Wikipedia

Significat

Name

1. A free-content, multilingual, online encyclopedia and wiki run by the Wikimedia Foundation.
2. The community that develops Wikipedia.
3. A main-belt asteroid (No. 274301).

Noun

1. A version of the encyclopedia Wikipedia (a free-content online encyclopedia) in a particular language.
2. A wiki or similar collaborative database, especially one that is also an encyclopaedia.
3. (colloquial) A source of abundant encyclopedic knowledge.
4. A page on Wikipedia.

Verb

1. (colloquial) To consult Wikipedia for information.
2. (colloquial) To search Wikipedia for information on a specific subject.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˌwɪkɪˈpiːdɪə/

Etimologia

Blend of wiki + encyclopedia, coined by Larry Sanger in 2001.