ʻO Wiktionary he papahana ma ka pūnaewele puni honua no ka hana ʻana i puke wehewehe ʻōlelo manuahi (me nā huaʻōlelo, nā māmalaʻōlelo, nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe) ma nā ʻōlelo kūlohelohe a me kekahi mau ʻōlelo hana. Hiki i kēia mau mea hoʻokomo ke loaʻa nā wehewehe, nā alakaʻi haʻi ʻōlelo, nā inflections, nā laʻana hoʻohana, nā huaʻōlelo pili, a me nā kiʻi no nā kiʻi, a me nā hiʻohiʻona ʻē aʻe. Hoʻoponopono pū ʻia ma o ka wiki. ʻO kona inoa he portmanteau o nā huaʻōlelo wiki a me ka puke wehewehe ʻōlelo. Loaʻa ia ma nā ʻōlelo 171 a ma ka English Simple. E like me kāna papahana kaikuahine Wikipedia, holo ʻia ʻo Wiktionary e ka Wikimedia Foundation, a ua kākau pū ʻia e nā mea manawaleʻa, i kapa ʻia ʻo "Wiktionarians". ʻO kāna polokalamu wiki, ʻo MediaWiki, hiki i kēlā me kēia mea ke komo i ka pūnaewele e hana a hoʻoponopono i nā mea kākau. No ka mea, ʻaʻole i kaupalena ʻia ʻo Wiktionary e ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i nā wahi paʻi, hāʻawi ka hapa nui o nā paʻi ʻōlelo o Wiktionary i nā wehewehe a me nā unuhi o nā huaʻōlelo mai nā ʻōlelo he nui, a hāʻawi kekahi mau paʻi i nā ʻike hou i loaʻa ma ka thesauri. Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ka ʻikepili Wiktionary i nā hana hoʻoponopono ʻōlelo kūlohelohe.