# ngettext(1) - man - phpMan

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## NAME
       ngettext - translate message and choose plural form

## SYNOPSIS
       **ngettext** [_OPTION_] [_TEXTDOMAIN_] _MSGID_ _MSGID-PLURAL_ _COUNT_

## DESCRIPTION
       The **ngettext** program translates a natural language message into the user's language, by look‐
       ing up the translation in a message catalog, and chooses the appropriate plural  form,  which
       depends on the number _COUNT_ and the language of the message catalog where the translation was
       found.

       Display native language translation of a textual message whose grammatical form depends on  a
       number.

### -d --domain
              retrieve translated message from TEXTDOMAIN

### -c --context
              specify context for MSGID

### -e

### -E

       [TEXTDOMAIN]
              retrieve translated message from TEXTDOMAIN

       MSGID MSGID-PLURAL
              translate MSGID (singular) / MSGID-PLURAL (plural)

       COUNT  choose singular/plural form based on this value

### Informative output:
### -h --help
              display this help and exit

### -V --version
              display version information and exit

       If the TEXTDOMAIN parameter is not given, the domain is determined from the environment vari‐
       able TEXTDOMAIN.  If the message catalog is not found in the regular directory, another loca‐
       tion  can  be  specified with the environment variable TEXTDOMAINDIR.  Standard search direc‐
       tory: /usr/share/locale

## AUTHOR
       Written by Ulrich Drepper.

## REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs in the bug tracker at <<https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gettext>> or by email  to
       <<bug-gettext@gnu.org>>.

## COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 1995-1997, 2000-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL ver‐
       sion 3 or later <<https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>>
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY,  to
       the extent permitted by law.

## SEE ALSO
       The full documentation for **ngettext** is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the **info** and **nget**‐‐
       **text** programs are properly installed at your site, the command

              **info** **ngettext**

       should give you access to the complete manual.



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