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The following documentation is located at Template:R:Lexico/documentation. ^[edit]

Useful links: subpage list • links • redirects • transclusions • errors (parser/module) • sandbox

This template may be used in "References" and "Further reading" sections of Wiktionary entries, and on talk pages, to provide a citation to Lexico, a free online dictionary that was a collaboration between Dictionary.com and Oxford University Press (OUP). In operation between 2019 and 2022, this online dictionary held the content that previously appeared on OxfordDictionaries.com, which was known as Oxford Dictionaries Online and Oxford Living Dictionaries (since 2017).^[1]

Some of the dictionary’s content is archived at the Internet Archive; the template attempts to link to that website. If the link is incorrect, use |url= to specify the correct URL to link to. Do not use this template if a particular entry has not been archived at the Internet Archive.

The template takes the following parameters:

• |1= or |entry= – the entry cited. If the parameter is not specified, the template uses the name of the Wiktionary entry.
• |alt= – an alternative form of the entry, with wikitext markup if required: see the example below.
• |2=, |pos= or |part of speech= – the part of speech of the entry. By default, the template italicizes the value assigned to the parameter and adds a full stop (period) to the end. To turn off the default formatting for the purpose of specifying a different formatting using wikitext markup and templates, specify |noformat=1 or |noformat=yes: see the example below.
• |3= or |url= – if the default URL is not linking to the correct webpage in the Dictionary, use this parameter to indicate the URL of the webpage to be linked to.
• |us= – some entries only appear in the US version of the online dictionary. To cite these entries, specify |us=1 or |us=yes.
• |subentry= – a term that appears as a subentry under an entry.
• |subpos= – the part of speech of the subentry.
• |4=, |text=, or |passage= – a passage quoted from the online dictionary.
• |nodot= – by default, the template adds a full stop (period) at the end of the citation. To suppress this punctuation, use |nodot=1 or |nodot=yes.

General

• Wikitext:
  • {{R:Lexico|pos=n}} (assuming the template is used in the Wiktionary entry dictionary); or
  • {{R:Lexico|entry=dictionary|pos=n}}; or
  • {{R:Lexico|dictionary|n}}
• Result: “dictionary, n.” in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press.

• Wikitext: {{R:Lexico|entry=lower|alt=lower{{sup|2}}|pos=v}}
• Result: “lower², v.” in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press.

• Wikitext: {{R:Lexico|entry=oche|pos=n|passage=The line behind which darts players stand when throwing.|nodot=yes}}
• Result: “oche, n.” in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press: “The line behind which darts players stand when throwing.”

US spelling and the US version of the dictionary

• Wikitext: {{R:Lexico|entry=color|pos=n}} (US spelling)
• Result: “color, n.” in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press.

• Wikitext: {{R:Lexico|entry=unobtainium|pos=n|us=1}} (entry only appearing in the US version of the online dictionary)
• Result: “unobtainium, n.” in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press.

Citing a subentry

• Wikitext: {{R:Lexico|subentry=knock something into a cocked hat|subpos=phrase|entry=cocked hat|pos=n}}
• Result: “cocked hat, n.” in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press.