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Wiktionary (a Portmanteau of '' Wiki '' and '' Dictionary '') is a Multilingual , Web -based project to create a Free Content Dictionary , available in over 150 languages. Unlike standard dictionaries, it is written collaboratively by Volunteer s using Wiki Software , allowing articles to be changed by almost anyone with access to the Web site. Like its sister project ". HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT Wiktionary was brought online on , Wiktionary features over 1.5 million entries across its 171 language editions. The largest of the language editions is the English Wiktionary, with over 400,000 entries. It was surpassed in early 2006 by the French Wiktionary , only to regain the top position in September 2006. Eight Wiktionary language editions now contain over 100,000 entries each. ).]] Despite Wiktionary's large number of entries, most of the entries and many of the definitions at the project's largest language editions were created by now exist to more clearly distinguish genuine entries from minor (small) entries. The English Wiktionary, however does not rely on bots to the extent that somewhat smaller editions do. The at the Vietnamese Wiktionary. These imported entries make up virtually all of the Vietnamese edition's offering. Like the English edition, the French Wiktionary has imported the approximately 20,000 entries in the Unihan database of Chinese, Japanese, And Korean characters. The French Wiktionary grew rapidly in 2006 thanks in large part to bots copying many entries from old, freely-licensed dictionaries, such as the eighth edition of the '' Dictionnaire De L'Académie Française '' ( 1935 , around 35,000 words), and using bots to add words from other Wiktionary editions with French translations. The Russian edition grew by nearly 80,000 entries as "LXbot" added boilerplate entries (with headings, but without definitions) for words in English and German . LXbot Most of Wiktionary currently uses a textual logo designed by Brion Vibber, a bearing the Galicia n coat of arms. CRITICAL RECEPTION There’s no show of hands at ''Wiktionary''. There’s not even an editorial staff. "Be your own lexicographer!" might be ''Wiktionary’s'' motto. Who needs experts? Why pay good money for a dictionary written by lexicographers when we can cobble one together ourselves? Keir Graff’s review for ''Booklist'' was more neutral: Is there a place for Wiktionary? Undoubtedly. The industry and enthusiasm of its many creators are proof that there’s a market. And it’s wonderful to have another strong source to use when searching the odd terms that pop up in today’s fast-changing world and the online environment. But as with so many Web sources (including this column), it’s best used by sophisticated users in conjunction with more reputable sources. In 2005, '' PC Magazine '' rated Wiktionary as one of the Internet's "Top 101 Web Sites,"3 although little information was given about the site. WIKTIONARY STATISTICS SEE ALSO REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS
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