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Uses Lua:

• Module:en-headword

This is the standard inflection template for English nouns.

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

Use this template to show the inflection line of an English singular noun.

This template shows the noun in bold (optionally linking its components) and its plural inflections, if any.

{{en-noun}}
{{en-noun|+}}
{{en-noun|s}}
{{en-noun|es}}
{{en-noun|...}}
{{en-noun|...|...}}

If the term has uncountable senses, the template can indicate whether the term is sometimes or never countable. Specifying - as the first parameter indicates that a term is uncountable, and no plural is shown by default. If it may occasionally be used as countable, specify the plural form after it.

{{en-noun|-}}
{{en-noun|-|+}}
{{en-noun|-|...}}

Specifying ~ instead indicates that the term is used more or less equally as countable and as uncountable, and uses the default plural.

{{en-noun|~}}
{{en-noun|~|...}}

In entries for English plural-only nouns, use {{en-noun|p}}:

{{en-noun|p}} 

The default plural is formed as follows:

1. If the noun ends in -s, -x, -z, -sh or -ch, add -es.
2. If the noun ends in -y preceded by a consonant (any letter other than a, e, i, o or u), change the -y to -i and add -es.
3. Otherwise, add -s.

If the noun forms its plural according to these rules, no parameters are necessary. E.g. on "cherry":

===Noun===

{{en-noun}}

The above code displays as follows:

Noun

cherry (plural cherries)

If the noun forms its plural in any other way (e.g. on "mouse"):

{{en-noun|errata}}

erratum (plural errata)

{{en-noun|mice}}

mouse (plural mice)

Likewise, if the noun is identical in the plural, but still countable, specify it, e.g. on "Abkhaz":

{{en-noun|Abkhaz}}

Abkhaz (plural Abkhaz)

To explicitly request the default plural, use +. This is not necessary if the word only has one plural, but it is useful if the noun has multiple plurals, e.g. on "octopus":

{{en-noun|+|octopi|octopodes}}

octopus (plural octopuses or octopi or octopodes)

If the noun is uncountable, use -, e.g. on "awe":

{{en-noun|-}}

awe (uncountable)

If the noun is usually uncountable, use - followed by an explicit plural, e.g. on "reality":

{{en-noun|-|+}}

reality (usually uncountable, plural realities)

If the noun is either countable or uncountable, use ~, e.g. on "beer" and "geometry":

{{en-noun|~}}

beer (countable and uncountable; plural beers)

{{en-noun|~}}

geometry (countable and uncountable; plural geometries)

If you want to qualify a plural, use |plNqual=:

{{en-noun|+|treen|pl2qual=obsolete}}

tree (plural trees or (obsolete) treen)

|head=, |head2=, ...

Override the headword display; used to add links to individual words in a multiword term.

|def=1 or |the=1

Specify that the term is normally preceded the definite article the. When given, the will appear at the beginning of the headword.

|def=~ or |the=~

Specify that the term is optionally preceded the definite article the. When given, two headwords will be generated, one with the and one without.

|id=

Sense ID for linking to this headword. See {{senseid}} for more information.

|nolinkhead=1, |splithyph=1, |nosplithyph=1, |hyphspace=1

Control how multiword terms are linked. See Module:en-headword/documentation for more information.

|nosuffix=1

Prevent terms beginning with a hyphen from being interpreted as suffixes. See Module:en-headword/documentation#Suffix handling for more information.

|nomultiwordcat=1

Prevent multiword terms (those with spaces or with hyphens in the middle) from being added to Category:English multiword terms.

|pagename=

Override the page name used to compute default values of various sorts. Useful when testing, for documentation pages, etc.

|sort=

Sort key. Rarely needs to be specified, as it is normally automatically generated.

If the word is a plurale tantum (always or usually used in the plural only, such as scissors or cattle), then use |1=p.

In addition to the parameters documented above, such terms support the following parameters:

|sg=, |sg2=, ...

Specify the singular version(s) of plurale tantum nouns that are occasionally found in the singular, e.g. dreadlocks, corn flakes, earmuffs, etc.

|attr=, |attr2=, ...

Specify the attributive version(s) of the nouns, i.e. the form used when modifying another noun. Examples are pants with |attr=pant; boxer shorts with |attr=boxer-short and |attr2=boxer short; etc.

For example, for boxer shorts, use {{en-noun|p|attr=boxer-short|attr2=boxer short}}.

If you want to qualify a singular or attributive form, use |sgNqual= or |attrNqual=, respectively.

{{en-noun}}, as with all English headword-line templates, implements an intelligent, customized algorithm for automatically splitting and linking the components of a multiword term. See Module:en-headword/documentation#Autosplitting for more information.

{{en-noun}}, as with all English headword-line templates, will normally interpret a term beginning with a hyphen as a suffix and handle it specially. See Module:en-headword/documentation#Suffix handling for more information.

{{en-noun}}, as with all English headword-line templates, has a special mechanism for overriding the default linking behavior of individual terms in a multiword expression without having to repeat the entire expression. See Module:en-headword/documentation#Link modifications for more information.