User:Kephir/layout

The following is a quick self-demonstrating explanation of Wiktionary entry layout, mainly to clarify which template goes where. It may omit many semi-important details. In case of any inconsistencies with WT:ELE, please [ rectify them].

Etymology
Templates like or  go here. This section may link to other terms that the defined term derived from; use for that. Use when mentioning foreign languages the term derived from. Sometimes a word can have multiple unrelated etymologies; the etymologies will be numbered and the rest of headers will be put one level below each etymology header.

Pronunciation
Use, , here. Also and  may be useful. Use to denote a specific accent.

Part of speech
Here goes the headword. The generic template is:. There are also specialised language headword templates, names of the form.


 * 1)  Definition written in plain text, may use  or plain.
 * 2) * 2013, Sham Multinymous, A quoted work
 * A quotation which uses the term in the given meaning.
 * The translation of the quotation.
 * Example sentence using the term.

Usage notes
Usage notes written in plain text.
 * May also be a bulleted list.

Inflection / Declension / Conjugation
(only for foreign terms; nearly nonexistent in English)

For declension use:

For conjugation use:

To find out what inflection templates are available for a given language, visit Category:Inflection-table templates by language.

Foo nyms

 * list of s pointing to synonym, antonym of the word in the meaning given by gloss.
 * similar list of s pointing to other foo nyms

Various foo nyms include:
 * synonyms: terms with the same or similar meaning
 * antonyms: terms with the opposite meaning
 * hypernyms: terms with a broader meaning
 * hyponyms: terms with a narrower meaning
 * meronyms: terms denoting a part
 * holonyms: terms denoting a whole including the original term

Related terms
This box can be created with the templates:, ,

A three-column box can be created with, ,

Descendants

 * French:
 * German:
 * Japanese:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:

Translations
(only for English terms)


 * Foreign language : Translation list using, or related templates


 * Foreign language with variants :
 * Variant : Similar translation list.