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hoverlooknary by kthenrique

Show word definitions and IPA on hover.

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Hover to look IPA transcription and definition from Wikitionary
About this extension
  • Detects the hovered word in normal webpage text
  • Detects the page language from the `` attribute
  • Queries the matching Wiktionary MediaWiki API for the word's wikitext
  • Parses the page's language section for IPA, part of speech, and the first short definitions
  • Shows a tooltip with the word and its IPA on the right, and one line per entry: <word class> <first meaning> (IPA is omitted when the page has no pronunciation data)
  • When a word is an inflected/derived form (e.g. a conjugated verb), the root lemma (e.g. the infinitive) is fetched from Wiktionary and shown underneath the derived word
  • Results are cached in memory for the session; requests are debounced and aborted while the pointer is moving


The parser is config-driven; each language carries its own section headings, POS markers, pronunciation templates, and cleanup rules. Supported out of the box:

| Code | Wiktionary | Notes |
|------|--------------|-------------------------------------|
| fr | fr.wiktionary | Original behavior |
| en | en.wiktionary | |
| de | de.wiktionary | |
| es | es.wiktionary | IPA only when the page provides it |
| it | it.wiktionary | |
| pt | pt.wiktionary | |

Pages whose `` maps to an unsupported code fall back to English.
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Version
0.1.0
Size
20.11 KB
Last updated
3 days ago (Jul 31, 2026)
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  • translate
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