wikitext

wi·ki·text
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UK, US/ˈwɪ.kiˌtɛkst/

noun

A lightweight markup language used to format and structure pages in wikis.

Similar
wikicodewiki markup
OriginEnglish text ← Middle English text ← Old French texte →
UncommonScrabble 22
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Meanings

nounwikitext (uncountable)
  1. uncountablewiki jargoncomputer languagesA lightweight markup language used to format and structure pages in wikis.

    It is also possible to extend the wikitext with explicit semantic information encoded with the use of RDF[…]

    2011, Ngoc Thanh Nguyen, Transactions on Computational Collective Intelligence III, page 106

    Synonyms: wikicode, wiki markup

  2. uncountablewiki jargonContent that has been marked up with such a language.

    This latter format, called wikitext, is written by means of a simplified markup language and its style and syntax vary, depending on the different implementations.

    2010, Francisco V. Cipolla-Ficarra, Quality and Communicability for Interactive Hypermedia Systems

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA lightweight markup language used to format and structure pages in wikis.

Similar
wikicodewiki markup
Also see
wiki markup

Origin

  1. Proto-Polynesian*witi
  2. Hawaiianwiki
  3. Hawaiianwikiwiki
  4. Proto-Indo-European*webʰ-
  5. Proto-Germanic*webaną
  6. Proto-Germanic*wabją
  7. Old Englishwebb
  8. Middle Englishweb
  9. Englishweb
  10. EnglishWikiWikiWebclip.
  11. Englishwiki
  12. Proto-Indo-European*tek-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*téksti
  14. Proto-Italic*teksō
  15. Latintexō
  16. New Latintextus
  17. Old Frenchtexte
  18. Middle Englishtext
  19. Englishtext
  20. Englishwikitext

From wiki + text.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian уиките́кст
  • уиките́кст (uikitékst)markup language for wikis
Danish wikikode
  • wikikodemarkup language for wikis
Finnish wikiteksti
  • wikitekstimarkup language for wikis
French wikitexte
  • wikitextemarkup language for wikis
Indonesian teks wiki
  • teks wikimarkup language for wikis
Japanese ウィキテキスト
  • ウィキテキスト (wikitekisuto)markup language for wikis
Korean 위키텍스트
  • 위키텍스트 (wikitekseuteu)markup language for wikis
Polish wikitekst
  • wikitekstmarkup language for wikis
Portuguese wikitexto
  • wikitextomarkup language for wikis
Ukrainian вікіте́кст
  • вікіте́кст (vikitékst)markup language for wikis
Cite this entry
APA

wikitext. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wikitext

MLA

“wikitext.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wikitext. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wikitext,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wikitext.

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