wiki

Meaning

Noun

A collaborative website which can be directly edited merely by using a web browser, often by anyone who has access to it.

Verb

1. (intransitive, transitive) To research on Wikipedia or some similar wiki.
2. (intransitive) To contribute to a wiki.
3. (transitive) To participate in the wiki-based production of.

Translations

wiki

Wiki

wiki

viki

ويكي

wiki

wiki

wiki

wiki

ουίκι

βίκι

wikiën

WikiWiki

وِيكِي

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈwɪki/

Etymology

Cognate with English: web

In summary

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.