Get definitionsLook a word up and get its definitions, already grouped by the language it belongs to and by part of speech, with usage examples.
Get entry sourceGet an entry's wiki source together with its page details. The source is where the data the rendered page only hints at lives (translations, inflection tables, etymology templates), so use this when a workflow needs to parse the entry itself.
Get entry detailsCheck whether an entry exists and when it last changed, without downloading it. The cheap check to run on a schedule.
Get entry as textGet a whole entry as plain, readable text with the wiki markup already resolved (the form to hand to a summary, a translation or an AI step). An alternative spelling is followed to the real entry, and the title it came from is reported back.
Get entry as HTMLGet an entry rendered as HTML, ready to paste into an email, a document or a web page.
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Suggest entriesComplete a partly-typed word against Wiktionary's entry titles. This is the autocomplete behind Wiktionary's own search box: it matches titles rather than entry text, so it answers instantly and is the right way to check a spelling or offer 'did you mean' options.
Search entries (advanced)Search with the full-text engine’s own controls: another namespace, a chosen ordering, paging, and the total number of matches.
List entriesWalk a Wiktionary edition's titles in alphabetical order: every entry starting with 'cat', the stretch from 'aa' to 'az', or simply the first few thousand. This enumerates the dictionary rather than searching it, and pages through long walks with a token.
Get random entriesPick entries at random: a word of the day, a vocabulary quiz, a writing prompt. Pair it with Get definitions to send the word and its meaning somewhere.
Get entry in other languagesList the other Wiktionary editions that also document this spelling, with a link to each.
Get entry categoriesList the categories an entry belongs to. Wiktionary's categories are its grammar metadata ('English nouns', 'English irregular verbs', 'English terms derived from Latin', 'English palindromes'), so reading them tells a workflow what kind of word it is holding.
List entries in a categoryList everything filed under one Wiktionary category: every English palindrome, every term borrowed from Japanese, every word that has been Word of the Day. Give the category with or without its 'Category:' prefix.
Get linked entriesList the entries an entry links to: the words in its definitions, its synonyms, and its derived and related terms.
Get entries linking hereList the entries that link *to* this one: the words that mention it in their definitions, its compounds and derived forms, and the alternative spellings that redirect to it.
Get entry mediaList an entry's media: above all its pronunciation recordings, of which a well-covered word has several, one per accent. Pass a file's title to Get media file to turn it into a playable URL.
Get media fileGet the direct URL, size and licensing for one media file: the playable link for a recording, or the full-size image behind a thumbnail.
Get entry historyList an entry's recent revisions, newest first: who changed it, when, by how many bytes and why. Returns 20 revisions at a time; pass a revision id to walk further back.
Get entry edit countsCount an entry’s edits, in total or only those by bots, by logged-out editors, marked minor or later reverted.
Get a revisionGet one revision of an entry, including the wiki source exactly as it stood at that moment.
Compare revisionsShow what changed between two revisions of an entry, line by line, with each line marked added, removed or unchanged.
Get recent changesList a Wiktionary edition's recent changes (the feed behind a 'watch the dictionary' workflow). Leave the dates blank for the newest changes; set 'Changed after' to the moment the last run finished to see only what has happened since.
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