rather have the additional information that Wiktionary has, but it's a pain to search for kanji here, and usually Saiga ends up being just good enough. So I use Wiktionary if I find a character on the web I don't know, and I use Saiga if I see something in real life I don't know, because Wiktionary has better content (usually) but Saiga has much better search. But it seems like something that would be relatively easy to improve. (Maybe I'll take a crack at it...)

Needs a lot more work, but we do have Category:CJKV radicals. —Stephen 17:28, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Special:Search

I enjoy, learning new words. I do not have to go from one place to another. Most importantly, I was referred to this page. Thank you.

[edit] confide

Would be great to have a dedicated synonym, antonym link for each applicable word. If there is one, it is not prominent enought as i didn't see it!

Thanks, keep up the good work

[edit] third party

This is really off to a great start. However, a thesaurus feature would be invaluable. Even the addition of a few synonyms would help greatly.

[edit] File:en-us-vigilance.ogg

Hello there. I know you folks are sticklers for correctness, and I just happened to run across an mis-pronunciation in the audio file for Vigilance. Unfortunately, the lady narrator says 'vilijence' where it should be said as 'vijilence'. Unfortunately, this is a common mispronunciation of this word, and it should be rectified. Cheers!

Thanks. I've mentioned this to the "lady narrator" on her talk page, and I'm sure she will re-record it. Dbfirs 13:04, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] nondenominational

it sucks

[edit] feedback

It is hard to find where the meanings are!!

They are the numbered definitions. Sometimes you might need to scroll. There has been some discussion about putting definitions first, but the consensus was to keep standard dictionary order. Perhaps in future there will be a default option to hide long sections before the definitions? Dbfirs 17:55, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] acrylic

i needed to do an essay on acrylic. this was no help...

Try w:acrylic. —Stephen 11:06, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] i can't find my wanted word

next time, try to improve the vocabulary for the words!

Tell us the word. If it is a real word, we shall include it. —Stephen 11:07, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] October 2009

[edit] standard error

Standard deviation and standard error are not equivalent terms. Standard error is the standard deviation divided by the square root of the sample size. Thanks!

You may have been taught this in school, but that will be because standard error is more often used for the standard deviation of a sample, to distinguish it from the standard deviation in a single measurement. Our definition is accurate if the variance of the sample is understood. We do have a link to the Wikipedia article for those who need more detail. Dbfirs 17:42, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] fuck

This page, is absolutely awful, the examples given are just out of like

(examples citing all 8, the VULGARITY and INNUENDO is unbelievable. THIS ARTICLE SHOULD BE REMOVED OR EDITED. KIDS READ WIKI ALL THE TIME FOR SCHOOL AND THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THEY SHOULD BE SUBJECTED TO.)

Well in fairness, that is what the word means, and we don't censor the Wiktionary, ever. On a more general note, the amount of "inappropriate material" is everywhere on the Internet. Without the proper parental controls, kids can access anything. Mglovesfun (talk) 17:50, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

We are sorry that your sensitivities were offended by the page, but you will find similar definitions in most non-school dictionaries. Kids will (and do) find much, much worse elsewhere on the internet if they look for it. One wonders how the page could be reached by accident? Dbfirs 17:50, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] allot

I luv wiktionaryu!!!!!1

[edit] misogynist

It might be helpful to include a phonetic pronunciation

Now added. --EncycloPetey 22:23, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] topological

it very good

[edit] [Not everybody is code-savvy.]

I had a contribution to make -- the missing Hebrew term for "cashew nut". But your onscreen instructions were too cryptic. How is anyone who has used it seldom if ever supposed to know the two- or three-letter ISO 639 Language Code?! If you tell me the code for Hebrew, I'll gladly add the two-word Hebrew translation for you.

H.W. Toronto

Point taken, but obviously given the number of these codes (a few thousand) we can't have them on every page. Maybe MediaWiki:Edittools should contain a link to it - perhaps it already does, but I don't know where. Mglovesfun (talk) 17:46, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

Update:

Thanks to Conrad who responded to my post. I am now going to go back to the definitions list and try out the Hebrew.

Much appreciated, Conrad.

I believe you simply type out the word Hebrew in full and it generates the correct ISO code automatically. —Stephen 20:01, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Special:Search

it was okay

[edit] Special:Search

Whenever i search something it arrives in a messy order and is quite confusing to find what I want. You should like a put in a new suggestion box saying if you can't find what your looking for use it in a sentence. It might help!

[edit] lusterless

This applies to more than just this word, but I just want to say great job, this is the most useful wiki yet!

[edit] Wiktionary:Main Page

I was looking for a word that just happened to be from a different language & thought I wouldn't find it easy..... I was WRONG!!!! Thankyou for this site, I will be using it for lots & lots of words as I am also dyslexic (another word I had to look up too, hehe) & often find it hard to figure words out. So, thankyou again, From a new addict of this site, Reggirl

[edit] Wiktionary:Feedback

-- pls can i secure a job

There is much work needed in Wiktionary to secure its place as the best dictionary in the world. No job interview is required, just a requirement to learn the format of entries. Unfortunately, Wiktionary is not able to pay a salary to its editors, some of whom seem to work on it almost non-stop, judging by their prolific output of edits. Dbfirs 09:12, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Talk:nurture

Word Definitions: Sure would be nice if you included a few sentences using the word.

[edit] Special:Search

I searched for the word nephew spelled 'nefue'. No matches until i tried again a bit differently.

Also words like nephew (family words) can be goodly illustrated with images since the words meaning is culture independent. But of course it requires more work.

Thanks for your time. :)

Yeah images are good but take up a lot of space and can screw up the alignment of a page. For stuff like nephew or niece it would be very difficult though. Mglovesfun (talk) 22:15, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Define slow earth movements

give me information of slow earth movements or ..............................................

w:continental drift. —Stephen 16:44, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] mistype

It is great because is much more "alive" that other "official dictionaries as Dictionary.com (for example: mistype does not appear as "verb" in Dictionaty.com).

Anyway, it could be of help for some words to have some information or a link to Dictionary.com

[edit] nondefining relative clause

Hi! I am Iranian guy . You re web is ok, but please put more information in it.

For more info, see w:Restrictiveness. —Stephen 17:40, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] justify

It was a really good explanation- it also explained the root of 'just'. Very good work- keep it up guys!

[edit] Talk:gas jar

the definition didnot explain what a gas jar is used for not informative enough could do with saying when and how it is used

[edit] tofflooking up the meaning of a word

I did not ask for a translation ! I asked for a meaning in English !

What word did you look for? The entry for toff has two definitions and no translations, so I don't understand what difficulty you had. --EncycloPetey 02:05, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wiktionary:Information desk

BOND EN ESPANOL: DEBERES U OBLIGACIONES EN UN MATRIMONIO, ACUERDOS

[edit] solmio

Could someone syllabify "solmio" for me?

sol-mio ? L☺g☺maniac chat? 20:30, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Syllabification depends on the circumstances. There are breaks in spoken speech, there are breaks when hyphenating written text in a paper, and there are breaks when separating syllables for sheet music. These breaks do not always occur in the same place for a given word. --EncycloPetey 02:07, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Hyphenation: sol‧mi‧o added to the entry. --Hekaheka 20:12, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] irrelevant

you guys are sick u dont even have the defination to the words

It says

not related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected

What more would you want from a definition? RJFJR 21:32, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] synopsis

Thank you for helping you are great:)

[edit] enhance

It doesn't make sense

[edit] brain fart

i think taht u shud jst shut this websyt dwn coz its nee gud. everythin av searched jst duznt come up proply, i am very dissapointed in u wiktionary u shud jst die

Or perhaps you could learn to spell. SemperBlotto 10:05, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] bandicoot

it was good and confusing

[edit] Wiktionary:Feedback

it horible

[edit] biannual

I want to know more about biannual... But however there's nothing about it but statements about it.

What did you want to know? The entry has its origin, usage, definitions, example quotations, and a translations section. What information about the word did you not find? --EncycloPetey 03:39, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] importantness

This is not a word according to any dictionary. Please take it down. People take you for a credible source and this proves that you are not.

Thank you

Wiktionary is a dictionary. So, your claim that importantness is not in any dictionary is clearly incorrect. Words do not have to appear in a dictionary in order to be a word; they have to be used. Please read WT:CFI. --EncycloPetey 03:37, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

You will notice the "(proscribed)" tag to tell you that the word is not standard English, but if it is often used by authors in English, it is an English word meeting wt:CFI. I wouldn't use the word pompousness either, but this is a word long recognised by the OED, though I agree that importantness isn't (yet). The OED has more stringent criteria for inclusion, but they keep open files on many words that they do not include in even their largest printed dictionary. Dbfirs 09:27, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Filter

sorry there is no mistake here.The link was mistakenly clicked. Kindly ignore.

[edit] copious

This definition needs synonims and antonims.

[edit] dear wiktionary,...

I like to make a selection on compression, but it won't give me one for just plain science. do u have any suggestions on where i can find the scientific defenition????

Try w:compression. —Stephen 23:35, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] kanta

tgbsgvrregbrzrhgbrfdheb mtuyjmyfij

[edit] party

maybe you could put synonyms too.

[edit] Wiktionary:Main Page

KINDLY PROVIDE A FACILITY TO PROVIDE ONE WORD A DAY ON MOBILE

Isn't there a tweetfeed of WOTD? -- Visviva 15:32, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

Answer to self: no, appears to be moribund since March: [6]. Bargle. -- Visviva 15:34, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] patio

i cant find the meaning of the spanish word amor patrio. you must know it.... and synchronize your website

[edit] futret

A 'Futret' is the Doric term for a Stoat, not a Ferret. The word probably derives from 'white rat', 'white' being pronounced 'fyte'.

[edit] deviant

It would be Very Good to include a list of Synonyms

[edit] Wiktionary:Main Page

IT WOULD BE VERY GOOD TO HAVE A LIST OF SYNONYMS FOR EACH WORD!!

[edit] Komodo dragon

In this world of are we must portacin its animals ,forest or are world will dide a terbllie daeth like i seen before its very horrible and iam just a kid

[edit] kit and kaboodle

Kit and Kaboodle also refers back to the US depression era, when the homeless (at that time often called 'bums') would carry all of their possessions wrapped up in a cloth sack (the kit), that was tied to the end of a stick (the kaboodle) slung over their shoulder.

