"pundit" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpʌn.dɪt/ [UK, US], /ˈpan.dɪt/ [General-Australian] Audio: en-us-pundit.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-pundit.wav , en-au-pundit.ogg Forms: pundits [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌndɪt Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi पंडित (paṇḍit) / Urdu پنڈت (panḍit), from Sanskrit पण्डित (paṇḍita, “scholar, learned man, teacher, philosopher”). Doublet of pandit. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|hi|पंडित}} Hindi पंडित (paṇḍit), {{bor|en|ur|پنڈت|tr=panḍit}} Urdu پنڈت (panḍit), {{bor|en|sa|पण्डित||scholar, learned man, teacher, philosopher}} Sanskrit पण्डित (paṇḍita, “scholar, learned man, teacher, philosopher”), {{dbt|en|pandit}} Doublet of pandit Head templates: {{en-noun}} pundit (plural pundits)
  1. An expert in a particular field, especially as called upon to provide comment or opinion in the media; a commentator, a critic. Translations (an expert): خَبِير (ḵabīr) [masculine] (Arabic), վերլուծաբան (verlucaban) (Armenian), 權威人士 (Chinese Mandarin), 权威人士 (quánwēi rénshì) (Chinese Mandarin), odborník [masculine] (Czech), znalec [masculine] (Czech), opinieleider (Dutch), opiniemaker [masculine] (Dutch), duider [masculine] (Dutch), asiantuntija (Finnish), especialista [feminine, masculine] (Galician), Experte [masculine] (German), Kommentator [masculine] (German), Meinungsführer [also, especially, masculine] [politics, government] (German), Meinungsmacher [masculine] (German), Kritiker [also, especially, masculine] [media, arts] (German), पण्डित (paṇḍit) [masculine] (Hindi), szakértő (Hungarian), hozzáértő (Hungarian), specialista (Hungarian), kommentátor (Hungarian), megmondóember (Hungarian), véleményvezér (Hungarian), véleményformáló (Hungarian), hangadó (Hungarian), opinionista [feminine, masculine] (Italian), 博学者 (hakugakusha) (alt: はくがくしゃ) (Japanese), autoridade [feminine] (Portuguese), especialista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), знато́к (znatók) [masculine] (Russian), экспе́рт (ekspért) [masculine] (Russian), специали́ст (specialíst) [masculine] (Russian), учёный муж (učónyj muž) [masculine] (Russian), strȕčnjāk [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), comentarista experto [masculine] (Spanish), förståsigpåare [common-gender] (Swedish), bilgin (Turkish), uzman (Turkish)
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  2. A learned person in India; someone with knowledge of Sanskrit, philosophy, religion and law; a Hindu scholar. Categories (topical): Hinduism Translations (a Hindu scholar): পণ্ডিত (ponḍito) (Bengali), брамин (bramin) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ပဏ္ဍိတ (pandi.ta.) (Burmese), 班智達 (Chinese Mandarin), 班智达 (bānzhìdá) (Chinese Mandarin), pundiitti (Finnish), pandiitti (Finnish), pandit [masculine] (French), Pandit [masculine] (German), પંડિત (paṇḍit) [masculine] (Gujarati), पण्डित (paṇḍit) [masculine] (Hindi), प॰ (pa.) [abbreviation] (Hindi), pandit (Hungarian), hindu tudós (Hungarian), パンディット (panditto) (Japanese), ಪಂಡಿತ (paṇḍita) (Kannada), បណ្ឌិត (bɑndɨt) (Khmer), អន្ទិត (ʼɑɑʼɑntɨt) (Khmer), ບັນດິດ (ban dit) (Lao), ປັນດິດ (pan dit) (Lao), പണ്ഡിതന് (paṇḍitanŭ) (Malayalam), पंडित (paṇḍit) [masculine] (Marathi), бандид (bandid) (Mongolian), paṇḍita [masculine] (Pali), pandita [masculine] (Portuguese), pandito [masculine] (Portuguese), pândita [masculine] (Portuguese), панди́т (pandít) [masculine] (Russian), पण्डित (paṇḍita) [masculine] (Sanskrit), pàndit [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), pandito [masculine] (Spanish), pandit (Spanish), பண்டிதன் (paṇṭitaṉ) (Tamil), పండితుడు (paṇḍituḍu) (Telugu), บัณฑิต (ban-dìt) (Thai), پنڈت (panḍit) [masculine] (Urdu)
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  3. (historical) A native surveyor in British India, trained to carry out clandestine surveillance beyond British borders. Tags: historical Categories (topical): People
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pandit Derived forms: pundithood, punditocracy, punditry, punditship Related terms: hafiz, hafez, influencer, pandit, qari' (alt: qari)

Inflected forms

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      ]
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    }
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}
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    "English terms borrowed from Urdu",
    "English terms derived from Hindi",
    "English terms derived from Sanskrit",
    "English terms derived from Urdu",
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    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Requests for review of Czech translations",
    "Requests for review of French translations",
    "Requests for review of Hungarian translations",
    "Requests for review of Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Requests for review of Turkish translations",
    "Requests for review of Urdu translations",
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    "Terms with Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Armenian translations",
    "Terms with Bengali translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Burmese translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Gujarati translations",
    "Terms with Hindi translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Kannada translations",
    "Terms with Khmer translations",
    "Terms with Lao translations",
    "Terms with Malayalam translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Marathi translations",
    "Terms with Mongolian translations",
    "Terms with Pali translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Sanskrit translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Tamil translations",
    "Terms with Telugu translations",
    "Terms with Thai translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Urdu translations",
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    },
    {
      "word": "punditocracy"
    },
    {
      "word": "punditry"
    },
    {
      "word": "punditship"
    }
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      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "ur",
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        "tr": "panḍit"
      },
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      "name": "bor"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "पण्डित",
        "4": "",
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    }
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    {
      "word": "hafez"
    },
    {
      "word": "influencer"
    },
    {
      "word": "pandit"
    },
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      "alt": "qari",
      "word": "qari'"
    }
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          "text": "This week we introduce Jenny Walker, who will be The Observer's expert pundit for the duration of the World Cup.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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          "expert",
          "expert"
        ],
        [
          "comment",
          "comment"
        ],
        [
          "opinion",
          "opinion"
        ],
        [
          "commentator",
          "commentator"
        ],
        [
          "critic",
          "critic"
        ]
      ]
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    {
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘On the City Wall’, In Black and White, Folio Society, published 2005, page 430:",
          "text": "Pundits in black gowns, with spectacles on their noses and undigested wisdom in their insides; bearded headmen of the wards; [...] all these people and more also you might find in the white room.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A learned person in India; someone with knowledge of Sanskrit, philosophy, religion and law; a Hindu scholar."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with historical senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 295:",
          "text": "At every hundredth pace the Pundit would automatically slip one bead. Each complete circuit of the rosary thus represented ten thousand paces.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A native surveyor in British India, trained to carry out clandestine surveillance beyond British borders."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surveyor",
          "surveyor"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) A native surveyor in British India, trained to carry out clandestine surveillance beyond British borders."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpʌn.dɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpan.dɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-Australian"
      ]
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ʌndɪt"
    }
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    {
