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wiki en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈwiːki/
  • (US) audio
  • wēʹkē
  • wĭʹkē
  • /ˈwɪki/
  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈwɪkɪj/ (British, Southern, Standard)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Polynesian *witi Hawaiian wiki Hawaiian wikiwiki Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *webaną Proto-Germanic *wabją Old English webb Middle English web English web English WikiWikiWebclip. English wiki First appearance in 1995 in PC Week. Abbreviated from WikiWikiWeb, from Hawaiian wikiwiki (“quick”) + English web.

Meanings

  1. A collaborative website which can be directly edited merely by using a web browser, often by anyone who has access to it.
    • He spent time editing articles on the wiki.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
wikis Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

wikilink (Other terms derived from wiki) · wikitime (Other terms derived from wiki) · Wiktionary (Derived terms of wiki (proper nouns)) · wiki walk (Other terms derived from wiki) · wikiholic (Other terms derived from wiki) · wiki page (Derived terms of wiki (proper nouns)) · wikilike (Other terms derived from wiki) · wiki crack (Other terms derived from wiki) · wikian (Other terms derived from wiki) · on-wiki (Other terms derived from wiki) · wikiquette (Other terms derived from wiki) · wikiphobia (Other terms derived from wiki) · wikitorial (Other terms derived from wiki) · wikisphere (Other terms derived from wiki) · wikinomics (Other terms derived from wiki) · wikifarm (Other terms derived from wiki) · wiki markup (Other terms derived from wiki) · Wiktionarian (Derived terms of wiki (proper nouns)) · Wiknic (Other terms derived from wiki) · wikification (Other terms derived from wiki) · wikitext (Other terms derived from wiki) · Wikipedist (Derived terms of wiki (proper nouns)) · The Other Wiki (Other terms derived from wiki) · wikify (Other terms derived from wiki) · subwiki (Other terms derived from wiki) · wikiless (Other terms derived from wiki) · wikilawyering (Other terms derived from wiki) · wiki farm (Other terms derived from wiki) · wikiphobe (Other terms derived from wiki) · wikiverse (Other terms derived from wiki) · wikipage (Other terms derived from wiki) · wiki magic (Other terms derived from wiki) · off-wiki (Other terms derived from wiki) · wikistorming (Other terms derived from wiki) · wikiness (Other terms derived from wiki) · transwiki (Other terms derived from wiki) · Wikiholism (Derived terms of wiki (proper nouns)) · Wikiholic (Other terms derived from wiki) · wikibreak (Other terms derived from wiki) · reception wiki (Derived terms of wiki (proper nouns)) · interwiki (Other terms derived from wiki) · wikicode (Other terms derived from wiki)

Translations (83)

tg вики (collaborative website) · id wiki (collaborative website) · bn উইকি (collaborative website) · vi wiki (collaborative website) · ar وِيكِي (collaborative website) · sa विकिः (collaborative website) · pl wiki (collaborative website) · cv вики (collaborative website) · de Wiki (collaborative website) · kk уики (collaborative website) · bo ཝི་ཀི (collaborative website) · vro viki (collaborative website) · eo vikio (collaborative website) · ia wiki (collaborative website) · he וִיקִי (collaborative website) · ga vicí (collaborative website) · shn ဝီႇၶီႇ (collaborative website) · nah huiqui (collaborative website) · hy վիքի (collaborative website) · nan-hbl 維基 /维基 (collaborative website) · cdo 維基 /维基 (collaborative website) · cy wici (collaborative website) · yue 維基 /维基 (collaborative website) · yi וויקי (collaborative website) · tr viki (collaborative website) · hu wiki (collaborative website) · el βίκι (collaborative website) · si විකි (collaborative website) · sv wiki (collaborative website) · th วิกิ (collaborative website) · ms wiki (collaborative website) · vo vük (collaborative website) · fi wiki (collaborative website) · hi विकि (collaborative website) · km វិគី (collaborative website) · no wiki (collaborative website) · sh вики (collaborative website) · af wiki (collaborative website) · ta விக்கி (collaborative website) · pt wiki (collaborative website) · hak 維基 /维基 (collaborative website) · ko 위키 (collaborative website) · lt viki (collaborative website) · be ві́кі (collaborative website) · pa ਵਿਕਿ (collaborative website) · pnt βικι (collaborative website) · rue вікі (collaborative website) · et viki (collaborative website) · nl wiki (collaborative website) · nrf ouitchi (collaborative website) · uk ві́кі (collaborative website) · my ဝီကီ (collaborative website) · ro wiki (collaborative website) · inh вики (collaborative website) · te వికీ (collaborative website) · as ৱিকি (collaborative website) · iu ᐅᐃᑭ (collaborative website) · kmr wîkî (collaborative website) · da wiki (collaborative website) · az viki (collaborative website) · fa ویکی (collaborative website) · xal бики (collaborative website) · fr wiki (collaborative website) · ru ви́ки (collaborative website) · ja ウィキ (collaborative website) · it wiki (collaborative website) · mr विकी (collaborative website) · cmn 維基 /维基 (collaborative website) · qu wiki (collaborative website) · la vici (collaborative website) · lv viki (collaborative website) · nrf wiki (collaborative website) · ka ვიკი (collaborative website) · ml വിക്കി (collaborative website) · es wiki (collaborative website) · bg уи́ки (collaborative website) · lb Wiki (collaborative website) · ca wiki (collaborative website) · sh viki (collaborative website) · mn вики (collaborative website) · ne विकि (collaborative website) · mk вики (collaborative website) · wuu 維基 /维基 (collaborative website)

