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Right-Click Search Wiktionary by Chris Hayes

Select text and right-click to look the word up on Wiktionary.org

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Screenshot of the Firefox right-click menu. The user has the word “positivist” selected. The user is hovering the context menu item, “Search ‘positivist’ on Wiktionary.”
About this extension
A lightweight, privacy-respecting Firefox extension for searching Wiktionary.org.

Wiktionary.org is an open dictionary site from the same people who run Wikipedia. It has no ads, no tracking and better information than other dictionary sites.

Addon Functionality:
- Select any text on a webpage
- Right-click and choose "Search Wiktionary"
- Opens Wiktionary.org result in a new tab

Privacy & Permissions:
This extension uses only ONE permission (menus) and:
- Does not access or monitor your browsing activity
- Does not read or modify webpage content
- Can only access the text you have selected when you right-click
- No tracking, no analytics, no data collection

Open Source:
Fully open-source under GPL 3.0 license. You can check out the code on Codeberg.
Source code: https://codeberg.org/chris-hayes/right-click-search-wiktionary

This is the sister addon to "Right-Click Search Wikipedia": https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/quick-search-wikipedia/
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Version
1.0.3
Size
22.94 KB
Last updated
10 days ago (Apr 29, 2026)
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License
GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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