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January 2024[edit]

whore is also a swear word. put it in the w category.

Would a link to Sonderkommando (disambiguation) be appropriate in this entry, even though it's only a German word? —71.105.243.101 23:54, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No, but a link to the German wikipedia's disambiguation page - Sonderkommando - would be appropriate. Added. Tetromino (talk) 21:46, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks so much for this. It's the 501 Ancient Greek Verbs that Barrons is too lame to publish!

     03:05, 17 January 2024 (UTC)~~

A -Altitude -Aptitude D -Desuetude -Dissimilitude G -Gratitude I -Ineptitude -Ingratitude S -Solicitude — This unsigned comment was added by 65.38.149.220 (talk).

Also a classifier in Malay? Extremophilologist (talk) 22:53, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I wish the search box were in a fixed banner at the top that stays available while the page is scrolled down, to avoid having to scroll back up to search for a different word. Steve Wise (talk) 08:34, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It would be nice if all the Hanzi characters would give stroke order. It seems only the simpler ones do. Thank you.

It would be a good addition to include entries by Dvoretsky. Thank you, John Papaioannou

Hello Wikipedia, this is the best place to get info

2403:5804:A09A:0:90F4:2498:A2E8:BAED 22:32, 26 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

English entries only?[edit]

Hello! I’m wondering if there is a way to click ‘Random Entry’ and only see entries that detail English words.

Thanks!

98.97.113.192 03:08, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No, but you can get something similar by going to Special:RandomInCategory and typing in "English lemmas". It's more typing, but it works. I suppose you could simplify it further by copying "English lemmas" into your clipboard and pasting it into the form. Chuck Entz (talk) 04:25, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Another thought: once you get to the random entry, you can use the back button on your browser to go back to the search form, and it should still have the "English lemmas" in the search form, so you can click "Go" there to get another random page. Chuck Entz (talk) 04:29, 28 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you very much, Chuck Entz! Another question (wanted to put it within here so as not to clutter up the Table of Contents): Where could I find Chinese figures of speech, like English’s ‘birds of a feather flock together?’ I looked in Category:Chinese figures of speech, but it didn’t seem to have what I was looking for. 98.97.113.192 04:15, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
What you're looking for is probably Category:Chinese proverbs, which is a subcategory of the one you mentioned. Andrew Sheedy (talk) 04:30, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, @Andrew Sheedy! 98.97.113.192 04:52, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Add audio notation button for microphone. I need to hear pronunciation. — This unsigned comment was added by 104.167.126.12 (talk).

February 2024[edit]

There's two things I would change about Wiktionary.

Number one. Wikipedia has a feature where you can hover over a wikilink and it pops up a little blurb with the opening text for the linked page. I think Wiktionary should do something similar. When you hover over a wikilink on Wiktionary, it should pop up a little blurb that contains the first definition (and maybe also the second definition) of that word in the user's language. For cross-linguistic cognates, the blurb should prioritize the user's language first, then the other languages in the order they appear on the word's page; e.g. if I hover my cursor over an internal link to the page for "reconnaissance" on en.wiktionary.org, it should show me the English definition, but if I do the same on fr.wiktionary.org, it should show me the French definition.

Number two. I think Wiktionary (and other Wikimedia Foundation wikis) should go back to Vector 2010 as the default skin.

174.76.218.106 16:07, 2 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Personally, that would work if links were kept to a minimum. But the average page has multiple linked entries, and that could get messy and frustrating, in the end being more of a headache than a boon. Leasnam (talk) 22:44, 2 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Unfight[edit]

Hello I am writing to submit a word That was never thought of Called "unfight" it means the opposite of fight It's up to you to find corresponding Events that are examples of the unfight in history — This unsigned comment was added by 68.194.120.81 (talk) at 02:23, 5 February 2024‎.

Unfortunately, we don't include words that people have just made up. There has to be evidence that words have been used by other people in books, magazines, etc. — Sgconlaw (talk) 19:58, 4 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Added at unfight, although as a verb. @Sgconlaw, this is hardly a made-up word—it's in the OED. Ioaxxere (talk) 06:17, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Scope Dopes were the Army Sp/4's who sat in the Nike Here vans and watched the radars . The soldiers who maintained the missiles down range were nicknamed Rail Apes — This unsigned comment was added by 2604:b000:b208:e4a:f56e:eb20:35d2:b28a (talk).

Why is a word from a different language (Spanish) included under See also? —71.105.243.101 00:49, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, guest. Corrected. ‑‑Sarri.greek  I 20:45, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Serbo-Croatian: Etymology 1 should be removed and replaced by

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mǫka (torture, torment), Cognates include Czech muka.

as far as I see. The relation to "flour" is already mentioned at Etymology 2 and is correct there.

--Rasmusklump (talk) 20:48, 7 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

I believe the entry for the genitive singular in the declension table of the Polish word 'plik' (meaning 'a file') is incorrect. The entry shows 'plika' but I think it should be 'pliku'.

This is very helpful! i first learned of the WD (Wikionary = Wikipedia Dictonary) on the Pepe the Frog page. this is very helpful. Babysharkboss2 (talk) 14:42, 12 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

how important is this page to you — This unsigned comment was added by 2600:6C40:5600:10CB:D962:32B4:B22F:921 (talk) at 05:41, 13 February 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Why do you ask? Chuck Entz (talk) 06:00, 13 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Musekin[edit]

the musekin is an middle English word with variations in many languages that shows up in many 13-16th manuscripts. The definition of the word remained unknown for a long time and i don't know if it can or should be added because of the little known about it. https://doi.org/10.1080/17416124.2023.2189871 has a lot of info about it and says evidence points to it being a mail sleeve. so in short is the musekin eligible to be added and are there any other words here with unknown definitions Roboduckdragon (talk) 03:30, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

i like the history that it shows me in the textes. — This unsigned comment was added by Chase.adkins (talkcontribs).

