Wikidata:Property proposal/Cambridge Dictionary entry (American English)

Cambridge Dictionary entry (American English)[edit]

Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Lexemes

Done: Cambridge Dictionary entry (American English) (P11423) (Talk and documentation)

Description	identifier for an entry in the American English version of the Cambridge Dictionary
Represents	Cambridge Dictionary (Q115780266)
Data type	External identifier
Domain	lexeme
Allowed values	[a-z0-9\-]+
Example 1	curb (L16605) --> curb
Example 2	Yemeni (L34515) --> yemeni
Example 3	Yemeni (L749821) --> yemeni
Example 4	the lowdown (L749819) --> lowdown
Example 5	(L44135) --> 24-7
Example 6	hopping John (L749823) --> hopping-john
Example 7	hoppin' John (L749824) --> hopping-john
Example 8	all the best (L749825) --> all-the-best
Source	https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/
Planned use	adding to newly created lexemes or lexemes being edited
Expected completeness	always incomplete (Q21873886)
Formatter URL	https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/$1
See also	Collins 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"-value	Cambridge Dictionary (Q115780266)
Distinct-values constraint	no

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 property is for the American English version of the dictionary. UWashPrincipalCataloger (talk) 21:10, 20 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]