Template:Wiktionary

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{{wiktTemplate:Wikt}}

This template makes a link in a box to a Wiktionary page. Wiktionary entries include definitions, etymology, and pronunciation, as well as synonyms, antonyms, and related terms.

Usage

{{Wiktionary}}

If no parameter is supplied, the current page name in lower case will be the target. Please check whether it is correct.

You can also use:

{{Wiktionary|1st|2nd|...|10th}} (one up to ten parameters, see Template Data below)

Linking to a search page

For internal link to Wiktionary search on a specific word, this code may be used:

[[wikt:Special:Search/search word|text to show]]

Placement

The template may be placed anywhere, such as the External links section, the beginning of the article, or in the article's etymology section if one exists. It may also be placed inline.

On disambiguation pages, place this template at the TOP of the page (on the first line of the edit screen). This is in accord with MOS:DABFIRST.

See Wikipedia:Wikimedia sister projects for some recommendations about the best choice of template for various situations.

This template may be floated to the left by use of |position=left. The default and usually recommended position is to the right.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Wiktionary in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Wiktionary

Creates a small box with links to entries in Wiktionary.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
First word	`1`	The first word to link to, case sensitive. If not specified, it links to the pagename in lower case. Auto value	String	suggested
Second word	`2`	Second word to link to.	String	optional
Third word	`3`	Third word to link to.	String	optional
Fourth word	`4`	Fourth word to link to.	String	optional
Fifth word	`5`	Fifth word to link to.	String	optional
Sixth word	`6`	Sixth word to link to.	String	optional
Seventh word	`7`	Seventh word to link to.	String	optional
Eighth word	`8`	Eighth word to link to.	String	optional
Ninth word	`9`	Ninth word to link to.	String	optional
Tenth word	`10`	Tenth word to link to.	String	optional
Position	`position`	Float box to left Default floated right Example position=left Auto value `right`	String	optional

Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout § External links
{{Commons}}—shows Commons box
{{Commons-inline}}—shows Commons gallery inline
{{Commons category}}—shows Commons category box
{{Commons category-inline}}—shows Commons category inline
{{Commons category multi}}—to list up to six categories
{{Commons and category}}—shows Commons box with both gallery and category
{{Commons and category inline}}—shows Commons gallery and category inline
{{Copy to Wikimedia Commons}}
{{Wikimedia Commons redirect}}—specialized soft redirect template for Commons
{{Wiki category}}—to link to a gallery hosted on Wikipedia
mw:Manual:Pywikibot/commonscat.py

{{Sister project links}}—to link all Wikinews, Wikisource, etc.
{{Wikibooks}} / {{Wikibooks inline}}
{{Wikidata property}}
{{Wikinews}} / {{Wikinews inline}}
{{Wikiquote}} / {{Wikiquote-inline}}
{{Wikisource}} / {{Wikisource-inline}}
{{Wikispecies}} / {{Wikispecies-inline}}
{{Wikiversity}} / {{Wikiversity inline}}
{{Wikivoyage}} / {{Wikivoyage inline}}
{{Wiktionary}} / {{Wiktionary-inline}}

Other templates linking to Wiktionary

Wiktionary link templates
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Template	Alias	Explanation
{{Wiktionary}}	{{wikt}}	Makes a box.
{{Wiktionary pipe}}	{{wtp}}	Ditto. Allows a piped link.
{{See Wiktionary}}		A disambiguation hatnote type. Useful if the article title is a generic name, but the content differs from it. For example, Tryout is an article about a journal, and this template is used to link to "tryout" page in Wiktionary.
{{Wiktionary-inline}}	{{wti}}	Can be used in the "External links" section, by making a one-line navigator. Not inline in the usual sense.
{{Wiktionary redirect}}	{{wtr}}	Makes a soft redirect.
{{Wiktionary category 2}}	{{wtc}}	Similar to {{wikt}}, but links to a category in Wiktionary.
{{Wiktionary category}}		Ditto, more verbose type.
{{Linktext}}		Turns each of consecutive words into an Wiktionary link, or any other interwiki / interlang link. Example: `{{linktext\|táłtłʼááh\|adijiłii}}` → táłtłʼááh adijiłii
{{wikt-lang}}		Applies a language tag to a word, and links to that language's section of the Wiktionary entry on the word, much like the {{m}} and {{l}} templates on Wiktionary. For instance, `{{wikt-lang\|en\|be\|was}}` yields was, and is equivalent to `{{lang\|en\|[[wikt:be#English\|was]]}}`.

Moving a non-encyclopedic entry to Wiktionary:

{{Transwikied to Wiktionary}}, {{Transwiki to Wiktionary Finished}}: Pasted at the top of the talk page by admins.

Markup:

[[wikt:ᐁᕕᖃ]] → wikt:ᐁᕕᖃ
[[wikt:粘菌|'myxomycete' in Japanese]] → 'myxomycete' in Japanese (You can use a pipe as usual.)
[[wikt:curcubeu|]] → curcubeu (You can hide "wikt:" by a pipe trick.)

Wiktionary-related userboxes:

{{User Wiktionary}}: "This user has a page on Wiktionary" box.
{{User admin Wiktionary}}: "This user is an administrator on Wiktionary" box.