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Search Modes You can set a default search mode for Thai and English queries. The larger search form on the dictionary front page allows you to temporarily override this choice but these defaults will usually be in effect for the left-column "Lookup" field. An exception is that when a previous search is "active"—meaning that results are displayed or the "new search" button was pressed—then the "Lookup" search will use the search mode of the (previous) active search. A simple way to restore the "Lookup" search mode to the defaults set here, would be to click on any tab, such as "Welcome."

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Romanization and Phonemic Thai
Romanization Display
You can control how romanizations and/or phonemic Thai are displayed. If you're a student who is learning to read Thai, you might wish to use the "Click to Show" Browser JavaScript support required option. With this option, a small icon is displayed in place of each romanization in the dictionary, and clicking on this icon reveals the romanization. This effectively turns every page of the dictionary into a reading quiz.

If you do not wish to see romanizations and/or phonemic Thai at all, you can select the "Do not show" option.
Romanization System
You can control the romanization system that is used throughout the website. Our "enhanced" mode is designed for maximum usefulness for casual web visitors who don't wish to learn special symbols and it's explained here.

Your 'default' selection is used for most romanization throughout the site. The recommended setting is 't-l Enhanced'. You can also choose which of the other schemes are displayed at the top of each dictionary entry by checking the 'show' option.

defaultshowFormatDescriptionExample
t-l Enhancedthai-language.com Phonemic Transcription

Gaaran characters   การันต์   gaaM ranM		saL watL deeM khrapH
Phonemic ThaiPhonemic spelling in Thai scriptสะ-หฺวัด-ดี-คฺรับ
IPAInternational Phonetic Alphabet

Tone Marking Style
Initial /ʔ-/
Final /-ʔ/
sà wàt diː kʰráp
PaiboonAs used in Thai for Beginners book series
by Benjawan Poomsan Becker		sà wàt dii kráp
RTGSRoyal Thai General Systemsawat di khrap
AUAAmerican University Alumni/Peace Corpssàwàt dii khráp
Bua Luang"What You See Is What You Say" (E.G. Allyn, et al.)sà′-wàt′-dee-kráp′
ALA-LCAmerican Library Association-Library of Congresssawat dī khrap
ISO 11940An International transliteration standards̄wạs̄ dī khrạb
<null>Do not show transcription or transliteration

Similar to the "Do not show" setting for "Romanization Display", but this setting also disables transcriptions in the lessons, reference pages, search interface, and elsewhere.

The transcriptions selected in the "show" column are still shown at the top of each dictionary page; to remove these, clear all of the above checkboxes in this table.

Romanizations that appear on this website are generated according to these systems, not reproduced from them.
This site is wholly responsible for any errors which appear; they are not the fault of original authors.

Output examples are provided in this table so that you can ensure that your system has an appropriate font installed for your selection(s). If required, you can change the font which is used for this feature:

Romanization HTML Style
It can be tricky to get the special characters used in transcription systems (such as IPA) to display satisfactorily. This field allows you to specify the HTML/CSS style which is applied to the transcription so that you can adjust it to your liking. This setting is only applied for the transcription systems which use special characters. The T-l Enhanced and RTGS modes use the Page Font setting (above). The Phonemic Thai mode use the smallest of the Thai Font settings (above).

For best results, install one of the SIL fonts, such as 'Charis SIL' from this page, or 'Doulos SIL' from this page, and specify your choice here, as shown in the example below.



examples that you can copy and paste into the field above:
font-family:Charis SIL; font-size:13pt;
font-family:Doulos SIL; font-size:14pt;
font-family:Arial Unicode MS; font-size:larger;
font-family:Lucida Sans Unicode; font-size:12pt;
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Enable Hover Definitions on Thai words
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Show Examples
Show example phrases on the page for each dictionary entry.
Show Complete Sentences
Show complete sentence example phrases on the page for each dictionary entry.
Enable Racy Content
Enable certain mature content to be displayed in the dictionary.
Enable Gay Content
Enable certain gay/lesbian content to be displayed in the dictionary.
RID
Enable content from the Royal Institute of Thailand dictionary, 1982 edition.
Administrative Options for Content Editors
Show DOP IDs on Entry Pages
Show the definition or phrase (dop) unique id numbers on the page for an individual entry. This is useful for content editors who are working on submissions for our site.
Show DOP IDs in Search Results
Show the definition or phrase (dop) unique id numbers in a separate column on the search results page. This is useful for content editors who are working on submissions for our site.
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