      "word": "pandit"
    }
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḵabīr",
      "sense": "an expert",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "خَبِير"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "verlucaban",
      "sense": "an expert",
      "word": "վերլուծաբան"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "an expert",
      "word": "權威人士"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "quánwēi rénshì",
      "sense": "an expert",
      "word": "权威人士"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "an expert",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "odborník"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "an expert",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "znalec"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "an expert",
      "word": "opinieleider"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "an expert",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "opiniemaker"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "an expert",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "duider"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an expert",
      "word": "asiantuntija"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "an expert",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "especialista"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an expert",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Experte"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an expert",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kommentator"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an expert",
      "tags": [
        "also",
        "especially",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "politics",
        "government"
      ],
      "word": "Meinungsführer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an expert",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Meinungsmacher"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an expert",
      "tags": [
        "also",
        "especially",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "media",
        "arts"
      ],
      "word": "Kritiker"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "paṇḍit",
      "sense": "an expert",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "पण्डित"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "an expert",
      "word": "szakértő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "an expert",
      "word": "hozzáértő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "an expert",
      "word": "specialista"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "an expert",
      "word": "kommentátor"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "an expert",
      "word": "megmondóember"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "an expert",
      "word": "véleményvezér"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "an expert",
      "word": "véleményformáló"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "an expert",
      "word": "hangadó"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "an expert",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "opinionista"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はくがくしゃ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hakugakusha",
      "sense": "an expert",
      "word": "博学者"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "an expert",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "autoridade"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "an expert",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "especialista"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "znatók",
      "sense": "an expert",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "знато́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ekspért",
      "sense": "an expert",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "экспе́рт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "specialíst",
      "sense": "an expert",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "специали́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "učónyj muž",
      "sense": "an expert",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "учёный муж"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "an expert",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "strȕčnjāk"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "an expert",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "comentarista experto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "an expert",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "förståsigpåare"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "an expert",
      "word": "bilgin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "an expert",
      "word": "uzman"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "ponḍito",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "word": "পণ্ডিত"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bramin",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "брамин"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "pandi.ta.",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "word": "ပဏ္ဍိတ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "word": "班智達"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bānzhìdá",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "word": "班智达"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "word": "pundiitti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "word": "pandiitti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pandit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Pandit"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "paṇḍit",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "પંડિત"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "paṇḍit",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "पण्डित"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pa.",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation"
      ],
      "word": "प॰"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "word": "pandit"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "word": "hindu tudós"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "panditto",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "word": "パンディット"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "paṇḍita",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "word": "ಪಂಡಿತ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "bɑndɨt",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "word": "បណ្ឌិត"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ʼɑɑʼɑntɨt",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "word": "អន្ទិត"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "ban dit",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "word": "ບັນດິດ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "pan dit",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "word": "ປັນດິດ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "paṇḍitanŭ",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "word": "പണ്ഡിതന്"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "paṇḍit",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "पंडित"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "bandid",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "word": "бандид"
    },
    {
      "code": "pi",
      "lang": "Pali",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paṇḍita"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pandita"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pandito"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pândita"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pandít",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "панди́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "paṇḍita",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "पण्डित"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pàndit"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pandito"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "word": "pandit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "paṇṭitaṉ",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "word": "பண்டிதன்"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "paṇḍituḍu",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "word": "పండితుడు"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ban-dìt",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "word": "บัณฑิต"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "panḍit",
      "sense": "a Hindu scholar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "پنڈت"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pundit"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-28 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-11-21 using wiktextract (65a6e81 and 0dbea76). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.