GET
/
words
/
{id}
curl --request GET \
  --url http://igboapi.com/api/v2/words/{id} \
  --header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>'
{
  "id": "<string>",
  "word": "<string>",
  "wordClass": "<string>",
  "pronunciation": "<string>",
  "definitions": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "attributes": {
    "isStandardIgbo": true,
    "isAccented": true,
    "isSlang": true,
    "isConstructedTerm": true,
    "isBorrowedTerm": true,
    "isStem": true,
    "isCommon": true
  },
  "relatedTerms": "<string>",
  "nsibidi": "<string>",
  "dialects": [
    {
      "word": "<string>",
      "dialects": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "pronunciation": "<string>",
      "variations": [
        "<string>"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "variations": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "id": "<string>",
      "igbo": "<string>",
      "english": "<string>",
      "pronunciation": "<string>",
      "meaning": "<string>",
      "style": {},
      "associatedWords": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "nsibidi": "<string>"
    }
  ]
}

Authorizations

​
X-API-Key
string
header
required

Query Parameters

​
dialects
string

Includes dialect information in each document

​
examples
string

Includes examples associated with each document

​
wordClasses
string

Comma-separated string of word classes that filters words that match the word class (a.k.a. part of speech)

Response

200
application/json
Words response
​
id
string
required

Id of word

​
word
string
required

The headword

​
wordClass
string
required

The part of speech

​
pronunciation
string
required

Audio URI of word recording

​
definitions
string[]
required

The English definitions

​
attributes
object
required

The word attributes

​
nsibidi
string
required

Nsịbịdị representation of the text

​
relatedTerms
string

Ids of related word documents

​
dialects
object[]

Dialectal variations of the word

​
variations
string[]

Spelling variations of the headword

​
examples
object[]

Associated example Igbo sentences

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