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dictionary

Summary

dictionary is a literary form[1]. dictionary draws 2,147 Wikipedia views per month (literary_form category, ranking #10 of 42).[2]

Key Facts

  • dictionary's instance of is recorded as literary form[3].
  • word is named after dictionary[4].
  • dictionary is a type of knowledge organization system[5].
  • dictionary is a type of literary work[6].
  • dictionary is a type of lexicographic work[7].
  • dictionary is a type of publication[8].
  • dictionary is a type of reference work[9].
  • dictionary's Commons category is recorded as Dictionaries[10].
  • dictionary's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dictionaries[11].
  • dictionary's Commons gallery is recorded as Dictionary[12].
  • dictionary's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[13].
  • dictionary's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • dictionary's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • dictionary's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[16].
  • dictionary's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[17].
  • dictionary's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18].
  • dictionary's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[19].
  • dictionary's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[20].
  • dictionary's manifestation of is recorded as Q8380731[21].
  • dictionary's different from is recorded as spell check dictionary[22].
  • dictionary's different from is recorded as word list[23].
  • dictionary's different from is recorded as Han dictionary[24].
  • dictionary's different from is recorded as lexical database[25].
  • dictionary's different from is recorded as Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto[26].
  • dictionary's history of topic is recorded as history of dictionaries[27].

Body

Definition and Type

dictionary's instance of is recorded as literary form[3]. Recorded subclass of include knowledge organization system[5], literary work[6], lexicographic work[7], publication[8], and reference work[9].

Origins

word is named after dictionary[4].

Influence

Things named for dictionary include Wiktionary[28], a MediaWiki wiki[29], founded in 2002[30] and dictionary coder[31].

Why It Matters

dictionary draws 2,147 Wikipedia views per month (literary_form category, ranking #10 of 42).[2] dictionary has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] dictionary is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for dictionary include Wiktionary[28], a MediaWiki wiki[29], founded in 2002[30] and dictionary coder[31].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . christianlehmann.eu. christianlehmann.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 9w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Objects/Dictionary
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14470]]: Objects/Dictionary, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  2. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2OBvVH
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 13w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → dictionaries
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: dictionaries, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289919632|dictionaries (#289919632)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
  4. 18w ago · WDEditor777 · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Work available at url → https://humoropedia.com/dictionary/
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P953]]: https://humoropedia.com/dictionary/"
  5. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Rbms controlled vocabulary id → cv01241
    American folklore society ethnographic thesaurus id → afset005137
    Library of congress authority id → sh99001671
    Gemet id → 2173
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 5184, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  6. 22w ago · Dcflyer · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Idref id → 027232050
    Aliases → —
    Described by source → Otto's encyclopedia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary +5
    Subclass of → knowledge organization system, literary work, lexicographic work +2
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P269]]: 027232050"
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