URL syntax for hyperlinks
Basic principles
The basic principle of hyperlinking to an online dictionary involves using a new URL syntax. This enables users to access a dictionary entry by querying the search engine through an Internet address.
Use
The new URL syntax allows you to insert hypertext links into your documents on words or expressions that you want to link directly to the corresponding dictionary entry. This provides a simple way to access the dictionary.
To insert a link, simply use the standard HTML syntax with the <A> tag; for example, to create a link to Le Petit Robert:
- <A href="https://petitrobert.lerobert.com/?forme=mot">texte</A> to access the word in Le Petit Robert in the same window.
- <A href="https://petitrobert.lerobert.com/?forme=mot" target="_blank">texte</A> to access the word in Le Petit Robert, in a new browser window (or a new tab, if the browser supports tabs)
Example of enriched text with hyperlinks to Le Petit Robert:
This year has seen another good crop:
IT and new technologies are a regular source of neologisms (blogosphère, identifiant, audiolivre, baladodiffusion…) .
The world of sport has seen the arrival of acrosport, glaciériste, paintball, mercato and we also noted the 'rugby effect' (haka, ascenseur, etc.).
You can also reference the dictionary in an HTML page from any sentence of text, or even from an image, for example:
Example of enriched text with hypertext links to Robert & Collins :
And choke their art. The merciless Macdonwald,-
Worthy to be a rebel,- for to that
The multiplying villainies of nature
Do swarm upon him, - from the Western isles
Of kerns and gallowglasses is supplied;
William Shakespeare, Macbeth, acte I, scène 1.
How to create links
The syntax, while very simple, depends of course on the dictionary being used:
Petit Robert
Le Petit Robert [https://petitrobert.lerobert.com/] uses this URL syntax
| https://petitrobert.lerobert.com/?forme=mot | to search for a word or an inflected form (feminine, plural, conjugated verb) |
For example:
| https://petitrobert.lerobert.com/?forme=heureuses | looks for the form heureuses in the index of inflected forms, which leads to the entry heureux, euse |
If you would like to test the hyperlinking functions but do not have access to the full online version, you are welcome to use the demo version [https://petitrobert.lerobert.com/demo], with the same syntax.
The demo version only includes the letter N from Le Petit Robert, and so this will only give meaningful results on words beginning with N. For example:
Petit Robert de la langue française et des noms propres
Le Petit Robert de la langue française et des noms propres [https://petitrobert12.lerobert.com/] uses this URL syntax
| https://petitrobert12.lerobert.com/?forme=mot | to search for a word or an inflected form (feminine, plural, conjugated verb) |
For example:
| https://petitrobert12.lerobert.com/?forme=heureuses | looks for the form heureuses in the index of inflected forms, which leads to the entry heureux, euse |
If you would like to test the hyperlinking functions but do not have access to the full online version, you are welcome to use the demo version [https://petitrobert12.lerobert.com/demo], with the same syntax.
The demo version only includes the letter N from Le Petit Robert de la langue française et des noms propres, and so this will only give meaningful results on words beginning with N. For example:
Grand Robert
Le Grand Robert [https://grandrobert.lerobert.com/] uses this URL syntax::
| https://grandrobert.lerobert.com/?forme=mot | to search for a word or an inflected form (feminine, plural, conjugated verb) |
For example:
| https://grandrobert.lerobert.com/?forme=heureuses | looks for the form heureuses in the index of inflected forms, which leads to the entry heureux, euse |
Grand Robert & Collins (GRC)
For the Grand Robert & Collins [https://grc.lerobert.com/], two URL syntaxes may be used, depending on which interface language is preferred:
| https://grc.lerobert.com/?mot=mot | to search for a word or an expression (sequence of words), in the French interface |
| https://grc.lerobert.com/?word=mot | to search for a word or an expression (sequence of words), in the English interface |
For example:
| https://grc.lerobert.com/?mot=joie | to search for a word or an expression (sequence of words), in the French interface |
| https://grc.lerobert.com/?word=sorrow | to search for a word or an expression (sequence of words), in the English interface |
Important points:
- You can type a French or English word in any of its inflected forms (conjugated verb, feminine, plural): curieuse, conduisons... hidden, babies, linked...
- You can search directly for an expression, a compound noun, etc., just as you would do in the main search box in the GRC: en travers, agent de change, gagner du temps... give away, credit card...
If you would like to test the hyperlinking functions but do not have access to the full online version, you are welcome to use the demo version [https://grc.lerobert.com/demo], with the same syntax.
The demo version only includes the letter A from the Robert & Collins, and so this will only give meaningful results on words beginning with A. For example:
Le Robert Collège et Junior
Le Robert Collège [https://college.lerobert.com/] and le Robert Junior [https://junior.lerobert.com/] use the following URL syntaxes:
| https://college.lerobert.com/hyperappel.asp?mot=avion | to search for a word or an inflected form (feminine, plural, conjugated verb) |
| https://college.lerobert.com/hyperappel.asp?mot=croatie | to search for a word or an inflected form (feminine, plural, conjugated verb) or a proper noun (the name of a person, country, city or region) or a historical period. |
| https://junior.lerobert.com/hyperappel.asp?mot=abeille | to search for a word or an inflected form (feminine, plural, conjugated verb) |
| https://junior.lerobert.com/hyperappel.asp?mot=moyenage | to search for a word or an inflected form (feminine, plural, conjugated verb) or a proper noun (the name of a person, country, city or region) or a historical period. |
For example:
| https://college.lerobert.com/hyperappel.asp?mot=heureuses | searches for the form heureuses in the index of inflected forms, which leads to the entry heureux, euse |
| https://college.lerobert.com/hyperappel.asp?mot=croatie | searches for the form Croatie in the index of proper nouns, which leads to the entry Croatie |
| https://junior.lerobert.com/hyperappel.asp?mot=criminelle | searches for the form criminelle in the index of inflected forms, which leads to the entry criminel, elle |
| https://junior.lerobert.com/hyperappel.asp?mot=moyenage | searches for the form Moyen Âge in the index of proper nouns, which leads to the entry Moyen Âge. |
Note: hyperlinks to compound words such as pomme de terre, petit pois ou Belle Époque are not supported in either of these dictionaries
Le Robert illustré
| https://robertillustre.lerobert.com/?mot=mot | to search for a word or an inflected form (feminine, plural, conjugated verb) or a proper noun (the name of a person, country, city or region) or a historical period. |
For example:
| https://robertillustre.lerobert.com/?forme=heureuses | searches for the form heureuses in the index of inflected forms, which leads to the entry heureux, euse |