wikipedia: WikiWikiWeb · wikipedia: PC Week · wikidata: Q171

wiki en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈwiːki/
  • (US) audio
  • wēʹkē
  • wĭʹkē
  • /ˈwɪki/
  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈwɪkɪj/ (British, Southern, Standard)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Polynesian *witi Hawaiian wiki Hawaiian wikiwiki Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *webaną Proto-Germanic *wabją Old English webb Middle English web English web English WikiWikiWebclip. English wiki First appearance in 1995 in PC Week. Abbreviated from WikiWikiWeb, from Hawaiian wikiwiki (“quick”) + English web.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To research on Wikipedia or some similar wiki.
    • To get an understanding of the topics, he quickly went online and wikied each one.
    • I did research on the internet and found out so. I “wikied” it. 2010, Noemi Gonzalez, Journey, page 65:
    • Her English is no better than my Portuguese, but I wikied 'influenza' in Portuguese and it came up with 'gripe' 2009 June 18, Lizz Holmans, “Janus”, in uk.rec.sheds (Usenet):
    • I tore through his collection wikiing any plot points that I missed learning the importance of the players of the DC universe 2008 December 1, GeekDad, “Son of a Geek: Comics and Growing Up the DC Way”, in Wired News:
  2. (intransitive) To contribute to a wiki.
    • Blogging, wiki-ing, coding are all activities that generate authorial product. 2006, Deptford Tv, Deptford.TV Diaries, page 73:
    • For example, blog and wiki software can be used to support all sorts of activities that are not commonly associated with the activities of “blogging” or “wikiing.” This includes activities like sharing syllabi, publishing announcements 2008, Robert E. Cummings with Matt Barton, Wiki writing: collaborative learning in the college classroom, page 46:
    • The best way to start wiki-ing is to find an existing wiki (that is, a hosted wiki) and start adding to it. 2007, Dan Woods with Peter Thoeny, Wikis for dummies, page 17:
  3. (transitive) To participate in the wiki-based production of.
    • The history of wikied novels isn't pretty (Penguin Books never published the gobbledygook that was "A Million Penguins"), and no one has dared wiki a jazz song. 2009 October 19, “Cooking Consensus: Will Wiki Work in the Kitchen?”, in Time, archived from the original on 04 Jun 2011:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
wikiing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
wikis Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
wikied Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
wikied Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

.wiki · sukuma wiki

Translations (17)

fi wikittää (research on a wiki) · cmn 上 Wiki (research on a wiki) · ja ウィキする (contribute to a wiki) · li bewikieë (contribute to a wiki) · nl wikiën (research on a wiki) · nl wikiën (contribute to a wiki) · fi muokata wikiä (contribute to a wiki) · ja ウィキる (research on a wiki) · eo vikiumi (contribute to a wiki) · tl wiki (research on a wiki) · cmn 寫 Wiki /写 Wiki (contribute to a wiki) · cmn 寫維基 /写维基 (contribute to a wiki) · tl wiki (contribute to a wiki) · ja ウィキる (contribute to a wiki) · fi hakea wikistä (research on a wiki) · cmn 上維基 /上维基 (research on a wiki) · li wikieë (research on a wiki)

wikipedia: WikiWikiWeb · wikipedia: PC Week