This provided not only a convenient and easy way to carry all their goods, but an innocuous way to also carry a stick that would be used as a walking stick, or weapon if needed while wandering the countryside.

This was a common site along rail lines in the U.S. at that time. References to this are included in the 1915 song "Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag and smile, smile smile." [">], and on numerous caricatures of smiling/wandering 'bums' carrying their kit + kaboodle slung over their shoulder (often shown whistling).

The Coleman company (makers of coolers) shows this image in their "Lil' Oscar" line of coolers first made in 1978. Some image examples: [[7]] [[8]]

[edit] 毉

This yi 毉 is an old variant of yi 醫.

[edit] 折

how can i do this thing in my keyboard?折

If you are typing in Japanese, set the input to hiragana and type せつ, press the space bar, then go down the list to　折. If you are typing Simplified Chinese, enter the Pinyin "she2" and you should get 蛇 right away. —Stephen 00:26, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wiktionary:Main Page

yeah mate check out the roos

[edit] kennetjie

Too smooth

[edit] kennetjie

Pimp Named Slick Back

[edit] dictionary

Since the word "DICTIONARY" derives from the Latin "to speak", I find it fascinating that the definition for "DICTIONARY" does not mention the Pronunciation Section, which is a prominent feature in Wiktionary, and almost all dictionaries.

P.S. I really appreciate all of your work in producing Wiktionary, I find it very useful, better than other online dictionaries for most of my uses.

Thanks!

Pronunciation is not a feature of most dictionaries at all...only of some dictionaries. It is important to have a pronunciation guide in an English-English dictionary such as the OED and the American Heritage, but Italian dictionaries only offer a minimal amount of pronunciation help. Most Russian dictionaries only show the stress. Spanish dictionaries rarely give any pronunciation advice at all. Korean dictionaries usually have none of this. Of all the tens of thousands of different dictionaries there are in the world, only a tiny handful indicate pronunciation. —Stephen 00:19, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] File:火-order.gif

How does this show the stroke order? There are no numbers, arrows, etc. It's just a picture of the character??

It’s a motion gif. It shows you how each stroke is made, in what order and in which direction. —Stephen 00:12, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Bork

Good job guys, i really like whats being done here.

[edit] e.g.

THANKS FOR DOING THIS WORK!

IT WOULD BE GREAT TO BE ABLE TO BROWSE WIKTIONARY LIKE A PRINT DICTIONARY, E.G. ALL THE WORDS THAT BEGIN WITH SQ...

You could use Special:PrefixIndex to see all our entries that begin with a certain letter or letters, such as "sq". —Stephen 00:10, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] falcon

how can i join with your family

You can join the Wiktionary "community" by creating an account here. L☺g☺maniac chat? 20:05, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

I'll warn you though, people around here haven't been acting very family-like lately ... L☺g☺maniac chat? 16:42, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Are we not one big happy family on Wiktionary? At least we don't annoy each other as often as editors on Wikipedia! Dbfirs 18:19, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Well, sometimes. Unfortunately, There've been some problems recently ... of course, nobody really needed to know that :P L☺g☺maniac chat? 18:25, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] prearrange

The entry is very short so you cannot find out enough information.

What sort of information were you expecting to find here? A short definition often gives the meaning more clearly than a long one. If you don't know what arrange means, you can click the link for the meaning, and similarly with in advance. I suppose an illustrative example would be useful. I'll add one. Dbfirs 18:17, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] 明

Stroke order needed.

[edit] plethora

the pronucation of the word plethora is way to confusing

Is this any better? † ﴾^(u):Raifʻhār ^(t):Doremítzwr ﴿ 00:58, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wiktionary:Main Page

Is there a wikionary for Latin language? I think a lot of people would enjoy this.

There is a Wiktionary written in Latin -> go here. Otherwise the English Wiktionary does have definitions for quite a few Latin words. L☺g☺maniac chat? 12:50, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] quelque chose

OOHMYASWEE

[edit] Demüthigung

The correct word is "Demütigung", without "h". Same with the verb "demütigen".

Demüthigung is an old spelling. The modern spelling is Demütigung. There are lots of German words that used to be spelled with -th-. The h was dropped in a spelling reform a long time ago. —Stephen 18:00, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] hù

弖 is defined as the Japanese phonetic for te under the list of characters for Mandarin.

It was used in early Japanese script for the syllable te. Today we use て for that. Many dictionaries claim that the Mandarin pronunciation of 弖 is hù, but it was not used in writing Chinese and there seems to be little basis for the Mandarin pronunciation. —Stephen 18:30, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] cloud

I searched for information about clouds that produce rain but the rain evaporates before reaching the ground. I thought this was called Verga (or ssomething similar.ty

That is called virga. —Stephen 18:03, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Special:AllPages

I was looking for the word - seminal, an adjective- German translation: bahnbrechend, grundlegend, wegweisend. Couldn´t get any feedback

[edit] gangster

In the English Wikipedia article about "On Top of old Smoky" the word Gangster was used as a verb:

[edit] gangster

would the word (the noun- gangster) be being used as a verb, as in taking the lyrics, the territory of someone else , such as another gang. it seems right to say to take the lyrics' of another song', though also 'to' another song. maybe it refers to the lyrcs to the song being taken and not the music of the song. this all may be semantics. interested amateur

[edit] democracy

I think the should be infomation for students in primary and secndary level.

[edit] demur

I don't understand your pronounciation key. Could you go back to the stand OED pronounciation descriptors? thanks!

Does this help? † ﴾^(u):Raifʻhār ^(t):Doremítzwr ﴿ 18:37, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] protologism

protologism - Load of self-referencing smug bullshit. Has no place in a dictionary.

[edit] auspice

NO IPA FOR THIS WORD.

Done. † ﴾^(u):Raifʻhār ^(t):Doremítzwr ﴿ 19:55, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] -ly

bad

[edit] ideology

Just a short note to commend you for Wictionary, Wikipedia and "English - French Words Americans Use"! What a blessing to discover your web-site. I find your format easy to understand,and easy to use - It's very straight-forward.

Thank you! Keep up the good work!

[edit] transgender

My name is René. I am a person of transsexual experience. I am a transsexual female & I strongly feel that I need to correct your definition regarding the word "transgender" (noun).

I believe that a transgender — which is derived from the word "gender" meaning sex — or a transsexual is a person born with the physical characteristics of one sex who emotionally and psychologically feels that they belong to the opposite sex. I cannot be so concerned about whether I should be in a man's or a woman's clothing. I, however, have always yearned to be a female. Thus, subjecting myself to hormone replacement therapy, and hopefully undergo surgical reassignment surgery in the offing. In fact, transsexuality is so often referred to as "gender dysphoria". Otherwise, known as a state of unease or general dissatisfaction of a person's own birth gender.

While I believe that a transvestite — which is derived from the word "vest" meaning article of clothing — or a cross-dresser is a person, typically a man, who derives pleasure from dressing in clothes considered appropriate to the opposite sex. A man can dress in a woman's clothing while he remains completely comfortable & satisfied in his biological gender (i.e. drag queen).

And an intersex or hermaphrodite is a totally different classification as it is a person or animal having both male and female sex organs or other sexual characteristics. This is concerned with the anatomical or sexual anomaly of a person's biology, particularly the reproductive organs.

I don't have to lose faith in the credibility of your definitions. Pardon my directness, but I'm easily upset when something on the Internet is incorrect. So I certainly hope you do something about it now. Thank you.

A dictionary (like Wiktionary) is not written to provide "truth". A dictionary describes the way that words are used. So, if "Earth" was used regularly to mean "a flat surface of which everyone lives", then that is what we'd write, even if it doesn't match the "truth" about the shape of the Earth. So, our definiton of transgender isn't written to educate people about the "truth", but to describe what most people mean when they use that word. --EncycloPetey 01:35, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Yes – but we need citations here to back up the definitions. Ƿidsiþ 06:57, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] laxic

wiktionary is a well developed content dictionary ,but i think more reseaarch should be made to make it a better search engine .because it lacks some word you can contact me on (personal info removed) if you need better research on some words.

thank you.

[edit] Special:Search

this was a waste of my time

[edit] fervor

This made my penus burn with a great intensity

[edit] narcissism

blech...........&*%$ you.u screwed the deff of dis awesome word!!!!

[edit] reprehend

very helpful but please get me the definition first. thanks!

[edit] dude

Just a question: Have you ever thought of including synonims? That would be very helpulf too and would be more complete.

That's all and I hope you take into consideration this.

We do try to include synonyms, and there are synonyms listed at dude. If you find a page that doesn't have any listed feel free to add some like this, right after the relevant definition:

====Synonyms====

* [[synonym of word]]

Thank you for commenting. L☺g☺maniac chat? 15:06, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Special:Search

Thank you, i just wanted to know what the definition of 'DOW' is, in reference to the NYSE. I can only assume, maybe it means 'Passage'? It was never clear. I just love words!

The DOW of the NYSE is from Dow Jones & Company, from Charles Dow, cofounder. It’s a surname. —Stephen 15:44, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] impetuous

The pronunciation is not quite right - it needs to be reviewed. She's saying the word without the "ch" sound that the impe"tu"ous makes.

I agree with you. The girl pronouncing impetuous does not seem to be a native English speaker. Her pronunciation is alien and incomprehensible to me. —Stephen 20:19, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] PLEASE CONSIDER!!!

The number one most important thing when giving a definition is to NOT USE THE WORD YOU ARE DEFINING IN YOUR DEFINITION OF THAT WORD. Does that make sense? I could not find one single word that was not used in its own definition. In many cases the whole definition was the word you're defining. For example: perspicacious: the act of being perspicacious.

Until you disclude the word from its own description, your definitions are useless. I'm telling you because I like this site a lot, and I've always found it helpful. It would be so great if definitions were properly stated!

Please consider what I've mentioned. Thanks! —This comment was unsigned.

You need to get your eyes fixed. The definition of perspicacious does not use the word itself. SemperBlotto 11:10, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Special:Search

i can't fin d any definition —This comment was unsigned.

