See citation needed in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
{
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{
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{
"_dis": "87 13",
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{
"_dis": "85 15",
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{
"_dis": "83 17",
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{
"_dis": "83 17",
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"source": "w+disamb"
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{
"_dis": "83 17",
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"parents": [],
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{
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"source": "w+disamb"
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"_dis": "76 24",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "82 18",
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"parents": [],
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},
{
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"parents": [],
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},
{
"_dis": "85 15",
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{
"_dis": "83 17",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
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{
"_dis": "83 17",
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"parents": [],
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},
{
"_dis": "85 15",
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{
"_dis": "83 17",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "83 17",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
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{
"_dis": "83 17",
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{
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"_dis": "83 17",
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{
"_dis": "84 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Welsh translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
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{
"_dis": "70 30",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Wikimedia",
"orig": "en:Wikimedia",
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"Wiki",
"World Wide Web",
"Internet",
"Computing",
"Networking",
"Technology",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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}
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{
"ref": "2013, Dan T. Alighieri [pseudonym], “Prologue”, in Dan’s Inferno: A Parody, London: Michael O’Mara Books, →ISBN, page 7:",
"text": "I pass the Museo del Bargello, a former army barracks and prison, it is now home to masterpieces by Michelangelo, Donatello, Vincenzo Gemito and Robert Mapplethorpe [citation needed].",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2013, Phil[lip D.] Johnson, “My Favorite Event as Told by Mark”, in Funny Stuff in the Bible: A Field Trip in the Bible Library, Eugene, Or.: Resource Publications, Wipf and Stock, →ISBN, page 91:",
"text": "I have learned recently, where I can't remember, that books made of scrolls of papyrus were cut into pages and enclosed in wooden covers. Books like this were in circulation at the time. For now, just like Wikipedia, we will mark this: \"citation needed.\"",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2013 December 4, Hemant Mehta, “Atheists, there is PROOF of Heaven!”, in YouTube, retrieved 2017-02-06:",
"text": "You know, every time I hear their stories [of near-death experiences] I just want to say \"citation needed\", because all the stuff they're saying, the only people who believe it happen to be the ones in their circles.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2014, Matt Parker, “Shapes: Now in 3D”, in Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension: A Mathematician’s Journey through Narcissistic Numbers, Optimal Dating Algorithms, at Least Two Kinds of Infinity, and More, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 92:",
"text": "Euclid’s solution was simply to take parallel lines for granted and add them in as a fifth postulate. [...] In The Elements, the first four postulates are stated in simple and obvious statements, together amounting to only thirty-four words. The fifth postulate alone requires thirty-five words. This was the ancient Greek equivalent of ‘citation needed’.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2020 August 17, “Subscribe to Rec Room, Our Newsletter for Video, Podcasts and Other Favourite Stuff”, in The Spinoff, archived from the original on 2020-09-29:",
"text": "Do you struggle to keep up with all the great podcasts and video content The Spinoff puts out every week? Luckily, we have a solution – introducing Rec Room, The Spinoff’s latest and some are saying greatest [citation needed] newsletter.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2020 November 7, Nadegda, “How to defeat a coup attempt”, in talk.politics.misc (Usenet):",
"text": "> Democrats want a centralized autocratic government / [citation needed] Meanwhile, Trump's autocratic tendencies have become legendary after his one and only term. / > Democrats want a dictatorial leader (as evidenced by their refusal to hold their leader(s) to any Constitutional or legal standards) / [citation needed] Meanwhile, Banana Republicans just spent four years displaying clear anti-democratic tendencies and support for a rogue executive who regularly flouted laws, norms, and Congressional oversight.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2020 December 1, Dennis Perkins, “Nick Kroll Got Some Helpful Direction from Harry Styles on Popping the Question”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 2020-12-01:",
"text": "[...] [Nick] Kroll cited The Bible (citation needed) as dictating, \"Thou shalt have a Goldberg [i.e., Evan Goldberg] that one grows up with, and then writes TV and movies with.\" Don’t question it.",
"type": "quote"
}
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[
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[
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"(originally Internet slang, chiefly humorous) Used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification."
