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Number of entries

Currently: 8,265,882

Contributor Language Part of speech Entry name Entry number Date
User:Equinox English noun form kuranchees 8,000,000 2024-04-19
User:Jberkel German noun Sprachkenntnissen 7,000,000 2022-03-26
User:Surjection Finnish noun konelypsy 6,000,000 2019-04-09
User:Equinox English noun unquestioningness 5,500,000 2018-03-04
User:Dixtosa Georgian verb ათარიღებს 5,000,000 2016-11-25
User:Mar vin kaiser Tagalog noun pangngalan 4,750,000 2016-07-19
User:SemperBlottoBot French noun bissels 4,500,000 2016-02-05
User:SemperBlotto French noun appréciabilité 4,250,000 2015-11-10
User:Type56op9 Spanish past participle cundidos 4,000,000 2015-04-25
User:Equinox English noun snowball tree 3,750,000 2014-05-12
User:SemperBlottoBot Italian adjective form serviana 3,500,000 2013-09-11
User:Stephen G. Brown Russian adjective дружественный 3,250,000 2013-02-05
User:SemperBlotto French proper noun Modène 3,000,000 2012-05-23
User:SemperBlotto Latin noun flosculos 2,750,000 2011-11-23
User:SemperBlottoBot French verb form désavouassions 2,500,000 2011-06-09
User:SemperBlotto Latin noun concessio 2,400,000 2011-04-05
User:LA2-bot Swedish verb form seedande 2,300,000 2011-02-08
User:Daniel Carrero English proper noun Hausa Sign Language 2,200,000 2010-12-31
User:KassadBot German verb form eintippend 2,100,000 2010-11-14
User:Prince Kassad German noun Jubiläum 2,000,000 2010-09-07
User:KassadBot German verb form ausrissen 1,900,000 2010-08-29
User:Equinox English verb deghettoize 1,800,000 2010-07-21
User:Rising Sun English verb cherry-pop 1,700,000 2010-04-26
User:Daniel Carrero Portuguese pronoun vc 1,600,000 2010-03-07
User:EncycloPetey Latin verb ingemino 1,500,000 2009-11-27
User:Nadando Spanish noun afligimiento 1,400,000 2009-09-07
User:EncycloPetey Galician noun frecha 1,300,000 2009-06-19
User:Matthias Buchmeier Spanish noun complicidad 1,200,000 2009-03-24
User:SemperBlotto Italian verb pacificare 1,100,000 2008-12-28
User:Jackofclubs English interjection good job 1,000,000 2008-10-18
User:Ivan Štambuk Croatian noun epileptičar 950,000 2008-10-06
User:EncycloPetey Galician verb afixésedes 900,000 2008-09-02
User:Jyril Finnish noun taus 850,000 2008-07-06
User:Gauss Polish noun wiązówka 800,000 2008-05-06
User:Nadando Spanish verb desproveer 750,000 2008-03-16
User:Scs English noun chorus line 700,000 2008-02-24
User:Zeitlupe German verb ackern 650,000 2008-01-20
User:Nadando Spanish verb engrillar 600,000 2007-12-02
User:Ivan Štambuk Croatian noun neptunij 550,000 2007-10-11
User:16@r French verb rigoler 500,000 2007-08-16
User:Mike Dillon Ancient Greek adjective form ἁγνόν 475,000 2007-07-28
User:Jyril Finnish noun rohto 450,000 2007-07-09
User:Barmar Italian verb bombardare 425,000 2007-06-23
User:SemperBlotto English noun reflectin 400,000 2007-06-09
User:Widsith English adjective gilden 375,000 2007-05-29
User:EncycloPetey Spanish plural eslovenos 350,000 2007-04-01
User:Carl Daniels Japanese noun 雷雨 325,000 2007-01-30
User:TheCheatBot English plural electroplatings 300,000 2006-11-04
User:TheDaveBot Spanish verb resigna 275,000 2006-10-03
User:Dvortygirl English noun escapist 250,000 2006-10-03
User:TheDaveRoss English noun unease 225,000 2006-09-30
User:Dijan Hindi adjective आवश्यक 200,000 2006-09-28
User:SemperBlotto English noun snowmobile 195,000 2006-09-27
User:TheDaveBot Spanish verb form anexe 190,000 2006-09-26
User:TheDaveBot Spanish verb form acople 185,000 2006-09-25
User:Dvortygirl English noun holdover 175,000 2006-09-11
User:BD2412 Pinyin transliteration ya0 170,000 2006-08-26
User:SemperBlotto English noun castoff 165,000 2006-08-06
User:Vildricianus English adjective industriousness 160,000 2006-07-15
User:Vildricianus Translingual entry Struthioniformes 155,000 2006-06-27
User:Drago Old English noun gylt 150,000 (or ↓) 2006-06-12
User:Connel MacKenzie English plural natures 150,000 (or ↑) 2006-06-05
User:Dvortygirl English phrase greener pastures 145,000 2006-05-25