Of any particular word? SemperBlotto 11:13, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wiktionary:Random page cannot find languauge section

fantastic sight, wealth of information, but terribly hard to navigate. make it easy! i have a science degree and i still get lost for 10 minutes trying to find the language section for specific words and their origin and meaning. i can only assume that people stumble by it by mistake. And the list of languages- simple english is listed but what about regular english or american english that 300 million people speak of some sorts? will stop the gripe- there are great stuff and people in the site otherwise

Simple English? You must mean in the sidebar. Those are links to other wikis, such as the Simple English wiki. The present wiki is for regular American/British English. We don’t put Simple English translations in the translation sections.

If you are having difficulty finding the translation sections, you might wish to click on Wiktionary preferences in the sidebar and tick the box that says, "Show the translation sections expanded, instead of having them collapsed." Then the translation sections will be much more apparent for you. —Stephen 05:28, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] aún

Needs examples of usages. I am confused about aun and aun with an accent.

Done. —Stephen 05:31, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] been

I like wikipedia I've learn a lot. If you don't mine please add another version of "tagalog" term. thanks

[edit] prud'-homme

lacks IPA pronunciation guide

[edit] blithe

A pronunciation would be nice; audible or otherwise.

In IPA it would be /blaɪð/ so it rhymes with words such as lithe, tithe, and writhe — hippietrail 16:32, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] arm and a leg

I was hoping for the etymology for the phrase "arm and a leg" as in costing ... Didn't find it.

[edit] Special:Search Kanji

I'm a 10 years old boy and each week, a study for a Japanese Kanji test. Last week, it was really good but now, IT'S AWFULL!!!!! I have 8 words every week and this week, I found 1 out of 8 words!!!! It's become TOTALLY USELESS!!!!!!!

What 7 words couldn't you find? —Stephen 09:25, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

An excellent resource for Japanese can be found at: http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi?1C — hippietrail 16:02, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] verbosely

Hello every one, thank you for giving us so much of information, when ever required, we now have the habit of going directly to your site, thank you once again and wish you all the best......Have a blessed day everybody.

Naveed.A.

[edit] scalp

Could you add in some information on the origin of the word! G

It's there now: Originally a northern word, and therefore presumed to come from a Scandinavian source, although the sense-development is unclear; compare Old Norse skálpr (“sheath”), Middle Dutch schelpe (“shell”). — hippietrail 15:58, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] script

Very confusing at first but becomes easy after a while

[edit] alert

please have synonyms and antonyms of words thank you

[edit] thesaurus

do you have a thesaurus? like a wikesaurus or something

Yes. See Wiktionary:Wikisaurus. (I'll warn you though, it's incomplete) L☺g☺maniac chat? 00:40, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Special:Search

I looked up "scotch mist" just on a whim, after my client (a retired physician from South America) and I had a discussion about just that. I had always heard it was "Scotch"mist" and so had she, but she said a friend of hers corrected her, saying it was "Scots mist", so she stood corrected. We did not know that, so it was food for thought. That night, I looked it up here, as well as in the Wikipedia. Here, I found the interesting history and background, and the sure fact that, indeed, WE had been right, and her friend, wrong! It is "Scotch mist" and "Scotch whiskey", the word "Scotch" is only used for food and drink products, and for "Scotch mist". In most other contexts, it is archaic and often considered mildly derogatory. For anything else pertaining to Scotland, the term "Scottish" is used. It is a demonym taken from the Greek. Also, the people of Scotland are referred to as "Scots" (adjective). Thanks for giving me that information.

[edit] crusta

crusta is also a type of drink

[edit] Page heading transcription

When I look at the transcription given under the heading "Wiktionary", I find something that indicates very definitely that Wiktionary is not intended for North American users. Many excellent contemporary dictionaries supply transcriptions for both BrE and AmE, taking into account the fact that British pronunciation diverges so significantly from that used in North America, particularly in certain instances, and I would think it very appropriate to adopt this pattern here on your opening page as well.

Yes, the pronunciation in our logo has been complained about before, we are working on changing that (I think). See Help:FAQ where it is the first question addressed. L☺g☺maniac chat? 15:46, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] adobe

it is tirreble

[edit] Special:Search

remangar - to roll up

[edit] index

Should include a note on the typographical "Index" (That pointing finger symbol) and also the archaic usage of index to mean speficially a face (See, EG. w:A Mind Forever Voyaging). 150.250.98.102 01:30, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] diaspora

where is the definition?

Where are your glasses? SemperBlotto 14:08, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

English: The dispersion of the Jews among the Gentiles after the Captivity. Any similar dispersion. The African diaspora caused a melding of cultures, both African cultures and Western ones, in many places. — hippietrail 15:30, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wiktionary:Preferences

it's magnific

[edit] Special:Search

I am trying to find discriptions of several signs noted in physical exams, i.e., finklestein sign, CMC grind test, Hawkin's impingment sign and speed's test.

[edit] extraordinary

It was confusing to understand please explain better itwould help.... thanks!!!

[edit] User:Fyrius

Regarding "limerence" in Wikipedia, could the relationship between it and "unrequited love" be included to help the reader understand what the difference is between the two? Maybe you could get help from people who are limerent. If you can believe faceless entities in chat rooms, check out Tribe.net Limerence Experienced. Be sure to check out the thread titled "Limerence associated with unrequited love". Anne

wikipedia is great and so is wiktionary ! i've learnt many words and the pronounciations too ! some words have more complicated meanings , sometimes i can understand the word better without the meaning , as the meaning has more new words ! but wiktionary is very helpful ! thanks !!!

[edit] Wiktionary

Hi Wiki team,

Thanks for your excellent work! Could you please advise how to access all the words (may be as a list from where I can click and get further details/information) under a particular alphabet?

Thanks, <email removed>

You could look at Special:PrefixIndex. In the prefix box, you can put a letter in any given alphabet and see an alphabetical list beginning with that letter. In addition, we have appendixes for many alphabets, such as Appendix:Cyrillic script, Appendix:Roman script, Appendix:Armenian script, Appendix:Arabic script, Appendix:Japanese script, Appendix:Hebrew script, Appendix:Cherokee script, Appendix:Thai script, Appendix:Georgian script. Furthermore, you could look at category lists according to language, such as Category:Russian language, Category:Japanese language, Category:Amharic language. —Stephen 05:02, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Translation is messy

Hello !

I was planning to use Wiktionary to translate words from English to Russian. But the issue when I click translate it gave me the translation on all posible languages. I would be very nice for me to have an option, where I can select only specific languages to do a translation.

Thank you in advance, Use of Wiktionary

Yes this is one of the big long-term problems for Wiktionary due to running on software designed for an encyclopedia: 11998 A way to show only the few languages a user is interested in — hippietrail 15:25, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] conceptualization

please use the provided space with you while explaining any word....the way you explained the meaning of conceptualization is very short , difficult to understand & confusing.....if I could get the meaning of it the way you have described why i would have search.......what you explained in short is obvious but no use.....sorry to say but i couldn't got you what you wanna explain here..........

Thanks Ravi Rathore

[edit] 平射炮

You can enter more languages into this web.

                                       Thank you!

[edit] User:Conrad.Irwin

How can i have a downloadable version of wiktionary ?

[edit] parsa

definition that (seemingly) reflects either distance or time in order to understand the line "...is smelled from a distance --- a ten parsa distance ---Jerusalem - Jericho traveled by foot." These definitions offered NO help at all; have you any suggestions?

A פרסה (parsa) is a Hebrew measure of itinerant distance (parasang). One parsa is about four kilometers, a walking distance that takes about 72 minutes. Ten parsaot is the distance a man walks in a day, or 12 hours of walking. —Stephen 20:53, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] blow

it was really helpful :)

[edit] decline

I will say only one word, EXCELLENT!

Tank you!

[edit] advantage 486 computer

i dont have found features of 486 computer.

Perhaps you were looking for the Wikipedia article:

Wikipedia has an article on:

Intel i486

Wikipedia

[edit] kitty-corner

I might have clicked the wrong "feedback" tag, but I would like to suggest to wiktionary staff to find out if the definition is "missing information," specifically the merit of including word "catty corner" as a variant.

Catty-corner has now been added as a synonym. Thanks! L☺g☺maniac chat? 17:56, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] acanthus

Very useful on multiple occasions, particularly due to the many available languages and the links between them. Would be very nice to have a link to the corresponding Wikipedia page. If such links already exist, they're not easy enough to find!

We use the template {{wikipedia}} to do this. Undoubtedly, it could be user in more cases that it now is. Mglovesfun (talk) 18:05, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] monarchy

A very breif, easy to understand defenition. Perfect!

[edit] Bermudan

I would enjoy it more if people can perceive who are the editors of information (i.e. I am a Hon Econ student of UBC...that I can be criticized/ criticize others with an identified (as I prefer to) identification.

If you want to see who has edited an entry, go to the tab at the top called "history". L☺g☺maniac chat? 20:07, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] nonplus

To Wiki creators, managers, administrators and all:

I am grateful for your wonderful service. I am a student and come across with a large number of terms daily that I need to look up. Wiktionary is proving to be such a great help for me! Some of the things I like about it:

1) concise and clear definitions (easy to grasp) 2) a range of references for each word (helps me understand a word more organically) 3) easy to use format (the menu box always helps) 4) big time saver (web beats fumbling through the pages to find dozens of words at a time)

Thanks again and please keep up the good work and keep expanding!

AH

PS I love Wikipedia too - so useful!

[edit] Wikitionary

Needs more work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Needs more work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Needs more work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Needs more work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Needs more work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Needs more work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

True, but it doesn't need more exclamation marks. Dbfirs 20:58, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Baba Jaga

Ihave submitted the word STARRA as found in a funeral notice.. Relating to a relative of the deceased. I would like to know this words meaning inENGLISH.

[edit] Appendix:Indian surnames (Arora)

Hi, i just want you to add one more subcast in Arora cast which is "Lakhina". Lakhinas are also basically from Punjab region before Independence and Sindh region. —This comment was unsigned.

... and what is stopping you? SemperBlotto 10:58, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] wax lyrical

Some brief rundown of the etymology would be nice. Thanks.

