Wiktionarian en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈwɪk.ʃə.nə.ɹi.ən/ (UK)
- /ˈwɪk.tʃəˌnɛ.ɹi.ən/ (US)
- /ˈwɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi.ən/ (US)
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- /ˈwɪk.ʃən.ɹi.ən/ (UK)
Etymology
Etymology tree English Wiktionary Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Wiktionarian From Wiktionary + -ian.
Meanings
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(taxonomic:Wikimedia jargon) A person who contributes to Wiktionary, especially a regular contributor well versed in the ways of the site.
(Which reminds me I need to get on Wiktionary ASAP and change the definition of “political cartoonist” to: “Sexual demi-god desired by hot women everywhere including Halle Berry, Dua Lipa and the Young Morgan Fairchild” although, apparently that would make me a Wiktionarian and who wants that crap on their resume?)
2025 February 18, Lee Judge, “Elon Musk Is A Dork”, in leejudge, archived from the original on 18 Feb 2025:An outside project called Omegawiki, started by a handful of Wiktionarians, is working on a grand combination of data from Wiktionary into a single dictionary for all languages.
2008, Phoebe Ayers, Charles Matthews, Ben Yates, How Wikipedia Works: And How You Can Be a Part of It, No Starch Press, page 430:In 2020, a ‘Wiktionarian in residence’ was recruited to clean up Wiktionnaire’s content to help the integration of this resource.
2021 July, Noé Gasparini, Cédric Tarbouriech, Sébastien Gathier, Antoine Bouchez, “Reshaping the Haphazard Folksonomy of the Semantic Domains of the French Wiktionary”, in Electronic lexicography in the 21st century: post-editing lexicography, Brno, Czech Republic: Lexical Computing CZ, →ISSN, archived from the original on 27 May 2025, page 261:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wiktionarians | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Hypernyms
lexicographist · person · lexicographer · contributor · dictionarist · dictionarian · Wikimedian
Relateds
Translations (28)
kmr wîkîferhengvan (a person who contributes to Wiktionary) · it wiktionarista (a person who contributes to Wiktionary) · fr wikidémicien (a person who contributes to Wiktionary) · he ויקימילונאי (a person who contributes to Wiktionary) · la Viktionariana (a person who contributes to Wiktionary) · de Wiktionärist (a person who contributes to Wiktionary) · hu Wikiszótár-író (a person who contributes to Wiktionary) · pt wikcionarista (a person who contributes to Wiktionary) · sv wiktionarian (a person who contributes to Wiktionary) · ar وِيكَامُوسِيّ (a person who contributes to Wiktionary) · kmr wîksiyonarîst (a person who contributes to Wiktionary) · pl wikisłownikarka (a person who contributes to Wiktionary) · fr wiktionnariste (a person who contributes to Wiktionary) · da Wiktionarist (a person who contributes to Wiktionary) · la Viktionarianus (a person who contributes to Wiktionary) · nl Wikiwoordenboekmedewerkster (a person who contributes to Wiktionary) · ru викисловарист (a person who contributes to Wiktionary) · eo Vikivortaristo (a person who contributes to Wiktionary) · sw mbuni wikamusi (a person who contributes to Wiktionary) · fi Wiktionaristi (a person who contributes to Wiktionary) · de Wiktionäristin (a person who contributes to Wiktionary) · nl Wikiwoordenboekmedewerker (a person who contributes to Wiktionary) · pl wikisłownikarz (a person who contributes to Wiktionary) · es wikcionarista (a person who contributes to Wiktionary) · hu Wiktionary-szerkesztő (a person who contributes to Wiktionary) · fr wikidémicienne (a person who contributes to Wiktionary) · eo Vikivortaristino (a person who contributes to Wiktionary) · ca viccionaire (a person who contributes to Wiktionary)