Wiktionary · Schema
LanguageEntry
One language's worth of definitions for the term.
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Properties
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| partOfSpeech | string | Grammatical part of speech for this entry. |
| language | string | Human-readable language name. |
| definitions | array |
JSON Schema
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wiktionary/refs/heads/main/json-schema/rest-api-language-entry-schema.json",
"title": "LanguageEntry",
"description": "One language's worth of definitions for the term.",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"partOfSpeech": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Grammatical part of speech for this entry.",
"example": "Interjection"
},
"language": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Human-readable language name.",
"example": "English"
},
"definitions": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"title": "DefinitionEntry",
"type": "object",
"required": [
"definition"
],
"properties": {
"definition": {
"type": "string",
"description": "HTML/wikitext definition body for one sense.",
"example": "A standard greeting."
},
"examples": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Raw usage example strings.",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"example": [
"Hello, world!"
]
},
"parsedExamples": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Structured usage examples (HTML or translation pairs).",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": true
}
}
}
}
}
},
"required": [
"partOfSpeech",
"language",
"definitions"
]
}