],
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "verwysing benodig"
},
{
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"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "biḥājatin limaṣdarin",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "بِحَاجَةٍ لِمَصْدَرٍ"
},
{
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "njama krynicy",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "няма крыніцы"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bez iztočnici",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "без източници"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "cal citació"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "citació necessària"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "來源請求"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "láiyuán qǐngqiú",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "来源请求"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "kilde mangler"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "citaĵo bezonata"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "mankas fonto"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "lähde?"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "référence nécessaire"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "refnec"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "cómpre referencia"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sač̣iroebs c̣q̇aros mititebas",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "საჭიროებს წყაროს მითითებას"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "Belege fehlen"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ekkremeí parapompí",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "εκκρεμεί παραπομπή"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "דרוש מקור"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "forráskérő"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "heimild vantar"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "butuh rujukan"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "citazione necessaria"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yō-shutten",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "要出典"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "chulcheo piryo",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "출처 필요"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "nepieciešama atsauce"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "reikalingas šaltinis"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "trenger referanse"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "treng kjelde"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "potrzebne źródło"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "carece de fontes"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "havālā loṛīndā",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "ਹਵਾਲਾ ਲੋੜੀਂਦਾ"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "necesită citare"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "net istočnika",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "нет источника"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "esigit tzitassione"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "тражи се извор"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "traži se izvor"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "nedostaje izvor"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "chýba zdroj"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "bez citácie"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "chýba citácia"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "trěbne žrědło"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "hsb",
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "trěbne žórło"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "cita requerida"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "källa behövs"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "dtông gaan âang ing",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "ต้องการอ้างอิง"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "cần dẫn nguồn"
},
{
"_dis1": "88 12",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "angen ffynhonnell"
}
]
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{
"ref": "2014, Randall Munroe, What If?:",
"text": "The sun is really bright,[citation needed] and its light illuminates the earth.[citation needed]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"Used ironically to designate an obvious fact that needs no support."
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"English multiword terms",
"English phrases",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 1 entry",
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"en:Wikimedia"
],
"etymology_text": "From a tag, first created in June 2005, used on the English Wikipedia website to mark statements in articles that require verification.",
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "phrase"
},
"expansion": "citation needed",
"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"ci‧tat‧ion"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English humorous terms",
"English internet slang",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2013, Dan T. Alighieri [pseudonym], “Prologue”, in Dan’s Inferno: A Parody, London: Michael O’Mara Books, →ISBN, page 7:",
"text": "I pass the Museo del Bargello, a former army barracks and prison, it is now home to masterpieces by Michelangelo, Donatello, Vincenzo Gemito and Robert Mapplethorpe [citation needed].",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2013, Phil[lip D.] Johnson, “My Favorite Event as Told by Mark”, in Funny Stuff in the Bible: A Field Trip in the Bible Library, Eugene, Or.: Resource Publications, Wipf and Stock, →ISBN, page 91:",
"text": "I have learned recently, where I can't remember, that books made of scrolls of papyrus were cut into pages and enclosed in wooden covers. Books like this were in circulation at the time. For now, just like Wikipedia, we will mark this: \"citation needed.\"",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2013 December 4, Hemant Mehta, “Atheists, there is PROOF of Heaven!”, in YouTube, retrieved 2017-02-06:",
"text": "You know, every time I hear their stories [of near-death experiences] I just want to say \"citation needed\", because all the stuff they're saying, the only people who believe it happen to be the ones in their circles.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2014, Matt Parker, “Shapes: Now in 3D”, in Things to Make and Do in the Fourth Dimension: A Mathematician’s Journey through Narcissistic Numbers, Optimal Dating Algorithms, at Least Two Kinds of Infinity, and More, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 92:",
"text": "Euclid’s solution was simply to take parallel lines for granted and add them in as a fifth postulate. [...] In The Elements, the first four postulates are stated in simple and obvious statements, together amounting to only thirty-four words. The fifth postulate alone requires thirty-five words. This was the ancient Greek equivalent of ‘citation needed’.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2020 August 17, “Subscribe to Rec Room, Our Newsletter for Video, Podcasts and Other Favourite Stuff”, in The Spinoff, archived from the original on 2020-09-29:",
