This extension allows you to perform a quick search on the Wiktionary.
What is Wiktionary Search?
"Wiktionary Search" is a Chrome extension that provides a faster and easier route to word search on the English Wiktionary site. It includes a handy button for initiating searches and also embeds the option to right-click any selected text to directly search it on Wiktionary. The codebase for the extension is available on Github. Featured improvements such as search history and locale-optimized search-predictions are on the way.
Extension stats
By: celeissl
Users: 1,000+
Rating: 4.20
(25)
Creation date: 2017-02-16
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
Size: 103.42K
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Extension summary
Adds a button that lets you search for a word on the English wiktionary site. Also lets you right click on a selected piece of text to search on wiktionary.
Git Hub: https://github.com/opr/WiktionarySearch
Coming soon: Search history and search-prediction in your locale
User reviews
Pros
- Quick right-click search feature
- Does what it says; provides redirection to Wiktionary
- Useful for languages covered well on Wiktionary
Cons
- Lacks configurable hotkey
- No support for Unicode in language selection
- Cannot search from English Wiktionary pages when using Chinese
Most mentioned
- Quick right-click search feature
- Lacks configurable hotkey
- Redirects to Wiktionary page
Recent reviews
Can you also make a keyboard shortcut?
You can choose language, initially using your system's.
Exactly what I wanted
Extension safety
Risk impact
Wiktionary Search requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Wiktionary Search has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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