Wikidata:Property proposal/Cambridge Dictionary entry

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Cambridge Dictionary entry (British English)

Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Lexemes

Descriptionidentifier for an entry in the British English version of the Cambridge Dictionary
RepresentsCambridge Dictionary (Q115780266)
Data typeExternal identifier
Domainlexeme
Allowed values[a-z0-9\-]+
Example 1kerb (L721633) --> kerb
Example 2the lowdown (L749819) --> lowdown
Example 3Yemeni (L34515) --> yemeni
Example 4Yemeni (L749821) --> yemeni
Example 5all at once (L185470) --> all-at-once
Example 6 (L44135) --> 24-7
Example 7St John's wort/St. John's wort (L749822) --> st-john-s-wort
Example 8Zimbabwe (L254116) --> zimbabwe
Example 9Jesus Christ (L40036) --> jesus-christ
Sourcehttps://dictionary.cambridge.org/
Planned useadding to newly created lexemes or lexemes being edited
Expected completenessalways incomplete (Q21873886)
Formatter URLhttps://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/$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"-valueCambridge Dictionary (Q115780266)
Distinct-values constraintno

Motivation

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

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