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dictionary

Summary

dictionary is a literary form[1]. dictionary draws 1,494 Wikipedia views per month (literary_form category, ranking #10 of 42).[2]

Key Facts

  • dictionary's instance of is recorded as literary form[3].
  • word is named after dictionary[4].
  • dictionary is a type of knowledge organization system[5].
  • dictionary is a type of literary work[6].
  • dictionary is a type of lexicographic work[7].
  • dictionary is a type of publication[8].
  • dictionary is a type of reference work[9].
  • dictionary's Commons category is recorded as Dictionaries[10].
  • dictionary's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dictionaries[11].
  • dictionary's Commons gallery is recorded as Dictionary[12].
  • dictionary's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[13].
  • dictionary's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • dictionary's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • dictionary's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[16].
  • dictionary's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[17].
  • dictionary's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18].
  • dictionary's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[19].
  • dictionary's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[20].
  • dictionary's manifestation of is recorded as Q8380731[21].
  • dictionary's different from is recorded as spell check dictionary[22].
  • dictionary's different from is recorded as word list[23].
  • dictionary's different from is recorded as Han dictionary[24].
  • dictionary's different from is recorded as lexical database[25].
  • dictionary's different from is recorded as Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto[26].
  • dictionary's history of topic is recorded as history of dictionaries[27].

Body

Definition and Type

dictionary's instance of is recorded as literary form[3]. Recorded subclass of include knowledge organization system[5], literary work[6], lexicographic work[7], publication[8], and reference work[9].

Origins

word is named after dictionary[4].

Influence

Things named for dictionary include Wiktionary[28], a MediaWiki wiki[29], founded in 2002[30] and dictionary coder[31].

Why It Matters

dictionary draws 1,494 Wikipedia views per month (literary_form category, ranking #10 of 42).[2] dictionary has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] dictionary is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for dictionary include Wiktionary[28], a MediaWiki wiki[29], founded in 2002[30] and dictionary coder[31].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . christianlehmann.eu. christianlehmann.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Rbms controlled vocabulary id cv01241
    American folklore society ethnographic thesaurus id afset005137
    Library of congress authority id sh99001671
    Gemet id 2173
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 5184, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  2. 19d ago · Dcflyer · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Idref id 027232050
    Aliases
    Described by source Otto's encyclopedia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary +5
    Subclass of knowledge organization system, literary work, lexicographic work +2
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P269]]: 027232050"
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