att.entryLike
provides attributes used to distinguish different styles of dictionary entries.
Module dictionaries
Attributes
- @typeindicates type of entry, in dictionaries with multiple types.
- Status
- Optional
- Datatype
- teidata.enumerated
- Suggested values
main- a main entry (default).
hom- (homograph) groups information relating to one homograph within an entry.
xref- (cross reference) a reduced entry whose only function is to point to another main entry (e.g. for forms of an irregular verb or for variant spellings: was pointing to be, or esthete to aesthete).
affix- an entry for a prefix, infix, or suffix.
abbr- (abbreviation) an entry for an abbreviation.
supplemental- a supplemental entry (for use in dictionaries which issue supplements to their main work in which they include updated information about entries).
foreign- an entry for a foreign word in a monolingual dictionary.
Classes and content
- Used by
- Members
Note
The global @n attribute may be used to encode the homograph numbers attached to entries for homographs.