User:Drago Croatian adjective veseo 140,000 2006-05-05
User:Jonathan Webley English adjective saurian 135,000 2006-04-14
User:SemperBlotto English adjective sulfurous 130,000 2006-03-28
User:Davilla English noun drum cadence 125,000 2006-03-06
User:Sunshine23 Turkish noun cinsel ilişki 120,000 2006-02-08
User:Leggb English proper noun Dorchester 115,000 2006-01-24
User:Conn, Kit English noun staff officer 110,000 2006-01-03
User:Tohru Japanese verb かける 105,000 2005-12-03
User:SemperBlotto English noun colposcope 100,000 2005-11-08
User:Dangherous Welsh noun Ffrangeg 99,000 2005-11-05
User:Newnoise German noun Tischtennis 98,000 2005-10-30
User:JillianE English noun electorate 97,000 2005-10-23
User:212.165.146.59 English adjective fait 96,000 2005-10-14
User:Connel MacKenzie English plural compliments 95,000 2005-10-08
User:MGSpiller English verb form reckoned 94,000 2005-10-03
User:Sarefo German noun Baumralle 93,000 2005-09-27
User:Dijan Serbian adjective јапански 92,000 2005-09-23
User:Schneelocke Icelandic noun þyngd 91,000 2005-09-17
User:Schneelocke Icelandic verb reykja 90,000 2005-09-14
User:Schneelocke Icelandic noun bensínstöð 89,000 2005-09-11
User:Widsith Old English pronoun hwæt 88,000 2005-09-02
User:Shoehorn English noun kenosis 87,000 2005-08-27
User:FarEast Russian noun лесопарк 86,000 2005-08-22
User:Jonathan Webley English noun brainstem 85,000 2005-08-18
User:Connel MacKenzie English verb form betrayed 84,000 2005-08-13
User:Hippietrail English Citation page jimmy/Citations 83,000 2005-08-09
User:Joel7687 English noun mesmerist 82,000 2005-08-06
User:Gliorszio French verb form viendra 81,000 2005-07-31
User:Dvortygirl English noun go-between 80,000 2005-07-22
User:Paul G English interjection fuck me 79,000 2005-07-15
User:E. abu Filumena Alabama verb ipa 78,000 2005-07-09
User:Gliorszio French verb form lançâtes 77,000 2005-07-01
User:HiFlyer English noun espousal 76,000 2005-06-26
User:Mike Swedish noun födelsedagskalas 75,000 2005-06-21
User:Dvortygirl English phrase dawn on 74,000 2005-06-13
User:195.136.49.36 Chinese Han character 73,000 2005-06-06
User:SemperBlotto English affix -nil- 72,000 2005-06-01
User:McBot English noun Transwiki:Annulet 71,000 2005-05-25
User:SemperBlotto English noun malonic acid 70,000 2005-05-18
User:Connel MacKenzie English adverb experimentally 69,000 2005-05-11
User:193.109.146.14 Russian noun сумка 68,000 2005-05-03
User:TheDaveRoss Spanish noun cohete 67,000 2005-04-27
User:MG French noun synonyme 66,000 2005-04-22
User:McBot English transwiki Transwiki:Coaming 65,000 2005-04-17
User:Dvortygirl English phrase get cold feet 64,000 2005-04-12
User:Paul G English noun bum bag 63,000 2005-04-06
User:Wonderfool French adjective merdique 62,000 2005-03-30
User:SemperBlotto English adjective knaggy 61,000 2005-03-23
User:Mike Swedish proper noun Bulgarien 60,000 2005-03-16
User:Dmol English verb double-click 59,000 2005-03-09
User:Cam Esperanto noun basto 58,000 2005-02-28
User:Cammoore English noun commensalism 57,000 2005-02-23
User:SemperBlotto English noun galangal 56,000 2005-02-13
User:SemperBlotto English noun ragwort 55,000 2005-02-02
User:Paul G English verb imperil 54,000 2005-01-25
User:SemperBlotto English abbreviation LBW 53,000 2005-01-16
User:Joeblakesly English noun homepage 52,000 2004-12-31
User:219.173.119.31 French noun acteur 51,000 2004-12-08
User:Paul G N/A index page Rhymes:English:-ælɪn 50,000 2004-11-23
User:Dmh English noun lane violation 49,000 2004-11-09
User:24.214.46.232 English noun attachment disorder 48,000 2004-10-21
User:Paul G N/A index page Rhymes:English:-ɪŋi 47,000 2004-10-07
User:DavidL Russian noun си мажор 46,000 2004-09-20
User:Paul G English noun vest 45,000 2004-09-08
User:82.166.250.123 Volapük verb vum 44,000 2004-08-26
User:219.173.119.31 Chinese proper noun 加的夫 43,000 2004-08-05
User:Curtisweyant English adverb ayond 42,000 2004-07-20
User:Cronian English adjective unequal 41,000 2004-06-30
User:82.32.36.152 Toki Pona noun luka 40,000 2004-06-05

