Template:calque/documentation

This template indicates that a term originated as a (also called a ) of a term in another language. Use if the word already existed in the borrowing language, and simply had a new meaning added to it.

Example:

or the abbreviation

evaluates to

Parameters

 * 1
 * The language code (see Languages) of the language the calque appears in, which should be the language of the section that the template is placed in.


 * 2
 * The language from which the calque is derived.


 * 3
 * The source word of the calque.


 * 4 or alt
 * An alternative display form to show for the term, see and.


 * 5 or t (the parameter gloss is deprecated)
 * The translation of the term.


 * pos
 * A part-of-speech label for the term.


 * tr
 * The transliteration for the term, if there is no automatically generated transliteration or the automatically generated transliteration is wrong.


 * g, g2, g3 and so on
 * Gender and number, as in and ; see Module:gender and number for details.


 * lit
 * A literal translation for the term, see and.


 * id
 * A sense id for the term, see and.


 * sc
 * Script code to use, see and.


 * sort
 * The sort key to use for categories.


 * 1
 * Show the initial text with a lowercase initial letter.


 * 1
 * Omit the initial text altogether. The first thing displayed will be the source language name (as in ).


 * 1
 * Suppress categorization.