Template:Respell/doc
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This template is designed to be used to show the pronunciation of English words or names, using a simple respelling method at "Help:Pronunciation respelling key". It is intended especially to clarify the name of the article in the lead section or introductory paragraph. The template provides a link to the key so that readers may easily look up how to pronounce the word. For example,
- Worcestershire (pronounced /ˈwʊstɚʃɚ/, WOOS-tər-shər), is a county located in the West Midlands region of central England.
The respelling key only covers English pronunciation, and should not be used for foreign names or words which have not been assimilated into English. Per the Manual of Style, it should be follow the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), and never be used in place of it. The example above used the {{pron-en}} template to format and link the IPA. If you need help transcribing the pronunciation into the IPA, please ask at Help talk:IPA for English.
This template accepts up to five values, {{respell|1|2|3|4|5}}. The penultimate and pre-antepenultimate cells are formatted small, so that when filled in all capital letters, the result is small caps. Therefore, when several unstressed syllables follow each other, they need to be placed together in a single cell. The template does not directly handle final stress. For that, you will need to format by hand, for example by using the {{sm}} template with lower-case letters, or <small></small> tags with capital letters, within this template.
Examples
Here are examples of how to use the template for words with different numbers of syllables and different stress patterns:
| Example | Coding | Result |
|---|---|---|
| disestablishmentarianism | {{respell|dis-ə|STAB|lish-mən|TAIR|ee-ə-niz-m}} | dis-ə-STAB-lish-mən-TAIR-ee-ə-niz-m |
| algorithm | {{respell|AL|gə-ridh-m}} | AL-gə-ridh-m |
| Makemake | {{respell|MAH|kee|MAH|kee}} | MAH-kee-MAH-kee |
| Haumea | {{respell|how|MAY|ə}} | how-MAY-ə |
| Ceres | {{respell|SEER|eez}} | SEER-eez |
| Pan | {{respell|pan}} or {{respell|{{sm|pan}}}} | pan or pan |
| Huya (final stress) |
{{respell|hoo-{{sm|yah}}}} or {{respell|hoo-<small>YAH</small>}} | hoo-yah or hoo-YAH |
See also
- Help:IPA for English
- Help:Pronunciation respelling key
IPA formatting templates for English:
- {{pron-en}} with Ceres for
- pronounced /ˈsɪəriːz/
- {{IPA-en}} for
- IPA: /ˈsɪəriːz/
- {{IPAlink-en}} for
- /ˈsɪəriːz/
- {{IPA-all}}, {{IPAlink}}, and {{Pronounced}} are analogous but are used for non-English words and names. There are also specific templates for several oft-used languages.
- Template documentation