See WT:RFD#wax lyrical. Also, the inflection line link would have taken the user to the top of a mutli-etymology multi-PoS English entry. A section link to Etymology 2 would have been more helpful. DCDuring TALK 15:29, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Special:SpecialPages

The links to the corresponding files on the following page lead to Special:MyPage instead of the user's files:

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/User:-xfi- —This comment was unsigned.

What's wrong with that?—msh210℠ 19:29, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Special:Search

you need the syllables for the word sincerely Gabriel

[edit] vigila

terrable cant find what you want my ass provides beeter servis

yeh an meye aas kan spel betta an yoo — hippietrail 15:51, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] death

I just discovered the other language options box for words . . . coooool . . . I am so loving that . Thanks !

[edit] cutlet

Excellent work! Thank you! If there is anything to improve that I can think of, maybe a DICT server will make wiktionary all the more accessible.

This is something one of our main current devlopers and contributors, User:Conrad.Irwin hopes to achive also, if I'm not mistaken. — hippietrail 15:42, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] felony

Not enough info

I added the box link to wikipedia. RJFJR 14:20, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] cardinality

I really like it :-* !!

[edit] whoa

i want to satisy the undisclosed desires in ur heart

I think you just did! — hippietrail 09:08, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Finagle's law

Du hellooooooooooooooooo, big boi now! Bleh!

[edit] boss around

One or more exemple of use sentences should be always present. It would help a lot.

Thanks for your work!

[edit] Wiktionary:Main Page

I suggest the pronunciation offered for "Wiktionary" needs refining, with an optional (a) in the last syllable: ...(a)rI. At least, that is how it is pronounced here in Ontario, Canada.

Thanks!

Really? You pronounce it "Wik ch'n are ee" like in "On tar ee oh? Most people I know pronounce an "e" there though I have also heard the pronunciation with no vowel there at all. — hippietrail 00:22, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Special:Search

u so terrible if u talk bout mme i have good grammar im just texing

[edit] halloumi

Hi,

You're 'wiktionary' has no pronunciation notes.... IPA would be helpful...

Thanks!

Laura

[edit] military

Apologies for IPA comment....

It seems it is only missing for 'Halloumi'(cheese)

Laura

I've added it. You can request pronunciation information by adding {{rfp}} to a page. Ƿidsiþ 06:30, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Special:Search

you are to be commended fo ur untirin effort to unify people. pls keep up the good works!

Bimbo Espero

[edit] propinquitas

dude im like so loving this website

[edit] pleroma

Obviously I am missing something. I came to find the defination of "pleroma," but could only find various pronunciations, finding no defination at all. Sigh.

That's odd. I found this: (Gnosticism) The region of light above the world; the heavens. — hippietrail 00:18, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] sandspits

well i thing that wiktionary should have everything ,every information because right now i want a meaning of delta and sandspits and i cannot get it.

Really? I found these. Are they what you're looking for?

sandspit: A small sandy point of land or a narrow shoal projecting into a body of water from the shore.
delta: A landform at the mouth of a river where it empties into a body of water.

— hippietrail 00:16, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] choad

Um, for a bit more precision, I had been led to understand that the length/girth ratio being less than 1.0 was part of the definition. I.e. a short thick one.

It’s like fishermen and the one that got away. Dimensions are eyeballed and exaggerated, nothing precision. Most people don’t bother with a tape measure or a yard stick. —Stephen 01:24, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] them

No Italian translation.

The Italian translations are in the second table (Translations to be checked). L☺g☺maniac chat? 23:47, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wiktionary:Sysop deleted

I was depressed to find 'pussy whipped' as a word in wiktionary. It is so obviously two words! and no; making it pussywhipped doesn't count. you may as well list swivelchair and librarybook

[edit] pussywhipped

I was depressed to find 'pussy whipped' as a word in wiktionary. It is so obviously two words! and no; making it pussywhipped doesn't count. you may as well list swivelchair and librarybook

"Pussywhipped" and "pussy-whipped" seem to be almost equally common on Google books. "Pussy whipped" is less common, perhaps 10-20% of the total of all the forms. Many compound words have fairly obvious meanings, just as adverbs ending in -ly have a fairly obvious meaning if you know the meaning of the root adjective. DCDuring TALK 20:12, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Category:English third-person singular forms

i want 2 chat plz with someone—This comment was unsigned.

About English Wiktionary? See WT:IRC for instructions on how to do so. About other things? See http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/Chat/.—msh210℠ 18:16, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Satrap

I think you should add another 'Feedback'-button to the left-hand dashboard: "Should be more comprehensive".

Occasionally, definitions are complete *as far as they go*, but would benefit from being a little further 'fleshed out', whether through further elaboration or with more detailed reference to etymology etc. That is to say, they are not strictly 'incomplete', but perhaps not satisfyingly 'comprehensive'.

This is true of most of our pages. This dictionary site is intended to have "all words in all languages", but has been up and running for only five years. Contributors who can help flesh out entries are welcome, but it would benefit everyone very little to mark more than a million entries as "not yet comprehensive". --EncycloPetey 16:34, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

Even the big 23-volume Oxford English Dictionary is "not yet comprehensive". They restrict their aim to English, but they missed a few words (especially ones from Northern England?) and they are still adding words for the third edition in 2037, by which time the language will have changed considerably. They have only been working on their project for 150 years. Every word in every language is a very ambitious aim! It will be many years before we can even think of being comprehensive! If you mention a missing sense or missing detail on this feedback page, it will get added - or you could add it yourself. Dbfirs 00:52, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

... the auto-link is to the German entry. The English entry is, of course, at satrap. Dbfirs 00:59, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] tumescent

I like the site. I feel it's well-organized and informative.

[edit] löhötä

where's the translation?

I would add it if I knew it. Maybe you can help me if I explain what it means. It is a colloquial verb that means to lie (be in a horizontal position) or sit limply, awake but without doing anything except for maybe watching the telly or talking to the mobile, typically on a couch but any other comfortable place will do. It seems to be a typical teenage "activity". Jeremy Duncan does it perfectly on some Zits strips. --Hekaheka 20:52, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

Added translation "to lie lazy", but it would be nice to know if there's another expression for this. --Hekaheka 01:45, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] 802.11Q Incorrect page name/title..

The standard name is wrong - I assume they meant 802.1Q, not .11Q. Can't anonymously move/rename the page. Thanks.

Google seems to agree with you on the .11Q version, but the reverse seems to be true for .11a Is anyone here an expert on these standards? I'll go and read Wikipedia to see whether we should have redirects for the less-common versions. Dbfirs 17:11, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

... yes, you seem to be correct. Is it OK to leave the 802.11Q entry as a re-direct, or would it be better to have "common misspelling of 802.1Q"? Dbfirs 17:25, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] mandala

I needed a definition of mandala for my re homework

Did you look at the two definitions on the entry page? --EncycloPetey 16:31, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Appendix:French Swadesh list

Sorry that was a wrong feedback I did not understand how it works.

[edit] Japanese Writing!

So confusing! They need to be more descriptive!

They?! At least you're excited! --EncycloPetey 16:31, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] joker

Bonjour! good work! keep it up!

[edit] Cotton

good i liked but is average not very good ok.

It's not very clear whether you think Wiktionary is good or average or not very good or OK. But I'm glad you liked it! — hippietrail 02:22, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] File:Wv-logo--2.svg

I was trying to find what is in the gelling agent(E406) and every time i did it came up with answers to similair things and not what i wanted!

Try E406. It’s agar (from seaweed). —Stephen 12:37, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Special:Search

it s not clear it's bad good luck bye mimi

[edit] craned

You do not have the prefix "audio"...--24.16.38.48 20:00, 2 November 2009 (UTC)WHY????????????--24.16.38.48 20:00, 2 November 2009 (UTC)kdi'KDJ

Most recently, because you didn't add it while you were thinking about it. In the time it takes to write your query and someone to reply, You could make a request at WT:REE or add it yourself. The worst that happens is that it gets deleted or becomes a redirect to another entry. More likely it would be improved to fully conform with our standards and become a valued entry or even a set of related entries audio-, audi-, aud-, all related to audio. DCDuring TALK 21:06, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

In any event, we have had an adequate entry for audio- since January 2009. DCDuring TALK 21:08, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] chartreuse

Whoops, I don't have time to leave a note after all.

I like this feedback. :) L☺g☺maniac chat? 02:24, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

... perhaps the OP had partaken rather too much of it? ... or was feeling rather yellowish-green? Dbfirs 22:08, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] passata

links from Finnish page directly to an Italian one for same word... confusing!

Which Finnish page? Your feedback is confusing. — hippietrail 01:26, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

Seems to be referring to passaa - need to talk to Jyril. SemperBlotto 14:47, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

Finnish section added to passata. --Hekaheka 21:37, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] humour

I was seeking the term Humorise or Humourise... As in describing to make something humorous- an obvious adjectification of a known noun. I am equally surprised and reassured by Wikipedia's limited capacity... We get what we pay for...

It's not our capacity that's limited, just our willing contributors. I've requested 4 variants of this word for you: Wiktionary:Requested entries:English#H 2009 — hippietrail 10:23, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Your might be interested to know that the latest Oxford English Dictionary has a similar limited capacity (or more likely a reluctance to include such made-up words, even if they are "obvious adjectifications"), but we like to stay ahead of the competition, so they will be added if they meet our criteria. You could help by telling us where you met the words (or did you just make them up?) Webster's had "humorize" with a different meaning in 1913. Dbfirs 21:22, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Special:AllPagesMaking tea

I am looking for a word which means that a person has a preference for doing something before or after something else eg "I prefer to put my sugar in my tea before I put the hot water in". Or "I prefer to put my sugar in my tea after I put the hot water in"

[edit] g'day

I have used g'day mate owyagoin for sixty years I have never heard anyone say howzitgoin I come from the Newcastle NSW region. It should be spoken in one breath as one word, it annoys us dinky di Aussies to be greeted by an American sales person with this term, if it is attempted at all please make sure that you speak strine

Oh god, don't encourage the Americans - they say it wrong enough already! I am from the ACT and I think I am pretty qualified to say that it is not pronounced "goodeeee meeeeeet," yet this was just about the universal pronunciation I heard when in the US. --203.217.59.190 05:23, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] multilingual

i want yo say that the definition should be very easy.it should be understandable by everyone who is not familiar to English very much.at least use formal and simplest words in definition.Wetrust Wiktionary and want improvement in it.

