Wiktionarian

English

Etymology

    From Wiktionary +‎ -ian.

    Pronunciation

    • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈwɪk.ʃən.ɹi.ən/, /ˈwɪk.ʃə.nə.ɹi.ən/
    • (US) IPA(key): /ˈwɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi.ən/, /ˈwɪk.tʃəˌnɛ.ɹi.ən/
    • Audio (US):(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɪkʃənɹiən, -ɪkʃənəɹiən, -ɪkʃənɛəɹiən, -ɛəɹiən
    • Hyphenation: Wik‧tion‧a‧rian

    Noun

    Wiktionarian (plural Wiktionarians)

    1. (Wikimedia jargon) A person who contributes to Wiktionary, especially a regular contributor well versed in the ways of the site.
      Hypernyms: dictionarian, dictionarist, lexicographer, lexicographist, Wikimedian < contributor < person
      Coordinate terms: Wikipedian, Wikidatian
      • 2008, Phoebe Ayers, Charles Matthews, Ben Yates, How Wikipedia Works: And How You Can Be a Part of It, No Starch Press, page 430:
        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.
      • 2012, Sylviane Granger, Magali Paquot, editors, Electronic Lexicography, Oxford University Press, page 271:
        Wiktionary contributors are called Wiktionarians.
      • 2013, Robert Lew, “User-generated content (UGC) in online English dictionaries”, in OPAL - Online publizierte Arbeiten zur Linguistik, number § 5.1:
        Wiktionary is compiled through a collaborative process by a large community of Web users, in this context called Wiktionarians.

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    See also

    • Wiktionary:Wiktionarians