Template:shortening

Shortening

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Module:etymology/templates

Used for the etymology of shortenings, that is, terms that are the shortened form of another term or expression.

Parameters

|1= (required): The language code (see Wiktionary:Languages) for the language that the term is in. All Wiktionary language codes are supported, including those for constructed and reconstructed languages.
|2= (optional): The term that this term was derived from. The template will automatically remove diacritics and punctuation from the page title, according to the entry_name setting in Module:languages, but will keep them in the displayed text. To link to a reconstructed term, such as Proto-Germanic *dagaz, add * in front of this parameter.
|alt= or |3= (optional): Alternate text to display in place of the term specified in |2=. The displayed term will still link to the page specified in |2=. This can be used, for example, to add parens around a portion of the term. Please do not use this only for adding diacritics or punctuation to the term, as the template can automatically remove these. See above.
|t= or |4= (optional): A short translation for the term.
|sc= (optional): The script code (see Wiktionary:Scripts) for the script that the term is written in; automatically detected if not specified.
|tr= (optional): Transliteration for non-Latin-script terms; automatically determined if not given.
|id= (optional): A sense id for the term, which links to anchors on the page set by the {{senseid}} template.
|nocap=1: Show the initial text with a lowercase initial letter.
|notext=1: Omit the initial text altogether. The first thing displayed will be the link to the term from which this term is derived.
|nocat=1: Don't add the term to any category. Normally the term will be added to a category of the form [[Category:LANGUAGE shortenings]], based on the language specified using |1=.
|sort= (optional): The sort key to use for categories.

TTs (Transclusion Targets)

Click here to view an auto-generated and -updated list of (over a thousand) entries in which this template should be used.

Usage examples

Internet: {{shortening|en|internetwork}} ⇒ Shortening of internetwork
ring (English entry): From a {{sh|en|-|nocap=1}} {{der|en|de|Zahlring||ring of numbers}} ⇒ From a shortening of German Zahlring (“ring of numbers”)
ring (German entry): {{sh|de|Zahlring||ring of numbers}} ⇒ Shortening of Zahlring (“ring of numbers”)
better: {{sh|en|had better,'d better}} ⇒ Shortening of had better or 'd better