The example sentence is Ο Οκτώβριος είναι το δέκατο μήνα but I think this is incorrect and it should read ...ο δέκατος μήνας. —71.105.243.101 07:29, 25 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, guest. Corrected. ‑‑Sarri.greek  I 17:39, 25 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Extremely helpful when learning another language!! Thank you!! Thanks for collecting not just one language but therms from such a big amount of languages (and translations between them)! A VERY VALUABLE Resource! -- 84.115.216.164 20:37, 25 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Improve translation menus?[edit]

I would like the translation menus—to whatever extent—be improved upon. They are, in their present form, a complete mess from my experience.

I regularly translate moderately sized texts from English to Turkish. Therefore, I have my "recommended languages" preference set to Turkish. This works great for myself, but for visitors not logged into a user account, it just takes so long to navigate the massive menu on a lot of pages.

My proposal is a search function. Next to the title of the translation menu should be a search box. Enter a language name or code ("tr", "tur") in it, and it will filter the menu's contents upon your search. Ideally, the search box should be persistent between site visits, e.g. I can enter "tr" once and never again if I only wish to translate to Turkish.

As for the appearance, it's fine, really, but it could be better, especially regarding the yellow background...

Kind regards —Nataliemeoww (talk) 15:43, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Why i don't have a french traduction?[edit]

Bonjour, pourquoi il n'y a pas de traduction en Français pour tant on est 321 millions de locuteurs, est pas assez ? — This unsigned comment was added by 240f:c7:432:1:f9fc:e203:ca:687f (talk).

fr:Justin (koavf)TCM 17:55, 27 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think someone has just tempered with this page. I can no longer be able to find the meaning of the verb mim waw jam in the second form. Before it existed. Could you please put it back. — This unsigned comment was added by 206.87.215.150 (talk) at 16:39, 28 February 2024 (UTC).[reply]

I'm not sure what you mean. موج is still where it's always been, but that would be "mim waw jim". This page is "mim waw lam", with an "l", not a "j". Of course, I don't speak any language that uses Arabic letters, so I could be missing something. @Fenakhay knows far more than I do. Chuck Entz (talk) 04:24, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I've added a (modern standard) Arabic verb entry مَوَّلَ (mawwala), which is form II. I don't think it was removed. Anatoli T. (обсудить/вклад) 04:48, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

March 2024[edit]

The PONS-Dictionary Croatian-German gives more translation: https://de.pons.com/%C3%BCbersetzung/kroatisch-deutsch/zagrada

1. fence; 2. making a fence around; 3. parenthesis (only math)

It may be similar to all meanings of russian загородка and related to grad/город.

I think the language linking does not rhyme with the meaning in other languages. Example, the Igbo word ngaji should be linked to the English word spoon which is it's equivalent, but I see a different thing. Please I need you to put me through how it works. Akwugo (talk) 22:30, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Akwugo: everything is arranged by spelling. If you look at an entry like a, you'll see that all the entries that are spelled the same are on the same page. Since we're a dictionary created and maintained by volunteers, there are many things we don't have yet. We may have millions of entries in thousands of languages, but we still have entries for only a fraction of the world's words and phrases.
According to the translation table at spoon, the word you're thinking of should be ngajị, which we don't have an entry for. If it's also spelled with a plain "i", someone would have to create an Igbo entry at ngaji before searching for it would work. You can see all 241 of our Igbo main entries at Category:Igbo lemmas. The sad truth is that we don't have enough contributors who know languages from other places than Europe and Asia- we have a few, but they can't do it all. If you know what you're doing (from your user page, I can see that you do) and can learn to format things properly, we can certainly use your help. Chuck Entz (talk) 01:34, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Chuck Entz Thank you for your kind response. I am ready to work with you then. Akwugo (talk) 04:49, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I saw the little link on the sidebar saying "If you have time, leave us a note" so, I will. Thank you for maintaining Wiktionary! it is indispensable to me, and I reference it almost every day. It is effectively my primary dictionary, and the only translingual dictionary i know of. I especially appreciate the etymology sections! Please keep up the good work! 76.177.220.30 18:08, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for reading it! <3 —Justin (koavf)TCM 18:24, 10 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Wiktionary maintainers,

Thank you for your hard work putting the Greek section together.

I noticed a small problem with the grc-verb template.

For the Greek verb ἔφαγον the grc-verb template produces the following output:

ἔφᾰγον • (éphagon) first-singular present indicative 

However, this is not correct, because ἔφᾰγον is not Present tense. It is obviously Aorist tense.

I don't see any way to pass any parameters to grc-verb to indicate the tense of this verb, or any other details.

Indeed the text "first-singular present indicative" appears to be hardcoded, for some reason, but this should not be hardcoded because there are many verbs which are never present tense, or never first singular: εἶπον, οἶδα, δεῖ, etc.

Can you folks please add some way to pass params to grc-verb so that we can explicitly mark the tense or person or number, if it is not default?

If this is already possible, can you let me know how to do it? How can we mark ἔφᾰγον as Aorist tense, or mark δεῖ as "third singular" or "impersonal"?

Thank you.

Latvvot (talk) 01:25, 11 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

add that bread used to be a general term for food. 2A01:C23:6D85:6E00:D406:AE20:503B:CF3E 16:06, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What you do mean exactly? The entry you are linking gives Food; sustenance; support of life, in general. as the second sense with two quotations, and has done for a while Arafsymudwr (talk) 16:11, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

please create a sentence that contains this word ⁧يُوجَدُ.

please add small seal script stroke order