Template:R:TheFreeDictionary

“R:TheFreeDictionary” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025.

The following documentation is located at Template:R:TheFreeDictionary/documentation.

Shortcut:
{{R:TFD}}

This template may be used in "References" and "Further reading" sections, and on talk pages, for citing TheFreeDictionary.

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.
|lang= – to link to the TFD website in a language other than English, use this parameter to indicate the language code between "https://" and ".thefreedictionary.com/..." in the URL. For example, to link to the French version of the TFD website, type |lang=fr.
|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:
- AHD – The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th rev. ed., 2016).
- Collins – Collins English Dictionary (12th ed., 2014).
- Webster – Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary of the English Dictionary (1913).

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=1 or |nodot=yes.

Wikitext:
- {{R:TheFreeDictionary}} or {{R:TheFreeDictionary|example}} (assuming the template is used on the example page); or
- {{R:TheFreeDictionary|entry=example}}
Result: “example” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025.

Wikitext:
- {{R:TheFreeDictionary|entry=breach of contract|url=https://www.thefreedictionary.com/breach+of+contract|accessdate=1 January 2017|passage=a breach of a legal duty; failure to do something that is required in a contract}}; or
- {{R:TheFreeDictionary|breach of contract|https://www.thefreedictionary.com/breach+of+contract|accessdate=1 January 2017|a breach of a legal duty; failure to do something that is required in a contract}}
Result: “breach of contract” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025, retrieved 1 January 2017: “a breach of a legal duty; failure to do something that is required in a contract”.

Wikitext: {{R:TheFreeDictionary|entry=rideau|lang=fr|accessdate=1 January 2017}}
Result: “rideau” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025, retrieved 1 January 2017.

Wikitext: {{R:TheFreeDictionary|entry=rideau|source=Webster|accessdate=1 January 2017}}
Result: “rideau” in Noah Porter, editor, Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary of the English Dictionary, London: George Bell & Sons; Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam Company, 1913, →OCLC; reproduced on TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025, retrieved 1 January 2017.