Are you aware that there is a Simple English Wiktionary with simpler definitions? --Yair rand 05:39, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] hirple

I was just relieved that the Wiktionary had a word that I knew was a word, and yet could not easily find in the dictionary. The Word was Hirple, which means to walk with a limp, and although it's not a common word, it is a true word. However, its so uncommon and so old that I couldn't easily prove it. Wiktionary's thoroughness allowed me to be able to.

Awesome, very great resource.

ps. For the person reading this, new cool fact for you: Both Curple (the hindquarters of a horse) and Hirple (to walk with a limp) rhyme with Purple and are the only English words that do.

       http://www.google.com/search?q=hirple&hl=en&sa=2 Not much difficult to find about that. Several respected dictionaries on the list too. Nice word though.

[edit] palliative

It would be useful to have the pronunciation, in IPA or otherwise, for palliative. A lot of other words have the pronunciation.

Somebody seems to have added it: /ˈpalɪətɪv/ — hippietrail 10:25, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Category:Gaulish language

not enough info !!!!! where is some of the info that you had a while back

[edit] coma

hello im a 6th grader looking up definitions and none of yours are 6th grade deffinations could you please fix that \

thanks you

6th grader

If you need a dictionary written in simple English, try http://simple.wiktionary.org.—msh210℠ 21:29, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Special:Search

There should be a way to look for words using sounds. Right now you can look at the end of words with the rhymes but I for example need to find words that begin with eɪ- and there's no place for that. :)

Thanks,

WILL

[edit] :] :] :]

I HATE It. It stinks because you look for one word's definition and it gives you these HUGE words that you have to waste more time on instead of other things you have to do

That's what some of us love about dictionaries. Dbfirs 12:52, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] lack

im sorry you guys i meant to press awesome...please accept my apology loye you guys,bye!

[edit] What he heck?

you guys dont have good definitions there too hard and yo cant understand them words what the heack i would sew you people who cant spell you dumb ass people

I'm sorry you are having such difficulty with your words. Perhaps studying a good dictionary might help? Dbfirs 12:44, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] backwardness

Definitions also needs a link to [Wikisaurus??] for synonyms. Bob Battram - email <removed email>

[edit] Special:RecentChanges humour

It's too controlled and monitored. You would do better to let people express some harmless humour. Rather than behaving like religious zealots. (unsigned comment by User:198.240.213.25)

You’re in the wrong place. To post humorous definitions, go to www.urbandictionary.com. —Stephen 11:19, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for making my point so quickly. Good luck growing up. (unsigned comment by User:198.240.213.25)

Good luck to you, too, 198.240.213.25. Most of the rest of the internet seems to be for people to express harmless humour and some times less harmless together with much that is false, so some of us appreciate a sane backwater such as Wiktionary where the harmless humour is reserved for talk pages and the main definitions reflect truth. You might be interested to know that there is no group of people who control and monitor the site, just people like you and me who are interested in definitions. Wiktionary is the first (and only?) universal dictionary, having the ultimate aim of "every word in every language". Perhaps when you are older, and don't regard truth as the exclusive province of religious zealots, you might like to create an account and join us in the project. There is still a long way to go. Dbfirs 12:29, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wiktionary:Feedback e-mail

You should put some defenses in to help protect ignorant people that like to post their e-mail addresses on public sites. It's a bit like leaving your number in a public toilet. You never know who is going to pick it up, but it's probably going to be the sort of person you didn't really want to meet! I hope Mr. Battram has a spam filter. (unsigned comment by User:198.240.213.25)

We remove them as soon as we see them. —Stephen 11:23, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Special:Search

I know armazon is a leather like material (pproably synthetic). I was hoping to learn more. I got the word from the label in a jackec I purchased from Andalusia. AL J. C. Penny store.

I have never heard of that meaning. armazón means frame, framework, skeleton, housing, armature, assemblage. —Stephen 12:39, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

(edit conflict) I think in the context of fabric, it might refer to the webbing that strengthens parts of the garment, but I don't know enough Spanish to be sure. Dbfirs 12:41, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia

Bad

Yes, it's a monstrous word, isn't it? Do you suffer from it? Dbfirs 21:10, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Category:Romani plurals

- Naja - Phuvja - Manusha - Chavre - Cheraja - Chona - Romà - Romnia - Gadge(gadze) - Giulià (dzulja)

- Vordona - Grasta - Chaira(cajra) - Danda - Prne - e vaa - Cheja - Iagale (jagale) - Vosha (vosa)

-Baiatuira (bajatujra) - Gava - Foruira(forujra) - Paia(paja) - Arne - Chiriklia(ciriklja) -Guruva -Gurumnia

- Racle (rakle) - Raclia (raklja) - Murusha

<email removed> thanks.

[edit] Wiktionary:Preferences unorganized

it was terrible i couldn't find anything i wanted very unorganized!!

What were some of the things you were looking for? —Stephen 02:45, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] brace

Absolutely fantastic; Wiktionary has aided me far more than any physical dictionary ever has.

[edit] between

it would be nice if you also gave the abbreviation for the word.

There are several possible abbreviations, and, as far as I know, none of them is standard, so just make up your own like everyone else does. Dbfirs 12:23, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] exhilaration

well i honestly was trying to find how to spell a word but i think this word means the increasing of velocety or speed

You were thinking of acceleration. — hippietrail 08:10, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Kiley

That is not true. I know who she is and she is not like that.

[edit] Wiktionary:Sandbox

I think that there need to be more articles about common biological and ecological words and phrases on Wiktionary. For example, I just looked up "habitat fragmentation", a word that even _middlee schoolers_ know, and it wasn't there! MORE SCIENCE!!!

Did you look up habitat and fragmentation? That's all that habitat fragmentation is. Because the combination of terms means the same thing as the two separate words do, the combination is not given an entry on Wiktionary. Wiktionsry is about the words, not about the concepts or research into the subject that the word represents. For that, you'd need to look in an encyclopedia like Wikipedia. --EncycloPetey 23:58, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

If "habitat fragmentation" is just somebody’s comment about habitat, then it is SoP and does not merit an entry here. But if habitat fragmentation is a set term, such as nuclear physics, then of course it belongs just like any other word. At first glance, it does appear to be a set term and we should have it. —Stephen 00:11, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

It isn't. It's merely shorthand, using the attributive noun for "fragmentation of the habitat". --EncycloPetey 00:25, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

... A phrase that some middle schoolers should know, possibly? I'm a middle schooler (technically) and I have never come across the phrase. Tho if it's as "SoP" as SGB and EP are saying then I should be able to figure it out... There isn't any problem with having more science terms here though, so feel free to add some just as long as they meet CFI and are properly formatted. L☺g☺maniac chat? 01:23, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] bitch-slaps

> Wiktionary: > Good > Bad > Messy

How about "funny"?

[edit] ======

bitch-slaps Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bitch-slap.

[edit] ======

ROTFL

[edit] didactic

too complicated! what does 'treatise' mean? (the entry for 'treatise' is too complicated too!) wiktionary needs to be simplified! 9 out of 10 entries on this website are too complicated for a normal person to comprehend! i shouldn't have to look up the definition!

Have you considered using Simple Wiktionary [9]? It uses smaller, easier words. Equinox ◑ 00:56, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] lurch

what the f*** is this this doesnt give you good meanings someone should sue you

Dunno about that, but yes it's not all that clear. Mglovesfun (talk) 16:11, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

from sofia tapia

Some words don't have good meanings. They have a negative, or even an offensive meaning. If words bother you, we suggest you avoid dictionaries altogether. --EncycloPetey 04:07, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Citations:hypo-

Well done democratic effort to diffuse knowledge; not the simplest of undertakings.

[edit] Special:PrefixIndex

I think that Wiktionary is great, but lacks a few well needed tools, most important of which are:

-search in selected language option. Also, when you click on a letter, there should be an option of all words that begin with the particular letter, like in an ordinary dictionary, with the chance of omitting words in non-selected language (like for instance, I want a list of all English words that begin with V, and the first page contains mostly Finnish words-very problematic).

-translator. Make something like a box in the end of an article about a particular word in which the user would choose in which language the word to be translated to. Not like the bottom left part, that would just show the article in the language you click on.

I really hope this will be accomplished soon. Wiktionary rocks anyway, but it would have been much better with the additions I described.

Try Special:PrefixIndex, where you can type in a letter and see every word beginning with that letter. Also, you can look at categories in specific languages, such as Category:English language or Category:French language (and the subcategories listed on those pages). —Stephen 17:31, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Special:Search aborial

My teacher left us an assignment that had "aborial" in it. may have been because of incorrect spelling. we are confused.

Try arboreal. —Stephen 17:24, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] were

Other Wiktionaries make extensive use of templates for inflections. The English Wiktionary really needs to catch up in this regard. Compare the neatness of http://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/be with http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/be. The conjugation table is a straight Mediawiki markup table which is hard to edit. -17.214.91.130 19:17, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

It's not really a suitable comparison, since be is a highly irregular verb in the first place. Some of the French entry's neatness comes from having only three of the possible definitions, and from its lack of subjunctive forms in the conjugation tables. On the whole we do make extensive use of template tables, but not in English because most English verb entries don't need them. --EncycloPetey 06:06, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] autumne is totaly confusing i can't understand anything

The entry says it's a noun in the language Novial that means autumn in English. Which part did you find confusing? --EncycloPetey 06:02, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Someone who's never heard of Novial, and who's unfamiliar with our format (of putting language names at that header level) might very easily not know what's flying. I suspect that that's what happened here. Not sure what to do about it, though.—msh210℠ 17:16, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

I once made an extension that put tooltips for all the major headings when you hovered your mouse over them but it was disabled years ago for reasons I can't recall. Perhaps something like that could be useful again. — hippietrail 02:45, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wiktionary:Main Page

This is a great resource that I can use for my school assignments but I just wish that the editors would edit all of the pages so that I and many others can use it with a lot of trust in the information.

