Template:R:TheFreeDictionaryIdioms
“R:TheFreeDictionaryIdioms” in Idioms and phrases, TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
- The following documentation is located at Template:R:TheFreeDictionaryIdioms/documentation. [edit]
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Usage
[edit]This template may be used in "References" and "Further reading" sections, and on talk pages, for citing the Idioms seciton on TheFreeDictionary. This template is also used in {{en-lemming test}}.
Parameters
[edit]The template takes the following parameters:
|1=or|entry=– the name of the entry on the TFD website. If this parameter is omitted, the name of the Wiktionary entry is used as a default.|2=or|url=– the template can usually automatically create a link to the TFD website. However, if the link is incorrect, use this parameter to manually specify the URL of the TFD webpage.|3=or|accessdate=– the date when the TFD webpage was accessed, in one of the following formats: 1 January 2017 or January 1, 2017|source=– the source used by TFD:- Farlex – Farlex Dictionary of Idioms (2022).
- MGH – McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs (1st ed., 2002).
- AHDIdioms – The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms (2003) by Christine Ammer.
- Collins – Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary (2rd ed., 2012).
- Partner – Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary (2017).
- AHD – The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th rev. ed., 2016).
- Cliches – The Dictionary of Clichés (2013) by Christine Ammer.
- For help with adding additional sources to this template, please leave a message on the talk page.
|4=,|text=, or|passage=– a passage quoted from the webpage.|nodot=– by default, the template adds a full stop (period) at the end of the citation. To suppress this punctuation, use|nodot=1or|nodot=yes.
Examples
[edit]- Wikitext:
{{R:TheFreeDictionaryIdioms}}or{{R:TheFreeDictionaryIdioms|example}}(assuming the template is used on the example page); or{{R:TheFreeDictionaryIdioms|entry=example}}
- Result: “example” in Idioms and phrases, TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
- Wikitext:
{{R:TheFreeDictionaryIdioms|entry=cut no ice|url=https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/cut%20no%20ice|source=Cliches|accessdate=1 January 2017|passage=An Americanism dating from the late nineteenth century, it may come from skating, that is, the image of a poor skater who cannot cut figures in the ice.}}; or{{R:TheFreeDictionaryIdioms|cut no ice|https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/cut%20no%20ice|source=Cliches|1 January 2017|An Americanism dating from the late nineteenth century, it may come from skating, that is, the image of a poor skater who cannot cut figures in the ice.}};
- Result: “cut no ice” in Christine Ammer, The Dictionary of Clichés, New York, N.Y.: Skyhorse Publishing, 2013, →ISBN; reproduced on Idioms and phrases, TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024, retrieved 1 January 2017: “An Americanism dating from the late nineteenth century, it may come from skating, that is, the image of a poor skater who cannot cut figures in the ice.”.
- Wikitext:
{{R:TheFreeDictionaryIdioms|entry=nowhere near|source=AHDIdioms}} - Result: “nowhere near” in Christine Ammer, The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2003, →ISBN; reproduced on Idioms and phrases, TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
See also
[edit]{{R:TheFreeDictionary}}– a citation template for the main section of TheFreeDictionary