Template:Latn-def/documentation

This template generates a definition line for Latin script symbols of any language.

Usage

This template should be added to all applicable entries written in Latin script in all languages.

As with other Wiktionary definition line templates, please do not use subst:.

Diacritical marks

Parameters

Positional (unnamed) parameters:

• |1= The language code. See WT:Languages.
• |2= The type of definition. Use diacritic.
• |3= and |4= The first letter with the diacritical mark.
• |5= and |6= The second letter with the diacritical mark, if applicable.
• |7=, |8=, |9=, |10=... Additional unnamed parameters follow the aforementioned pattern.

Named parameters:

• |name= The name of the diacritical mark in the target language.
• |trans= The English translation of the name of the diacritical mark.
• |onecase= For letters that are only uppercase or lowercase. Just enter the single character into {{{3}}} and put something in this parameter.
• |dot= If you want the final punctuation to be something other than ., put it in here.
• |noname=1 If the diacritic does not have a name (or if you don't know the name).
• |nolist=1 If the letters should be listed individually, rather than as pairs (if, for example, the diacritic is not used with capital or lowercase forms).

Example

Entry	Code
´	{{Latn-def|pt|diacritic|Á|á|É|é|Í|í|Ó|ó|Ú|ú|name=acento agudo|trans=acute accent}}
A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called acento agudo (“acute accent”) in Portuguese, and found on Á/á, É/é, Í/í, Ó/ó and Ú/ú.
͛	{{Latn-def|la|diacritic|c͛|g͛|m͛|n͛|p͛|s͛|t͛|u͛|v͛|x͛|nopairs=1|noname=1}}
A diacritical mark of the Latin script in Latin, and found on c͛, g͛, m͛, n͛, p͛, s͛, t͛, u͛, v͛ and x͛.

Letters

Note: The categorization of Latin script letters is supposed to be the work of other templates, such as {{en-letter}}, {{eo-letter}} and {{pt-letter}}, not of this template.

Parameters

All are positional (unnamed) parameters:

• |1= The language code. See WT:Languages.
• |2= The type of definition. Use letter.
• |3= The letter's place in the alphabet. (e. g., 3 or 24)
• |4= The name of the letter.
• |5= An alternative name of the letter.
• |6= Another alternative name of the letter.
• |7= Yet another alternative name of the letter.

Examples

Entry	Code
S	{{Latn-def|en|letter|19|ess}}
The nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, called ess and written in the Latin script.
b	{{Latn-def|eo|letter|2|bo}}
The second letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called bo and written in the Latin script.
z	{{Latn-def|en|letter|26|zed|zee}}
The twenty-sixth letter of the English alphabet, called zed or zee and written in the Latin script.
J	{{Latn-def|pt|letter|13|jota}}
The thirteenth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, called jota and written in the Latin script.
X	{{Latn-def|vi|letter|28|ích|ích xì|xờ|xờ nhẹ}}
The twenty-eighth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called ích, ích xì, xờ, or xờ nhẹ and written in the Latin script.

Letter names

Note: This template does categorize Latin script letter names as a topical category of each individual language, for example into Category:Latin letter names, Category:ja:Latin letter names or Category:pt:Latin letter names.

Parameters

All are positional (unnamed) parameters:

• |1= The language code. See WT:Languages.
• |2= The type of definition. Use name.
• |3= The letter named.
• |4= A variation of the lhe letter named, such as a lowercase form of a capital letter.

Examples

Entry	Code
ex	{{Latn-def|en|name|X|x}}
The name of the Latin-script letter X. (Category:Latin letter names)
bo	{{Latn-def|eo|name|B|b}}
The name of the Latin-script letter B. (Category:eo:Latin letter names)
agá	{{Latn-def|pt|name|H|h}}
The name of the Latin-script letter H. (Category:pt:Latin letter names)

Ordinal numbers

Note: This template categorizes Latin script ordinal numbers as a lexical category of each individual language, for example into Category:English ordinal numbers, Category:Japanese ordinal numbers or Category:Portuguese ordinal numbers.

Parameters

All are positional (unnamed) parameters:

• |1= The language code. See WT:Languages.
• |2= The type of definition. Use ordinal.
• |3= The letter's place in the alphabet. (e. g., 3 or 24)
• |4= The name of the number.
• |5= An alternative name of the number.
• |6= Another alternative name of the number.

Japanese romanized syllables

Note: The categorization of Japanese romanized syllables is supposed to be the work of {{ja-syllable}}, not of this template.

Parameters

All are positional (unnamed) parameters:

• |1= The language code. Use ja.
• |2= The type of definition. Use syllable.
• |3= The hiragana equivalent of the syllable.
• |4= The katakana equivalent of the syllable.
• |5= The current syllable in Latin script.

Example

Entry	Code
ba	{{Latn-def|ja|syllable|ば|バ|ba}}
The hiragana syllable ば (ba) or the katakana syllable バ (ba) in Hepburn romanization. (Category:Japanese romanizations)