Wikiquote bụ otu n'ime ezinaụlọ nke ọrụ dabere na wiki nke Wikimedia Foundation na-arụ, na-arụ na ngwanrọ MediaWiki. Dabere n'echiche nke Daniel Alston ma mejuputa ya site na Brion Vibber, ebumnuche nke oru ngo, nke malitere dị ka mpụta na Wikipedia Famous Quotations, bụ ijikọ ọnụ wepụta nnukwu ntụaka nke nhota sitere n'aka ndị a ma ama, akwụkwọ, ihe nkiri, ilu, wdg na ịdị mma dị ka o kwere mee n'ihe gbasara nkọwa nke nhota ndị ahụ na inyekwa ntụnye aka nke mmadụ kwesịrị ekwesị. N'agbanyeghi na enwere otutu nchịkọta okwu n'ịntanetị, a na-amata Wikiquote site n'iso na ole na ole na-enye ohere maka ndị ọbịa inye aka yana ole na ole na-agba mbọ ịnye kpọmkwem isi mmalite maka nhota ọ bụla yana ndozi nke nhota ndị ezighi ezi. Ejikọtara ibe Wikiquote na akụkọ gbasara ndị ama ama na Wikipedia. Na mbụ, e kere ọrụ ahụ naanị na Bekee; amalitere mgbasawanye ka emechara ịgụnye asụsụ ndị ọzọ na Julaị 2004.