Which pages have you found that need such editing? We have more than one million pages, so we need a little more focus to address your feedback. --EncycloPetey 06:01, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

I wish to add that potentially we have some 300 million pages (1 million per language covered). At our current rate we will need some 1.000 years to complete the task. Thus, be patient! --Hekaheka 21:45, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] capillary

unreliable —This unsigned comment was added 11 November 2009.

In what way? Mglovesfun (talk) 15:48, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] par excellence

Hi, can you please make an example how to use the word. Thanks. —This unsigned comment was added 11 November 2009.

Indeed. A bit incomplete. Mglovesfun (talk) 15:49, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] FUBAR

Citation for FUBAR as originating in the Vietnam War is incorrect. I remember hearing it in the early 1950s, and my sense is that it originated, along with SNAFU, in World War II.

[edit] vague

Gut, dass es Wiktionary gibt! Die gebeugten Formen zu verlinken ist wunderbar! Vielleicht ist es ja möglich, die Verbindungen zwischen den einzelnen Sprachen noch zu steigern?! Aber ich finde Wikipedia und alle Schwesterprojekte richitg klasse!

[edit] consult

It's interesting to note that two parties to "consultation" can have different expectations because they apply alternate definitions of the same word. For example a trade union wants an employer to "consult" with them as per definition 1 (seek opinion, seek advice and input). Whereas the employer has a view that they run the company, not the staff (or the union). And so the employer uses definition 2 (to advise, in turn using definition 2 of "advise" - to inform).

The union wants to have input on major decisions that affect their members. The company wants to run its own agenda and not be constrained by whether the staff want to do it or not. So the company consults by telling the union what it plans to do.

[edit] Appendix:Spanish pronouns

I need a dictionary with pronounciation too, in English, where i find it, please

Wiktionary does have many pronunciations. However, because we are a new dictionary, many other entries do not yet have pronunciations. We are adding pronunciations all the time, but with a goal of "all words in all languages", this will take some time to accomplish. --EncycloPetey 00:27, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] help please!!!

im trying to do a homework but i can't. i am trying to do five times five in any diffrent kind of language can u please solve this problem for me thank you.

Each language is different in this regard and you would need to make a request for specific languages. In Russian, there are several ways to say it:

пять помно́жить на пять э́то два́дцать пя́ть

пять помно́женное на пять — два́дцать пя́ть

пять умно́жить на пять бу́дет два́дцать пя́ть

пять умно́женное на пять бу́дет два́дцать пя́ть

пя́тью пять — два́дцать пя́ть

Hope this helps. —Stephen 10:43, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

In Italian "Cinque per cinque uguale venticinque." SemperBlotto 10:47, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

Spanish: cinco por cinco es igual a veinticinco. L☺g☺maniac chat? 15:04, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

Hebrew, חמש כפול חמש.—msh210℠ 16:05, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

Seems to be missing עשרים־וחמשה, or half of the equation. —Stephen 16:58, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

Finnish: viisi kertaa viisi on kaksikymmentäviisi

Swedish: fem gånger fem är tjugofem --Hekaheka 21:51, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] integrity

shite

[edit] G-spot

Most of the words do not show complete set of meanings and their usage, kindly look into that.

[edit] rabeprazole

Hi I was trying to find how to pronounce Rabeprazole,great info on it except how to say it

Pronunciation added. —Stephen 09:10, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] mitä

A note

Could you be slightly more specific? --Hekaheka 21:53, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] ἀστήρ

Αστηρ was also a philosopher Plato's favourite lover.

[edit] Special:Search

hate this webside 4realy

[edit] fabric

I wanted to find out whether I should add an "s" in its plural form, but I could not find the answer here. In fact, I couldn't find the answer on Dictionary.com or webster either.

The article states that the plural is fabrics. —Stephen 02:13, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Random entry

I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE WAY ANY OF THE WIKIS ARE EDITED. WITH THAT BEING SAID I WANTED TO COMMENT ON THIS ONE BEING A BIT - BORING. I LOVE WORDS, BUT WHEN I CLICK ON RANDOM ENTRY I GET MOSTLY WORDS OF ANOTHER LANGUAGE. I MAY BE DOING SOMETHING WRONG AND I PROBABLY SOUND STUPID, BUT PERHAPS SOMETHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT THAT RANDOM ENTRY. I MEAN, SHOULDN'T IT BE WORDS I CAN INCORPORATE INTO MY VOCABULARY? I DON'T LIVE IN AFRICA...OR SPAIN.

If you register a user name, you can add instructions to your User:___/monobook.js file that will make your random English only. —Stephen 02:13, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

You can? How, please?—msh210℠ 16:07, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

You can copy my User:Stephen_G._Brown/monobook.js and change any instances of Russian or 'ru' to English or 'en'. That should place "Random (en)" in your navigation bar. If you have any trouble figuring it out, you can ask User:Hippietrail, who originally wrote it. —Stephen 16:54, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] epicene

A human being cannot be a hermaphrodite. The word you are probably looking for is intersex.

I'm afraid you're quite wrong. hermaphrodite has been used to describe human beings for about 600 years. intersex is a term that's only been around since the 20th century, and in fact originally it was reserved for non-humans. It may be preferred politically now but that does not suddenly mean "a human being cannot be a hermaphrodite". Ƿidsiþ 09:33, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] tolerance

Tolerance: You can't use a word to define itself!!—This comment was unsigned.

Not in the same sense. You can use one sense of a word to define the word in another sense as in water: "(countable) A serving of water". But that's neither here nor there: this entry does neither.—msh210℠ 16:43, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] fook

Google brings me to your site...I like it

[edit] じどうはんばいき

sucks really sucks :-(

[edit] yada yada yada

NEEDS GAMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What sort of games do you mean? If you want to take a look through WT:BJAODN where all of the funny stuff is kept, or Category:Wiktionary fun stuff... L☺g☺maniac chat? 13:21, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] strahov

I could not find the definition of "strahov." Wikipedia says it is a suburb in Prague, a stadium and a monastery, but I wanted to know the Czech meaning of the word.

My guess is that it was someone’s family name, and that name probably came to Czechoslovakia from another country, probably Yugoslavia. If so, the -ov is a possessive form commonly used to make family names, similar to Scandinavian -son, Spanish -ez, Italian -i. The root strah then would be related to the Czech strach, meaning fear, dread. So perhaps something like "dreadman". —Stephen 21:57, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

Ooh, very melodramatic. I can see why it was used as a name for a gothic Czech fortress in a Tomb Raider video game. Thanks.--203.62.10.9 23:24, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Talk:microflora

Bacteria are not plants. They aren't even of the same domain.

Microflora may refer to either very small plants or all microorganisms in a particular environment--two distinct meanings.

[edit] apocryphal

Etymology before definition - confusing. (I'm not interested in etymology.)

At the moment the Wikipedia software which Wiktionary uses provides no way to show just the sections each user is interested in, hide the sections each user is not interested in, or put sections in the preferred order for each user. It is on our wishlist though since many people want it. — hippietrail 02:36, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

I've filed an official long-term feature request for this: Bug 21547: A way to show only the sections a user is interested in — hippietrail 09:04, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Nepali

Where is wiktionary of nepali language? —This comment was unsigned.

http://ne.wiktionary.org/ SemperBlotto 12:07, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] mafic

I think there should be a pronunciation part for every word.

[edit] preponderate

There is no apposite collocation for this word,for instance,preponderate over,on??

[edit] bandbox

May want to include mention of "looks as though s/he stepped out of a band box" (A dandy) or "band box officer" (All show/no stuff military man). 76.117.247.55 02:21, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Special:PrefixIndex

I am not contributing. Not yet. But I thought somobody wiil be able to rxplain me what is "okos" in the frase "okos-mokos-marting"" two words in cratian and one in english. p. 1o7, opus dubravka ugresic "Baba Yaga laid an egg". It is a note. Note 39. And the 1st frase of rhe verses originally croatian is intelligible in english. What can I do? Maybee you can help?! Thank you! I love your dictionnary. Your ancient portuguese is very good. Paula Reis

It doesn't mean anything in Serbo-Croatian. It reminds me of the phrase okoš-bokoš in a popular children song (which also doesn't mean anything AFAIK). Nursery word coined for rhyming. --Ivan Štambuk 03:53, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

Ancient Portuguese? L☺g☺maniac chat? 13:48, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] chaser

There is a specific railroad meaning to this, but I don't know specifically what it is or what it "chases". Note that is it distinct from a "Special". 76.117.247.55 04:42, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] 力

Fantastic

[edit] parenthesis

Hello Wiktionary Team,

Congratulations for the excellent work. Keep it up. You guys sure deserve an applause.

All the best.

Regards,

Dr.Kavita India--82.178.36.188 08:02, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Special:Search

so stupid website

[edit] mononym

wikipedia is the best

[edit] HVAC

ya, wikipedia is really super

[edit] {{subst:Feedback}}

You might consider the word PISSERIA As a word meaning RESTROOM. :-)

We don't consider made-up words until we find good evidence of use. Did you mean pissery? Dbfirs 17:55, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] aptal

The word can not be of arabic origin because it is written often with the letter ayn at the beginning: I. Beldiceanu-Steinherr: Abdal, l'étrange destin d'un mot; le problème abdal vu à travers les registres ottomans, Turcica, 36, 2004, p57.

[edit] Special:User of the year

wiktionary,

u give the most accurate definitions on the web. some people hate your website , but i think its the website i like. thank u so much 4 making this website. keep on going!

sincerely,

kara

[edit] Suggestion

If the cursor in search box is active after load the home page, it would be very convenient, without clicking the mouse:)

Yes - I wish I knew how to make that happen. SemperBlotto 08:22, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] garrocha

While pole vaulting may be one definition, I recently attended Equine Affaire in Springfield,MA where a rider performed a "garrocha" on horseback---- a performance of movements involving horse/rider/and a very long pole-- perhaps a type of dressage. There is also a YouTube clip showing this type of horsemanship event. I would offer that the origin of the word comes from Spanish cowboys herding cattle, rather than gymnastics.

