foreignphrase (db.foreignphrase)
foreignphrase — A word or phrase in a language other than the primary language of the document.
Synopsis
foreignphrase (db.foreignphrase) ::=
- Zero or more of:
- text
- Bibliography inlines
- Graphic inlines
- Indexing inlines
- Linking inlines
- Product inlines
- Publishing inlines
abbrev
acronym
coref
date
emphasis
(db.emphasis)firstterm
(db._firstterm)firstterm
(db.firstterm)footnote
footnoteref
foreignphrase
(db.foreignphrase)glossterm
(db._glossterm)glossterm
(db.glossterm)phrase
(db.phrase)quote
(db.quote)subscript
superscript
wordasword
Attributes
Description
The foreignphrase
element can be used to mark
up the text of a foreign word or phrase. “Foreign” in this
context means that it is a language other than the primary language of
the document and is not intended to be pejorative in any way.
Processing expectations
A foreignphrase
is often given special
typographic treatment, such as italics.
This element occurs in 56 elements.
This element contains 43 elements.
See Also
abbrev
, acronym
, emphasis
, foreignphrase
(db._foreignphrase), phrase
, quote
, wordasword
Examples
<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'> <title>Example foreignphrase</title> <para>Like so many others, it became a <foreignphrase>de facto</foreignphrase> standard. </para> </article>
Like so many others, it became a de facto standard.