Number of languages

  • 2016 April 05: Wiktionary includes 5,141,501 entries on ~4,685,000 content pages, containing 2,246,569 gloss definitions and 5,004,890 form-of definitions, in 2336 languages — approximately one-third of the number of languages spoken in the world. 11 languages have at least 100,000 entries: Latin, English, Italian, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Russian, German, Finnish, Latvian, and Esperanto. Two languages have over 100,000 gloss definitions: English (549,301) and Italian (142,120).
  • 2015 August 08: Wiktionary includes 2,089,893 gloss definitions and 4,254,542 form-of definitions of 4,540,520 words (L2 sections; including inflected forms) from 1628 languages, spread out over on ~4,132,000 content pages (~4,498,000 including talk pages, etc).
  • 2015 April 25: Wiktionary includes four million entries.
  • 2015 January 3: Wiktionary has 4 268 023 entries (that is, L2 sections) spread out over about 3 900 000 pages; it has at least one entry in each of 1529 languages. The same ten languages constitute the 100k club: Latin, English, Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Finnish, Esperanto and Latvian. The languages with the most gloss (non "form of") definitions are English (497 247), Italian (135 079) and Japanese (84 640).
  • 2014 August 20: Wiktionary has at least one entry in each of 1506 languages. The languages with the most entries are Latin (658 670), English (554 349) and Italian (514 237); the languages with the most definitions are Latin (1 092 069), English (723 588) and Italian (646 528), but this includes inflected forms' "definitions"; the languages with the most "gloss" definitions are English (486 026), Italian (135 173) and Japanese (81 594).
  • 2014 February 06: Latvian joins the 100k club: Wiktionary now has 100 000+ entries in ten languages: Latin, English, Italian, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Finnish, Esperanto and Latvian. 1214 lects have at least one entry.
  • 2013 December 08: Wiktionary has granted codes to 7720 lects; 139 are Wiktionary-specific exceptional codes, the rest are ISO codes. 1150 lects have at least one entry.
  • 2013 September 01: Wiktionary has 100 000+ entries in nine languages, as Portuguese makes a rapid rise into the middle of the 100k pack. Latin has the most entries (628 931), followed by English (510 941), Italian (496 796), French (281 228), Spanish, Portuguese, German, Finnish and Esperanto. Wiktionary has 10+ entries in 559 languages (and 1000+ entries in 104 languages), including the aforementioned nine. It has at least one entry in each of 1117 languages.
  • 2013 February 25: Wiktionary has 100 000+ entries in eight languages, as German joins the list: Latin, English, Italian, French, Spanish, Finnish, Esperanto and German.
  • 2012 November 27: Wiktionary has 10+ entries in 500+ languages
  • 2012 September 20: Wiktionary has at least one entry in 1000+ languages
  • 2012 March 29: Wiktionary has 100 000+ entries in seven languages, as Esperanto joins the list: Latin, Italian, English, Spanish, French, Finnish and Esperanto.
  • 2011 October 08: Wiktionary has at least one entry in 800+ languages
  • 2011 March 08: Wiktionary has 100 000+ entries in six languages, as Finnish joins the list: Italian, Latin, English, Spanish, French and Finnish.
  • 2010 September 01: after the number of Latin entries triples in a week, Wiktionary has 100 000+ entries in five languages: Italian, English, Spanish, French and Latin.
  • 2010 August 24: Wiktionary has 10+ entries in 400+ languages
  • 2010 April 03: Wiktionary has at least one entry in 750+ languages, and 10+ entries in 385 languages. Wiktionary has 100 000+ entries in four languages: Italian, English, Spanish and French.

Other milestones

  • 2018 February 19: the 500,000th English lemma was added, motlopi.
  • 2014 February 22: Wiktionary defines 519 279 adjectives (across all languages), 61 678 adverbs, 541 articles, 3056 conjunctions, 1114 determiners, 6284 interjections, 1 299 923 nouns, 144 954 participles, 995 particles, 4080 prefixes, 4300 prepositions, 10 224 pronouns, 107 697 proper nouns, 5323 suffixes, and 1 778 383 verbs.
  • 2014 January 18: Wiktionary has about 211 000 English nouns, about 83 000 English adjectives and about 29 000 English verbs (including alternative forms). It has about 22 000 German nouns and 3 600 German verbs, and about 12 000 Dutch nouns and 3 600 Dutch verbs. 102 users have administrator privileges (not all are active).
  • 2013 September 20: Wiktionary has about 206 000 English nouns, about 81 000 English adjectives and about 28 000 English verbs (including alternative forms).
  • 2010 May 08: Wiktionary has 3000 Dutch verbs.
  • 2007 December 04: The basic English word list of 18 000 words has been completed.
  • 2007 May 08: Beobach972 became the English Wiktionary's 50th user with the sysop flag.

See also