Wiktionary Parser

A python project which downloads words from English Wiktionary (en.wiktionary.org) and parses articles' content in an easy to use JSON format. Right now, it parses etymologies, definitions, pronunciations, examples, audio links and related words.

There are many free dictionary APIs nowadays which may or may not make this project redundant for you, do check out https://dictionaryapi.dev, for example.

JSON structure

[{
    "pronunciations": {
        "text": ["pronunciation text"],
        "audio": ["pronunciation audio"]
    },
    "definitions": [{
        "relatedWords": [{
            "relationshipType": "word relationship type",
            "words": ["list of related words"]
        }],
        "text": ["list of definitions"],
        "partOfSpeech": "part of speech",
        "examples": ["list of examples"]
    }],
    "etymology": "etymology text",
}]

Installation

Using pip

• run pip install wiktionaryparser

From Source

• Clone the repo or download the zip
• cd to the folder
• run pip install -r "requirements.txt"

Usage

• Import the WiktionaryParser class.
• Initialize an object and use the fetch("word", "language") method.
• The default language is English, it can be changed using the set_default_language method.
• Include/exclude parts of speech to be parsed using include_part_of_speech(part_of_speech) and exclude_part_of_speech(part_of_speech)
• Include/exclude relations to be parsed using include_relation(relation) and exclude_relation(relation)

Examples

>>> from wiktionaryparser import WiktionaryParser
>>> parser = WiktionaryParser()
>>> word = parser.fetch('test')
>>> another_word = parser.fetch('test', 'french')
>>> parser.set_default_language('french')
>>> parser.exclude_part_of_speech('noun')
>>> parser.include_relation('alternative forms')

Requirements

Python 3.10+

Contributions

If you want to add features/improvement or report issues, feel free to send a pull request!

License

Wiktionary Parser is licensed under MIT.