[edit] Special:Search

I think a great addition to your webpage would be a link that searches definitions to give you the word, for example, what is a word for "to stand up to someone or something"; being- defend or courage... yadayadayada... so on so forth! I came on the page to find a word for the meaning "to add to" or to add something to a list. Can a theasaurus do this for me? NOt sure...

[edit] hello

you are great! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK

[edit] stellaria

I'd like a redirect for stellaria (latin meaning of or pertaining to stars) to stellare, which is its singular. I hand to hunt for a little while to find it.

Done. † ﴾^(u):Raifʻhār ^(t):Doremítzwr ﴿ 23:54, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

[edit] whether

Hi,, Wiki..

I'm using ur wikipedia website, which is useful for me & everyone. I got more information from your webpage. Importantly i say that about tamil language, it's is very very useful.

you are great! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK..

[edit] riita

I have been using Wiktionary for a couple of weeks now. As a learner of the Finnish language, I find it to be an excellent resource. It is wonderful to be able to search for words without needing to know the citation form. And *brilliant* to have pull-down menus with declensions and conjugations.

I have a few minor quibbles, which I might make comments about later. But right now I just want to say SUURKIITOS - thank you VERY much - to everyone who has contributed to the Finnish entries!!

[edit] semordnilap

its very good!!!

[edit] Appendix:English internet slang

HELLO [[]]

[edit] Index:All languages

You do not have all of the world's languages. there are more than 5,000 and you should have at least 1,000! Other than that, great job. —This comment was unsigned.

All words in all languages is our aim - perhaps you could help us achieve it. SemperBlotto 08:21, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Please note that the Index you found only lists those languages which have a collected index prepared, and does not list all the languages for which we currently have entries. We have more than 350 languages for which there are more than 10 entries, but you are correct that there is much more to do. Many languages do not have contributors working to add that information yet. --EncycloPetey 02:11, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] utilize

Very pleased! The article answered exactly what I was looking for (utilise vs utilize - what's the difference?), while also suggesting alternative words (just say "use", already) and perhaps most impressive of all: providing a rationale for the alternative.

[edit] monottongare

I am looking for meaning of the word "nobnick" or "nobnik" coined as supposedly a real word by Bill O'Reilly. Apparently meaning something like "idiot"

I can't find sufficient evidence of the usage you suggest. Where did you find the word? ... or are you Bill O'Reilly? Dbfirs 19:25, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] apocryphal

Hi, I was looking for pronunciation and usage of certain words ,but their usage and meaning was too recursive!!!!! very confusing....

Our main definitions: 2.Of doubtful authenticity, or lacking authority; not regarded as canonical.

and 3.Of dubious veracity; of questionable accuracy or truthfulness; anecdotal or in the nature of an urban legend. have no recursion as far as I can see. I agree that the entry would benefit from more examples of usage. The pronunciation has been there for some time. If other words lack pronunciation, you can request it by adding {{rfp}}} which will appear as

This project page needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with enPR, IPA, or SAMPA then please add some!

. Dbfirs 15:10, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Appendix:Latin third declension

I am a student of Latin and this page is a great help for studying. I will highly recommend it to my fellow students!

[edit] muzzle

you need to and antonyms to all your words. please

Yes, some words have antonyms and others don't. Only the verb muzzle has an opposite, and that would be unmuzzle, or perhaps "to allow freedom"? Dbfirs 15:24, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] gratitude

You gave good and the wright and appropriate definition

[edit] gratitude

You gave good and the wright and appropriate definition

[edit] aumônière

It's also a culinary term, something like a pouch.

[edit] grip

I wanted to make sure I was using the term "grip" right in a sentence, but all I remembered was an off-hand comment from Mystery Science Theatre 3000. So I came here, and sure enough: A grip is someone who handles stuff on set. I remember looking for the film meaning of this word a few times before to no avail, so I am very pleasantly surprised to see such a thorough treatment!

[edit] Wiktionary talk:Sandbox

supbage should be subpage. —This comment was unsigned.

Yes, fixed. Mglovesfun (talk) 13:32, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] General ideas

Hey, there. I have a bunch of suggestions/comments, so bare with me:

Make Wikiprojects easier to look through. The new prepared visual refresh (the beta) is a step in the right direction, but I want something more -- I'd like to see links to "Related projects" of the same title in the navigation sidebar (for example, when I look at "Paris" in wikipedia, I'd like to see a link to the "Wikimedia commons" page in the sidebar, where the language projects are listed, not hidden somewhere at the bottom of the page).
- All the stuff not related to the current topic should go somewhere other than the sidebar (currently, the sidebar is too heterogeneous) -- perhaps a simple top navigation bar would work. Or perhaps keep that stuff in the sidebar and put page-related stuff somewhere else (although I'm used to having language versions on the left, but I'll adjust) -- just organize the sidebar better, because it's a mess right now (BTW, I'm just noticing some of the entries that are there that I never really noticed...).
Revisions should be easier to look through -- perhaps implement something along the lines of Google Wave's playback feature.
Make Wikimedia projects easier to edit. You don't have to make a WYSIWYG editor (although live preview would be nice), but I'd appreciate a "Translations" button in the toolbar or templates (for example, creating a new wiktionary page would automatically add the basic structure with things that need to be filled in) or something along those lines to make editing quicker and easier.
Connect the projects more. For example, a user account should apply to all the Wikimedia projects -- I hate having to create a separate account for each project. Images on pages should be pretty much the same in all language versions (unless the image contains text, the same image should apply to all language versions). Wikimedia projects should have the same logo in all languages (except text labels).
There should be an obvious link to the last revision checked for accuracy (I heard somewhere there are accuracy checks).
Editing discussions should work more like Google Wave (sorry I keep bringing it up) -- one should be able to quickly comment on any part (not have to click edit and search for the string he just read), shouldn't be able to delete anything anyone else said, and his signature should be added automatically.
Lastly, I'd really like a "Wikimedia Brainstorm," something along the lines of Ubuntu Brainstorm, where people can submit ideas and suggestions. And the system should work quickly -- not like the current system, where it takes months to even start a voting round for a logo after the last voting round's winner was met with controversy (I'm referring to the "Wiktionary logo" vote).

Many of these ideas are already enacted. Some, Wiktionary has no control over.

We do have related items from other projects listed in the sidebar, as do most Wikimedia projects, including Commons and Wikipedia.
We can't really create a generic "fill in the information" page creator because the information varies too much fromamong languages and parts of speech. The details of a Spanish verb entry are very different from the details of a Chinese noun.
User accounts do exist on all projects without the need to create new accounts. You simply have to set up your unified login.
There are no universal accuracy checks. Some information cannot be checked except by specialist users. For example, I can check Latin and Galician translations, but I can't check Japanese ones. Another user might be able to check Polish entries, but not have enough knowledge of Hungarian to check another part of the same page.
I don't know about Brainstorm. We have the problem of working in multiple small groups of people who do not speak a common language. We also rely on outside technical support (the Meta-people, who are not properly part of the Wiktionary project). If you can explain your idea further, it might be beneficial, but it might not. There is already supposed to be cross-project collaboration, but most other projects' voices are swamped out by concerns for Wikipedia.

--EncycloPetey 02:08, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] voltok

uncountable. —This comment was unsigned.

This needs splitting by etymology, but why would it be uncountable? One volt, two volts. Mglovesfun (talk) 13:30, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] iotize

if you just got a "messy" feedback, it was me. I thought it was to look up a word in wiktionary. so do not count that messy feedback you got, please. —This comment was unsigned.

ok. Mglovesfun (talk) 13:31, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] whole milk

I am Dutch and I coulden't find the word "whole of milk". I don't know wheter those two are the same.

It's not a word, is it? Can you give the Dutch and maybe someone like User:AugPi can help? Mglovesfun (talk) 13:29, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

"Whole of milk" is not an idiom. It's meaning is directly derived from the meanings of its meaningful components and its grammar. In "whole of milk" "whole" is a noun. A synonym is "entirety". The "of" is a grammatical word that shows that the word it precedes is linked to what has gone before. Another expression that can have the same meaning is "all of the milk", but the "whole of the milk" suggests concern with the constituent elements uniformly distributed in the milk: curds and whey; or water, protein, carbohydrates, and fat, flavored with BGH. "All of the milk" suggests "every gram of the milk". DCDuring TALK 17:09, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] magnitude

this needs an etymology

You can request an etymology by adding {{rfe}} to the entry. --Yair rand 01:50, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Etymology now added. Many, many of our terms need information added, as we are constantly growing and expanding. --EncycloPetey 22:16, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] 十年河東，十年河西

Dokładnie to czego szukałem! 谢谢你们。

Glad to be of help, cieszę się, że mogliśmy pomóc. —Stephen 09:27, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] pariah

The words "individualist" and "maverick" are listed as synonyms for the word PARIAH. This is simply incorrect. One is intentional, I don't believe 'pariah' would imply a conscious, intentional public personnae. The label of PARIAH carries with it a perception of a messenger, a contagious carrier of great misfortune. The Pariah is avoided, feared. I don't see 'individualists" or 'mavericks' as synonomous at all.

No, there is no list of synonyms given for pariah. What you found was a collection of terms in Wikisaurus meaning "person excluded from society". Wikisaurus treats general classes of words, and does not assign precise synonymy. --EncycloPetey 22:13, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

In Wikisaurus:outcast, "individualist" and "maverick" are listed in the section "Various" rather than "Synonyms", meaning their meaning differs substantially from "outcast", yet shares in some of the semantic features of "outcast". It is the title of the heading "Various" that indicates that the semantic relation is not synonymy. The purpose of the section "Various", in this case, is to ease finding entries that a person could want to find when thinking of "outcast", especially when the person looks for a word for a meaning that is actually different from "outcast". --Dan Polansky 14:47, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] audible

horrible. —This comment was unsigned.

Indeed. It's rarely used as a noun or a verb, but the adjective needs a better definition. Mglovesfun (talk) 11:18, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wiktionary:Main Page

I wanted to do an A to Z search (sort of like flipping through the pages of a dictionary book). When I clicked on a or A it took me to a list of prefixes and phrases. I was trying to search for words that start with ah (a first letter, h the second) so I just wanted a dictionary list. I've seen other pages do it, but I don't remember where. I'm living abroad and don't have a physical dictionary, but I may end up buying one.

