Template:en-proper noun/documentation

This is the standard inflection template for English proper nouns.

This template contains the necessary meta-data to allow users who are using accelerated editing to create any grammatical forms semi-automatically.

Quick guide

If the term has countable senses, the template can indicate whether the term is sometimes or always countable:

{{en-proper noun|s}}
{{en-proper noun|s|-}}
{{en-proper noun|~|es}}
{{en-proper noun|~|...}}

If the term is plural-only (plurale tantum): indicate as follows:

{{en-proper noun|p}}

Pluralization

If the proper noun is uncountable, no parameters are necessary.

If the proper noun is countable and forms its plural by adding -s or -es), specify that suffix; e.g., on "Alex":

{{en-proper noun|es}}

Alex (plural Alexes)

Singular Alex

Plural Alexes

If the noun has an irregular plural, specify it; e.g., on "Superman":

{{en-proper noun|Supermen}}

Superman (plural Supermen)

Singular Superman

Plural Supermen

If the proper noun is both countable and uncountable, depending on use, use "~" followed by the plural parameter; e.g., on "America":

{{en-proper noun|~|s}}

America (countable and uncountable; plural Americas)

Singular America

Plural (countable and uncountable) Americas

If the proper noun is has multiple plural forms, use additional positional parameters; e.g., on "Cathy":

{{en-proper noun|Cathys|Cathies}}

Cathy (plural Cathys or Cathies)

Singular Cathy

Plural Cathys or Cathies

Extended guide

This template works exactly like {{en-noun}} except for defaulting to having no plural (i.e. uncountable) and adding the term to Category:English proper nouns instead of Category:English nouns. All of the options documented for {{en-noun}} also apply to {{en-proper noun}}. See {{en-noun}} for more information.