meetDeveloper / freeDictionaryAPI

There was no free Dictionary API on the web when I wanted one for my friend, so I created one.
https://dictionaryapi.dev/
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Words have no origin #208

Open rafaeldevvv opened 6 months ago

rafaeldevvv commented 6 months ago

I've requested many words from this API and none of them had an origin.

In the homepage of this api's website, they display the json response for the word hello:

  [
    {
      "word": "hello",
      "phonetic": "həˈləʊ",
      "phonetics": [
        {
          "text": "həˈləʊ",
          "audio": "//ssl.gstatic.com/dictionary/static/sounds/20200429/hello--_gb_1.mp3"
        },
        {
          "text": "hɛˈləʊ"
        }
      ],
      "origin": "early 19th century: variant of earlier hollo ; related to holla.",
      "meanings": [
        {
          "partOfSpeech": "exclamation",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "definition": "used as a greeting or to begin a phone conversation.",
              "example": "hello there, Katie!",
              "synonyms": [],
              "antonyms": []
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "partOfSpeech": "noun",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "definition": "an utterance of ‘hello’; a greeting.",
              "example": "she was getting polite nods and hellos from people",
              "synonyms": [],
              "antonyms": []
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "partOfSpeech": "verb",
          "definitions": [
            {
              "definition": "say or shout ‘hello’.",
              "example": "I pressed the phone button and helloed",
              "synonyms": [],
              "antonyms": []
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]

But reality is:

[
  {
    "word": "hello",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "audio": ["https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/hello-au.mp3"](https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/hello-au.mp3),
        "sourceUrl": ["https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75797336"](https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75797336),
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 4.0",
          "url": ["https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0"](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
        }
      },
      {
        "text": "/həˈləʊ/",
        "audio": ["https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/hello-uk.mp3"](https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/hello-uk.mp3),
        "sourceUrl": ["https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9021983"](https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9021983),
        "license": {
          "name": "BY 3.0 US",
          "url": ["https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us"](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us)
        }
      },
      {
        "text": "/həˈloʊ/",
        "audio": ""
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "\"Hello!\" or an equivalent greeting.",
            "synonyms": [            ],
            "antonyms": [            ]
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "greeting"
        ],
        "antonyms": [        ]
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To greet with \"hello\".",
            "synonyms": [            ],
            "antonyms": [            ]
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [        ],
        "antonyms": [        ]
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "interjection",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A greeting (salutation) said when meeting someone or acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence.",
            "synonyms": [            ],
            "antonyms": [            ],
            "example": "Hello, everyone."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A greeting used when answering the telephone.",
            "synonyms": [            ],
            "antonyms": [            ],
            "example": "Hello? How may I help you?"
          },
          {
            "definition": "A call for response if it is not clear if anyone is present or listening, or if a telephone conversation may have been disconnected.",
            "synonyms": [            ],
            "antonyms": [            ],
            "example": "Hello? Is anyone there?"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Used sarcastically to imply that the person addressed or referred to has done something the speaker or writer considers to be foolish.",
            "synonyms": [            ],
            "antonyms": [            ],
            "example": "You just tried to start your car with your cell phone. Hello?"
          },
          {
            "definition": "An expression of puzzlement or discovery.",
            "synonyms": [            ],
            "antonyms": [            ],
            "example": "Hello! What’s going on here?"
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "bye",
          "goodbye"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": ["https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
     [ "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hello"](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hello)
    ]
  }
]

There's no origin.