This template is used for creating the Word of the Day that appears on the Wiktionary Main Page, and for archiving such WOTDs at pages in the format "Wiktionary:Word of the day/Archive/[year]/[month]".

Sample template

baguhon
{{WOTD|[word]|[part of speech]|tl=|[Brief definition.]|comment=|[month]|[day]}}

Parameters

baguhon
Parameter Remarks
1st parameter mandatory: The Word of the Day, which should be one of the lemmas (main entries) in Wiktionary.
2nd parameter mandatory: The part of speech of the word. It is suggested that you use the following abbreviations:
adj adjective interj interjection pron pronoun proverb proverb
adv adverb n noun proper n proper noun v verb
conj conjunction phrase phrase
term-label or tl
to
term-label5 or tl5
A label that applies to all the senses of an entry: see {{term-label}} for more information. Up to five labels can be added, like this: |tl=idiomatic|tl2=chiefly|tl3=US.
3rd parameter mandatory: The definition of the word. If the word has numerous definitions, choose some of them to highlight. You may wish to use "[...]" to indicate omissions. The number "1." will be automatically inserted before the first definition, but you will need to add "#" before second and subsequent definitions. Do not include any {{defdate}}, {{synonyms}}, or {{antonyms}} templates; usage examples; or quotations.
4th and 5th parameters mandatory: The 4th parameter should be the month spelled out (e.g., "January"), and the 5th parameter should be the day of the month indicated as a number with no leading zero (e.g., "1").
6th parameter
or
comment
A comment about the word; for example, the reason why the word was selected to be featured on a particular date.
audio The name of an audio file indicating how the word is pronounced. The template will try to default to files in the following formats:
  • En-us-[entry].oga and En-uk-[entry].oga.
  • En-us-[entry].ogg, En-uk-[entry].ogg, and En-au-[entry].ogg.
  • En-us-[entry].flac and En-uk-[entry].flac.

If these files do not exist, then no link to an audio file will be displayed, unless a filename is specified using the parameter like this: |audio=whipsmart.flac. However, it is strongly recommended that you name and upload audio pronunciation files in the standard format starting with En-us-, En-uk-, etc.

To suppress an audio file which exists, use |audio=no.