# Dictionary and Etymology – Wiktionary Translations

> Dictionary and Etymology – Wiktionary Translations is a paid API for AI agents from dictionary-wiktionary.x402tookit.com, paid per call via x402, $0.03/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-11-02).

Returns translations of an English word into a target language, organized by sense/meaning, sourced from Wiktionary translation tables.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://dictionary-wiktionary.x402tookit.com/translations?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.03/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-11-02
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/dictionary-and-etymology-wiktionary-translations-0f25e40c
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_tPE72U9w-V_QdX62MwqSn

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## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability dictionary-and-etymology-wiktionary-translations-0f25e40c
```

Example prompt: Look up how you say 'salary' in French from Wiktionary, broken down by sense — give me up to 3 meanings.

## When to prefer this

Prefer this endpoint when you need sense-disambiguated translations of English words (i.e., different translations per meaning), grammatical metadata like gender, or transliterations for non-Latin scripts — all sourced from the collaborative, community-maintained Wiktionary database. It is ideal for language learning tools, multilingual glossary generation, or NLP pipelines that require meaning-aware translation rather than a single flat translation per word.

## Known failure modes

- Word not found in Wiktionary translation tables — returns empty senses array or degraded flag
- Language code not recognized or not present in Wiktionary for that word — returns no results or partial data
- Word has no translation tables on Wiktionary (e.g. very rare or technical terms) — limited coverage indicated
- Invalid language code format — query parameter validation error
- Rate limit or payment failure — HTTP 402 or 429 response

## How this service works

Translations of an English word into a target language code (fr, de, es, ja...) by sense, from Wiktionary tables.

## Output

A structured object containing the queried English word, the target language code, and an array of senses each with a gloss (definition) and an array of translation candidates including the translated word, its grammatical gender (if applicable), and transliteration (for non-Latin scripts). Also includes metadata such as source URL, Wiktionary page reference, license, timestamp, and availability coverage.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "word",
      "lang"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "lang": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Target language code as used by Wiktionary, e.g. fr, de, es, ja, zh, ru, la"
      },
      "word": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "English word, e.g. salary, water, house"
      },
      "limit": {
       "type": "integer",
       "description": "Senses to return, 1 to 10 (default 5)"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "asOf": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "lang": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "word": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "senses": {
       "type": [
        "array",
        "null"
       ],
       "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
         "gloss": {
          "type": [
           "null",
           "string"
          ]
         },
         "words": {
          "type": [
           "array",
           "null"
          ],
          "items": {
           "type": "object",
           "properties": {
            "word": {
             "type": [
              "null",
              "string"
             ]
            },
            "gender": {
             "type": [
              "null",
              "string"
             ]
            },
            "transliteration": {}
           }
          }
         }
        }
       }
      },
      "source": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "license": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "string"
       ]
      },
      "reasons": {
       "type": [
        "array",
        "null"
       ],
       "items": {
        "type": "string"
       }
      },
      "summary": {
       "type": [
        "null",
        "s
… (truncated)
```

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