English Explanatory Dictionary

wiki

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A collaborative website which can be directly edited merely by using a web browser, often by anyone who has access to it.
verb
  1. To research on Wikipedia or some similar wiki.
  2. To contribute to a wiki.
  3. To participate in the wiki-based production of.
name
  1. Abbreviation of Wikipedia.

Pronunciation

wĭʹkē wēʹkē /ˈwɪki/ /ˈwiːki/ /ˈwɪkɪj/ en-us-wiki.ogg en-au-wiki.ogg

Word forms

wiki wikis wikiing wikied

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Polynesian *witi Hawaiian wiki Hawaiian wikiwikider. English wiki First appearance in 1995 in PC Week. Abbreviated from WikiWikiWeb, from Hawaiian wikiwiki (“quick”) + English web.

Related words

.wiki sukuma wiki

Derived words

reception wiki Wikimania wiki page Wikipedist Wiktionarian Wiktionary interwiki off-wiki on-wiki subwiki The Other Wiki transwiki wikian wikibreak wikicode wiki crack wiki farm wikifarm wikification wikify wikiholic wikilawyering wikiless wikilike wikilink wiki magic wiki markup wikiness wikinomics wikiphobe wikiphobia wikiquette wikisphere wikistorming wikitext wikitime wikitorial wikiverse wiki walk Wiknic
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