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  2. Wiktionary - Wikipedia

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    Wiktionary ( UK: / ˈwɪkʃənəri /, WIK-shə-nər-ee; US: / ˈwɪkʃənɛri /, WIK-shə-nerr-ee; rhyming with "dictionary") is a multilingual, web -based project to create a free content dictionary of terms (including words, phrases, proverbs, linguistic reconstructions, etc.) in all natural languages and in a number of artificial languages.

  3. Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Dictionary. Langenscheidt dictionaries in various languages. A multi-volume Latin dictionary by Egidio Forcellini. Dictionary definition entries. A dictionary is a listing of lexemes from the lexicon of one or more specific languages, often arranged alphabetically (or by consonantal root for Semitic languages or radical and stroke for ...

  4. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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    George Town is the capital of the Malaysian state of Penang, encompassing Penang Island and surrounding islets. With a population of 794,313 as of the 2020 census, it is the core city of Malaysia's second-largest metropolitan area, which has a population of 2.84 million. George Town serves as the commercial centre for northern Malaysia.

  5. Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Wikipedia is not a dictionary, phrasebook, or a slang, jargon, or usage guide. Instead, the goal of this project is to create an encyclopedia. Our sister project Wiktionary has the goal of creating a dictionary. It is the " lexical companion to Wikipedia", and the two often link to each other. Wiktionary welcomes all editors who wish to write a ...

  6. List of dictionaries by number of words - Wikipedia

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    There is one count that puts the English vocabulary at about 1 million words — but that count presumably includes words such as Latin species names, prefixed and suffixed words, scientific terminology, jargon, foreign words of extremely limited English use and technical acronyms. [39] [40] [41] Urdu. 264,000. 264000.

  7. Etymology - Wikipedia

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    Etymology ( / ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi /, ET-im-OL-ə-jee [1]) is the scientific study of the origin and evolution of a word's semantic meaning across time, including its constituent morphemes and phonemes. [2] [3] It is a subfield of historical linguistics, philology, and semiotics, and draws upon comparative semantics, morphology, pragmatics, and ...

  8. Wikipedia:List of Wiktionaries - Wikipedia

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    Wikipedia. : List of Wiktionaries. Wiktionary is a multilingual, web -based dictionary project, edited as a wiki. As of February 2024, Wiktionary is available in 192 language versions, with 168 active and 24 closed. [1]

  9. Japanese dictionary - Wikipedia

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    The Wiktionary uses the English word dictionary to define a few synonyms including lexicon, wordbook, vocabulary, thesaurus, and translating dictionary. It also uses dictionary to translate six Japanese words. jiten (辞典, lit. "word reference-work") "dictionary; lexicon; glossary" jiten (字典, lit. "character reference-work") "character ...