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word used with a noun to indicate the type of reference being made by the noun; one of word classes
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Summary

article is a part of speech[1]. article ranks in the top 3% of part of speech entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,638 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: determiner[3]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Article (grammar)[4], Category:Word class article (wiktionary)[5]
  • Described by source: Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[6], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[7]
  • Used by: Universal Dependencies[8]
  • Equivalent class: http://www.lexinfo.net/ontology/2.0/lexinfo#Article[9], http://www.lexinfo.net/ontology/3.0/lexinfo#Article[10], http://purl.org/linguistics/gold/Article[11]
  • Short name: ART[12]
  • Different from: Artikel[13], Articulo[14], Artigo[15], Årtike[16]
  • Exact match: http://www.lexinfo.net/ontology/3.0/lexinfo#article[17]

Why It Matters

article has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] article is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . eva.mpg.de. Retrieved . eva.mpg.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C699
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Verbaalpina id: C699, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  2. 22w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Article (grammar), Category:Word class article (wiktionary)
    Used by → Universal Dependencies
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 28577, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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