"red link" meaning in All languages combined

See red link on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: red links [plural], redlink [alternative]
Etymology: In most wikis, a link to a nonexistent page appears in red text. Head templates: {{en-noun}} red link (plural red links)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_text": "In most wikis, a link to a nonexistent page appears in red text.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "red links",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "redlink",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "red link (plural red links)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "blue link"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Arabic translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Korean translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Internet",
          "orig": "en:Internet",
          "parents": [
            "Computing",
            "Networking",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Wiki",
          "orig": "en:Wiki",
          "parents": [
            "World Wide Web",
            "Internet",
            "Computing",
            "Networking",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "red-linked"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A red hyperlink that directs to a nonexistent page of a wiki."
      ],
      "id": "en-red_link-en-noun-E66uEmCD",
      "links": [
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
        [
          "wiki",
          "wiki"
        ],
        [
          "jargon",
          "jargon"
        ],
        [
          "hyperlink",
          "hyperlink"
        ],
        [
          "direct",
          "direct"
        ],
        [
          "nonexistent",
          "nonexistent"
        ],
        [
          "page",
          "page"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "wiki jargon",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Internet, wiki jargon) A red hyperlink that directs to a nonexistent page of a wiki."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "alt": "waṣla(t) ḥamrāʔ",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "sense": "hyperlink to a nonexisting page",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "وَصْلَة حَمْرَاء"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "hóngliàn",
          "sense": "hyperlink to a nonexisting page",
          "word": "紅鏈 /红链"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "hyperlink to a nonexisting page",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lien rouge"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "aka rinku",
          "sense": "hyperlink to a nonexisting page",
          "word": "赤リンク"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ppalgan ringkeu",
          "sense": "hyperlink to a nonexisting page",
          "word": "빨간 링크"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "hyperlink to a nonexisting page",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ligação vermelha"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "hyperlink to a nonexisting page",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "link vermelho"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "red link"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "red-linked"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "In most wikis, a link to a nonexistent page appears in red text.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "red links",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "redlink",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "red link (plural red links)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "blue link"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Arabic translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "en:Internet",
        "en:Wiki"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A red hyperlink that directs to a nonexistent page of a wiki."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
        [
          "wiki",
          "wiki"
        ],
        [
          "jargon",
          "jargon"
        ],
        [
          "hyperlink",
          "hyperlink"
        ],
        [
          "direct",
          "direct"
        ],
        [
          "nonexistent",
          "nonexistent"
        ],
        [
          "page",
          "page"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "wiki jargon",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Internet, wiki jargon) A red hyperlink that directs to a nonexistent page of a wiki."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "alt": "waṣla(t) ḥamrāʔ",
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "hyperlink to a nonexisting page",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "وَصْلَة حَمْرَاء"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hóngliàn",
      "sense": "hyperlink to a nonexisting page",
      "word": "紅鏈 /红链"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "hyperlink to a nonexisting page",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lien rouge"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "aka rinku",
      "sense": "hyperlink to a nonexisting page",
      "word": "赤リンク"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ppalgan ringkeu",
      "sense": "hyperlink to a nonexisting page",
      "word": "빨간 링크"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "hyperlink to a nonexisting page",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ligação vermelha"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "hyperlink to a nonexisting page",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "link vermelho"
    }
  ],
  "word": "red link"
}

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