Wikidata:Property proposal/Macmillan Dictionary entry

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Macmillan Dictionary entry (British English)[edit]

Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Lexemes

Descriptionidentifier for an entry in the British English version of the Macmillan Dictionary
RepresentsMacmillan Dictionary (Q55579300)
Data typeExternal identifier
Domainlexeme
Allowed values[A-z0-9\_\-]+
Example 1kerb (L721633) --> kerb
Example 2Jurassic (L749280) --> jurassic
Example 3ghost (L23370) --> ghost_1
Example 4ghost (L23371) --> ghost_2
Example 5merrily (L24347) --> merrily
Example 6Uruguayan (L34480) --> uruguayan_1
Example 7Zambian (L722700) --> zambian_2
Example 8cliche/cliché (L318179) --> cliche
Example 9 (L44135) --> 24-7
Example 10so long (L583197) --> so-long
Example 11as a rule (L186037) --> as-a-rule
Sourcehttps://www.macmillandictionary.com/
Planned useadding to lexemes being created or being edited
Expected completenessalways incomplete (Q21873886)
Formatter URLhttps://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/$1
See alsoCollins Online English Dictionary entry (P11230), The Britannica Dictionary entry (P11263), Merriam-Webster online dictionary entry (P11130), Oxford English Dictionary entry ID (pre-July 2023) (P5275)
Applicable "stated in"-valueMacmillan Dictionary (Q55579300)

Motivation[edit]

Like other properties listed above under "see also", this property would link English-language lexemes to a major English dictionary with stable and predictable URLs. This is for the British English version of the dictionary. UWashPrincipalCataloger (talk) 04:48, 19 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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