hoverlooknary by kthenrique
Extension that shows IPA pronunciation and definitions when hovering words on a page.
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About this extension
- Detects the hovered word in normal webpage text
- Selecting a word (double-click or drag) looks that exact text up instead of the hovered token, which helps when the hovered token is split across inline elements (e.g.
play+groundforplayground) - 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:
[cols="1,1,3", options="header"]
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| Code | Wiktionary | Notes
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pt| pt.wiktionary
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en| en.wiktionary
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de| de.wiktionary
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fr| fr.wiktionary
| Reference behavior
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es| es.wiktionary
| IPA only when the page provides it
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nl| nl.wiktionary
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it| it.wiktionary
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Pages whose `` maps to an unsupported code fall back to English.
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Required permissions:
- Access your data for all websites
Optional permissions:
- Access your data for all websites
Required data collection, according to the developer:
- Website content
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- Version
- 1.0.0
- Size
- 2.02 MB
- Last updated
- 9 days ago (Aug 4, 2026)
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- MIT License
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