search-wikt 0.0.2

A simple command-line tool for searching Wiktionary.

Search Wiktionary

A simple command-line tool for searching English Wiktionary using Wiktionary Parser (click).

Wiktionary definitions are licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Visit wiktionary at wiktionary.org (click).

Installation

To install, run:

pip install search_wikt

Or, to clone the repository run:

git clone https://github.com/lauramvx/search_wikt

Examples

py src\search_wikt\core.py hunig -l "Old English"

hunig
From Proto-West Germanic *hunag, from Proto-Germanic *hunagą. Cognate with Old Frisian hunig, Old Saxon honeg, and Old High German honag; also Old Norse hunang, from the alternative form *hunangą.

IPA: /ˈxu.nij/, [ˈhu.nij]
noun
huniġ n
honey

py src\search_wikt\core.py ac -l "Old English" -ex -r

ac 1
From Proto-Germanic *aiks.

IPA: /ɑːk/
IPA: /ɑk/
noun
āc f
oak (wood or tree)
(poetic) an oaken ship
(masculine) the runic character ᚪ (/a/)
ac 2
From Proto-Germanic *ak.

IPA: /ɑːk/
IPA: /ɑk/
conjunction
ac
but
but instead: in this sense ac should sometimes be translated as "but," but most often it is best left untranslated


Sēo æx forġiett, ac þæt trēow ġeman.The axe forgets, but  the tree remembers.
The axe forgets, but  the tree remembers.
Ne ġēotaþ wē tēaras, ac blōd.We don't shed tears, we shed blood.
We don't shed tears, we shed blood.
Nōn egō, sed tū: “Nā iċ, ac þū.” Nōn bōs est, sed equus: “Nis hit nā oxa, ac is hors.”Non ego, sed tu: “Not me, you.” Non bos est, sed equus: “It's not an ox, it's a horse.”
Non ego, sed tu: “Not me, you.” Non bos est, sed equus: “It's not an ox, it's a horse.”