"text": "Do you struggle to keep up with all the great podcasts and video content The Spinoff puts out every week? Luckily, we have a solution – introducing Rec Room, The Spinoff’s latest and some are saying greatest [citation needed] newsletter.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2020 November 7, Nadegda, “How to defeat a coup attempt”, in talk.politics.misc (Usenet):",
"text": "> Democrats want a centralized autocratic government / [citation needed] Meanwhile, Trump's autocratic tendencies have become legendary after his one and only term. / > Democrats want a dictatorial leader (as evidenced by their refusal to hold their leader(s) to any Constitutional or legal standards) / [citation needed] Meanwhile, Banana Republicans just spent four years displaying clear anti-democratic tendencies and support for a rogue executive who regularly flouted laws, norms, and Congressional oversight.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2020 December 1, Dennis Perkins, “Nick Kroll Got Some Helpful Direction from Harry Styles on Popping the Question”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 2020-12-01:",
"text": "[...] [Nick] Kroll cited The Bible (citation needed) as dictating, \"Thou shalt have a Goldberg [i.e., Evan Goldberg] that one grows up with, and then writes TV and movies with.\" Don’t question it.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification."
],
"links": [
[
"Internet",
"Internet"
],
[
"slang",
"slang"
],
[
"humorous",
"humorous"
],
[
"designate",
"designate#Verb"
],
[
"assertion",
"assertion#English"
],
[
"statement",
"statement#English"
],
[
"false",
"false#English"
],
[
"inaccurate",
"inaccurate#English"
],
[
"requiring",
"require#English"
],
[
"verification",
"verification#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(originally Internet slang, chiefly humorous) Used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification."
],
"tags": [
"humorous"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2014, Randall Munroe, What If?:",
"text": "The sun is really bright,[citation needed] and its light illuminates the earth.[citation needed]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used ironically to designate an obvious fact that needs no support."
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˌsaɪˈteɪ.ʃn̩ ˈniː.dɪd/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˌsaɪˈteɪ.ʃən ˈni.dɪd/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/-dəd/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "[citation needed]"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "verwysing benodig"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "biḥājatin limaṣdarin",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "بِحَاجَةٍ لِمَصْدَرٍ"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "njama krynicy",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "няма крыніцы"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bez iztočnici",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "без източници"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "cal citació"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "citació necessària"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "來源請求"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "láiyuán qǐngqiú",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "来源请求"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "kilde mangler"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "citaĵo bezonata"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "mankas fonto"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "lähde?"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "référence nécessaire"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "refnec"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "cómpre referencia"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "sač̣iroebs c̣q̇aros mititebas",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "საჭიროებს წყაროს მითითებას"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "Belege fehlen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ekkremeí parapompí",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "εκκρεμεί παραπομπή"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "דרוש מקור"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "forráskérő"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "heimild vantar"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "butuh rujukan"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "citazione necessaria"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yō-shutten",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "要出典"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "chulcheo piryo",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "출처 필요"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "nepieciešama atsauce"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "reikalingas šaltinis"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "trenger referanse"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "treng kjelde"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "potrzebne źródło"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "carece de fontes"
},
{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "havālā loṛīndā",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "ਹਵਾਲਾ ਲੋੜੀਂਦਾ"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "necesită citare"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "net istočnika",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "нет источника"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "esigit tzitassione"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "тражи се извор"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "traži se izvor"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "nedostaje izvor"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "chýba zdroj"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "bez citácie"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "chýba citácia"
},
{
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "trěbne žrědło"
},
{
"code": "hsb",
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "trěbne žórło"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "cita requerida"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "källa behövs"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "dtông gaan âang ing",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "ต้องการอ้างอิง"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "cần dẫn nguồn"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "used to designate an assertion or other statement as false, inaccurate, or requiring verification",
"word": "angen ffynhonnell"
}
],
"word": "citation needed"
}
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