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noun

A consistently-formatted table which is present in articles with a common subject, typically at the top right corner of the page.

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Meanings

nouninfobox (plural infoboxes or (nonstandard) infoboxen)

plural infoboxes · nonstandard plural infoboxen

  1. wiki jargonA consistently-formatted table which is present in articles with a common subject, typically at the top right corner of the page.

    Roughly every third Wikipedia article contains an infobox – a table that displays important facts about the subject

    2010, Dustin Lange, Felix Naumann, Extracting structured information from Wikipedia articles to populate infoboxes

Origin

From info + box.

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Translations

German Hinweiskasten, Hinweistafel
  • HinweiskastenTranslations
  • HinweistafelTranslations
  • HinweisschildTranslations
  • InfoschildTranslations
  • InformationstafelTranslations
Polish infoboks
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Cite this entry
APA

infobox. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infobox

MLA

“infobox.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infobox. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “infobox,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infobox.

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