See edit war in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "a dispute over the content of a page on a wiki or other editable work",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "संपादन युद्ध"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "a dispute over the content of a page on a wiki or other editable work",
"word": "szerkesztési háború"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"lang_code": "id",
"sense": "a dispute over the content of a page on a wiki or other editable work",
"word": "perang suntingan"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "a dispute over the content of a page on a wiki or other editable work",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "guerra di modifiche"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "henshū gassen",
"sense": "a dispute over the content of a page on a wiki or other editable work",
"word": "編集合戦"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "pyeonjip bunjaeng",
"sense": "a dispute over the content of a page on a wiki or other editable work",
"word": "편집 분쟁"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "a dispute over the content of a page on a wiki or other editable work",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "wojna edycyjna"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "a dispute over the content of a page on a wiki or other editable work",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "guerra de edições"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "vojná právok",
"sense": "a dispute over the content of a page on a wiki or other editable work",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "война́ пра́вок"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "a dispute over the content of a page on a wiki or other editable work",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "guerra de ediciones"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "a dispute over the content of a page on a wiki or other editable work",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "redigeringskrig"
}
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"2": "edit",
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"etymology_text": "From edit + war.",
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"form": "edit wars",
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"word": "edit warrior"
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69,
81
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],
"text": "When a dispute arises, it is common to see a page protected to avoid edit warring.",
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],
"glosses": [
"To engage in an edit war."
],
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"wiki",
"wiki"
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"enpr": "ĕd′ĭt wôr′"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌɛd.ɪt ˈwɔː/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌɛd.ɪt ˈwoɹ/",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌed.ɪt ˈwoː/",
"tags": [
"General-Australian"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌed.ət ˈwoː/",
"tags": [
"New-Zealand"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌɛd.ɪt ˈwɔɹ/",
"tags": [
"Scotland"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌɛɖ.ɪʈ ˈwɔʳ/",
"tags": [
"India"
]
},
{
"audio": "En-edit war.oga",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/38/En-edit_war.oga/En-edit_war.oga.mp3",
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "to engage in an edit war",
"word": "muokkaussotia"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "to engage in an edit war",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "angażować się w wojnę edycyjną"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "to engage in an edit war",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zaangażować się w wojnę edycyjną"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "to engage in an edit war",
"word": "redigeringskriga"
}
],
"word": "edit war"
}
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