Wiktionary:Foreign words


 * Not to be confused with Foreign Word of the Day

Wiktionary aims to describe all words of all languages using definitions and descriptions in English. It is a collaborative project to produce a free-content multilingual dictionary.


 * 1) English Wiktionary should have entries for all words of all foreign natural languages. The definitions and descriptions should be given in English. Title should be in the foreign script.
 * 2) *Entry layout for foreign terms is identical except that it should not have "Translations" sections, as they are kept at the corresponding language's Wiktionary.
 * 3) Foreign translations of English words should be added to the translations section of English entries.

See Category:Lemmas by language for all the foreign word entries.

Category:Wiktionary language considerations lists all the guidelines for foreign language entries

Across different Wiktionaries all the basic entry contents other than definitions/glosses remain identical for any particular word lemma entry. i.e., IPA, sound, lexical category, grammatical forms, synonyms, antonyms, etym, images, etc. all are same and only the definition/gloss needs specific translation. Wikidata:Lexicographical data project is being developed to provide structured database support for Wiktionaries, and will aid in making foreign word entries available across different language Wiktionaries.