Kimberly

You can search for words in Wiktionary starting with specific letters you can type the desired prefix in the "Display pages with prefix:" text box (Special:PrefixIndex/ah) but if you're only looking for English words you're better off searching Index:English. --Yair rand 05:03, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

You can also go to WT:PREFS and turn on the preference marked "Add links to previous and next pages." which will put links to the few pages alphabetically before and after the page you are viewing. — hippietrail 08:24, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] edge

http://features.csmonitor.com/globalnews/2009/11/23/why-2012-movie-is-a-hit-in-china/ "But the buzz in Beijing has a slightly different edge to it" to have an edge to something

I could not find that

[edit] reprise

Hi, Please keep up your good work of whole "Wiki" thing.

[edit] -ish

Ish is an ancient word for man, still in use, eg man of angles Angl-ish (English), man from Scotia Scoat-ish (Scotish).

See footnotes on the first page of the book of Genesis, Jerusalem Bible 1958 edition.

[edit] Category:Geometry

most of the time when i wa slooking for stuff it found it but sometimes i got frustrated cause it wouldnt find it but over all this website is the main source of my findings

If you can tell us what you couldn't find, that would help us. Mglovesfun (talk) 11:21, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] boong Name and Meaning in Thailand

IN THAILAND "BOONG" CAN BE A VERY CUTE NAME OF WOMEN .THE MEANING IS CATTAPILLA.AND OR CAN BE WATERCRESS/WATER SPINACH OR MORNING GLORY<FLOWER> BY SAY 'PUCK BOONG' <PUCK=VEGETABLE>. CAN BE "BOONG-KIE" MEAN 'BASKET' TOO.

BY KULCHALISA IMBOON,THAILAND

That would be บุ้ง (bóong). —Stephen 15:35, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Interlinking and links 2 Wikipedia

I think, the thesaurus pages should have direct links to appropriate pages in Wikipedia. Sth like "this term in Wikipedia"... BR, artur__ptz (aat)mail.ruru.

[edit] atrapado

this is awesome'

[edit] prepubescent

I'm a college student, and don't have time to look up certain words, and then they tell you to go to this page and before you know it you have checked out three different words. I won't lye to you some of our teachers tells us not to use this site. And other teachers love it. I personally have had know problem with it what so ever, so keep up the good work, and Thank You for making my life a little easier Nita

[edit] Wiktionary:Sandbox

It would be good to include an example sentence for all the words. The usage of a word throws more light on the word than the meaning itself.

[edit] feedback

My feedback is that this is potentially a good idea, a Wiktionary I mean, but it's a very slow process what with policy changing from time to time. While Wikipedia is a lot bigger, it's also a complete mess! There are more articles than people to look after them, which is why you get a LOT of poor, POV articles. I'd say we don't get that here, but we don't have enough editors in all the languages to keep the pages up-to-date. I sometimes find pages that were vandalised in 2007 and nobody's noticed for two years. Mglovesfun (talk) 11:13, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Special:Search

I NEED TO KNOW HOW TO SPELL A WORD THE MEANING IS: CRAZY; OUT OF COMPLETE CONTROL= "KAYOUSE" OR "CAYOUS"

Do you mean chaos? —Stephen 00:20, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] find

homophone for find shows fined but links to fine

Yes, because fined just says "past tense of fine", so we're saving you a click. Mglovesfun (talk) 10:24, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

[edit] cheater

wikipedia is a very helpful site and i love it

[edit] cool

theres no f en definition for cool please get your definitions right

I'm not sure what you mean. There are nine definitions given for the Adjective uses alone. --EncycloPetey 02:02, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

I'm guessing the IP is probably disputing definition 6 being completely accurate. The entry still needs work. (I think it's also a noun ("one's cool") and an adverb unless I'm mistaken). --Yair rand 02:58, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

This word would actually be a great candidate for the collaboration project if that ever gets underway. --Yair rand 03:00, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] exhilarate

the definitions are not to the point...sometimes very difficult to understand.... Dildo

[edit] feedback about Wiktionary

On the left under feedback, it says "Submit anonymous feedback about Wiktionary:". It's not very clear that this isn't about Wiktionary in general but about this particular page of Wiktionary. --82.171.70.54 14:00, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] en avoir pour son argent

Well, thank you for all what you provide in this website,I am really happy to find everything I want on the Net. However, I was searching for an Italian phrase which is "en avoir pour son argent" in French and I couldn't get it... Could you please provide also italian idioms?? Cheers, God Bless you and all the work you do for every citizens in that world!!

G'day, take it easy.

The Italians say, spender bene i propri soldi. G'day. —Stephen 00:06, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

[edit] a list of food in engliah and italian

you guys dont give me your answer on to give me in typing a list of food translated in italian

It is a very large subject, too large for us to make you a list. You might look at w:Italian cuisine for some ideas. —Stephen 05:27, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Wiktionary:Main Page

I think Wiktionary is doing a great job. But still many words are missing. I know it's hard to have all words on Wiktionary and I respect the fact you guys made this very useful website!

Bye, [MOD] {0.0}

[edit] Draconist

you missed out the draconist religion for 'Draonist' so i added it in, your welcome!

[edit] Appendix:Latin second declension

life saveer

[edit] Appendix:Latin second declension

life saveer

[edit] vested

don't understand why things are highlighted. i can't see the definition bit, it is nice that there is what appears to be a thesaurus.

The highlights are to take you to other pages that have related information. At vested, vest is highlighted. It has various definitions, including at least one for the verb vest#Verb whose past/past participle form is vested. Some other dictionaries work the same way. DCDuring TALK 01:25, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

[edit] quene

Thanks so much for being so accessible, concise, and informative.

[edit] Special:Search

I Cant find the words i need for school homework. —This unsigned comment was added 1 December 2009.

If you can tell us which ones, maybe we can help. Mglovesfun (talk) 10:22, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

[edit] respectively

This is the first time I have used your service and I found it very helpful and informative. Excellent!

[edit] bivouac

I clicked "bad" by mistake. Please disregard.

[edit] Wiktionary:Sandbox

[edit] 雨

[edit] disingenuous

I especially like the feature of helping the misspellers.

[edit] demostrativo

hi comunity of wiktionary! i think this is the worst page i have seen....

hi wiktionary! i could not find what i need for my school homework!! please make better this page.} this is a very bad site to search what somebody needs.

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i am very disapoint with you guys....

no no no .. you dont know how much i search for the thing i need in "GOOGLE" and i looked " wiktionary " and i was like ooo my gosh i could find a page that can help but o surprise no..

please fix this problem and better if you dont have one definition for one subject so dont put it because tah is if you were lying!! and thats terrible.

ok bye thank alot and sorry because this.. is because wow i am very goried because i dont know what to do with my homework its just like...mmmm welll doesnt mater..huuuuuu mm just noo..

bye love!!

demostrativo has now been added. —Stephen 08:40, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

[edit] kk

Very good, in all honesty I doubted that this word had a page here. Great!

[edit] embonpoint

How is the word pronounced?

As äɴbôɴpwĕɴ, /ɑ̃bɔ̃pwɛ̃/, /A_~bO_~pwE_~/. In the first schema (enPR), <ɴ> represents the nasalisation of the vowel that comes before it. † ﴾^(u):Raifʻhār ^(t):Doremítzwr ﴿ 23:41, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

[edit] cheese dog

i want more pictures of cheese dogs because there were none you stupid bafooon

[edit] Special:Search

I got confused about wich language I was looking at..

[edit] среда

в среду на следующей неделе (v srédu na slédujuščej nedéle) — on Wednesday week

English version should read: on Wednesday next week

[edit] pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

Wiktionary was very easy to use and I found what I was looking for easily :)

[edit] redeeming

YOU GUYS WILL DO WELL BY MAKING THE MEANING OF THE MEANING MORE SIMPLER. FOR EXAMPLE, I SEARCHED FOR THE MEANING OF REDEMPTION AND I FOUND AN ACT OF REDEEMING.IF YOU WOULD HAVE USED SOMETHING SIMPLER INSTEAD OF REDEMING IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER.

[edit] redeeming

YOU GUYS WILL DO WELL BY MAKING THE MEANING OF THE MEANING MORE SIMPLER. FOR EXAMPLE, I SEARCHED FOR THE MEANING OF REDEMPTION AND I FOUND AN ACT OF REDEEMING.IF YOU WOULD HAVE USED SOMETHING SIMPLER INSTEAD OF REDEMING IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER.

Wiktionary:Feedback

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

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[edit] lookout

[edit] Appendix:Cannabis slang

[edit] slut

[edit] 꺽저기

[edit] draft

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[edit] Special:UserLogin, Tamil

[edit] overbridge

[edit] Special:Search

[edit] thrill

[edit] entice

[edit] Category:Croatian adjectives

[edit] wont

[edit] natuurkrachtjes

[edit] altruism

[edit] jesti

[edit] なら

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[edit] wopila

[edit] shakedown

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[edit] arborsculpture

[edit] fascinate

[edit] adverb

[edit] immundus

[edit] holiday camp

[edit] screwed up

[edit] creep

[edit] paronomasia

[edit] User:Jyril/fi/3

[edit] swang

[edit] expanse

[edit] Ո

[edit] uczyć

[edit] dinger

[edit] spiel

[edit] Wiktionary:Feedback

[edit] water

[edit] vanity

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[edit] whimsical

[edit] Wiktionary:Main Page

[edit] COMMENTATION

[edit] WAWL

[edit] dead as a doornail

[edit] fierce

[edit] Dorothy

[edit] ausgezeichtnet

[edit] afblazen

[edit] efficiency

[edit] significance

[edit] mess with

[edit] Wiktionary:Main Page

[edit] Appendix:English internet slang

[edit] killjoy

[edit] ylde

[edit] vain

[edit] baluster

[edit] crazy

[edit] Wiktionary:Sandbox

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[edit] sanguine

[edit] taxonomy

[edit] tocayo

[edit] Category:Swedish contractions

[edit] bear

[edit] Category:German phrasebook

[edit] outwit

[edit] intuition

[edit] tante

[edit] relegation

[edit] alumni

[edit] exclusive

[edit] anecdote

[edit] coolness

[edit] antidisestablishmentarianism