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<dt>

The <dt> specifies a term in a description or definition list, and as such must be used inside a <dl> element. It is usually followed by a <dd> element; however, multiple <dt> elements in a row indicate several terms that are all defined by the immediate next <dd> element.

The subsequent <dd> (Description Details) element provides the definition or other related text associated with the term specified using <dt>.

Content categories	None.
Permitted content	Flow content, but with no `<header>`, `<footer>`, sectioning content or heading content descendants.
Tag omission	Must have a start tag. The end tag may be omitted if this element is immediately followed by another `<dd>` element, or if there is no more content in the parent element.
Permitted parents	Before a `<dt>` or a `<dd>` element, inside a `<dl>` or (in WHATWG HTML) a `<div>` that is inside a `<dl>`.
Permitted ARIA roles	None
DOM interface	`HTMLElement` Up to Gecko 1.9.2 (Firefox 4) inclusive, Firefox implements the `HTMLSpanElement` interface for this element.

Attributes

This element only includes the global attributes.

Example

For an example, see the example provided for the <dl> element.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
HTML Living Standard The definition of '<dt>' in that specification.	Living Standard
HTML5 The definition of '<dt>' in that specification.	Recommendation
HTML 4.01 Specification The definition of '<dt>' in that specification.	Recommendation

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

	Desktop
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari
Basic support	Yes	Yes	1	Yes	Yes	Yes

	Mobile
	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Edge Mobile	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	iOS Safari	Samsung Internet
Basic support	Yes	Yes	Yes	4	Yes	Yes	Yes

<dt>

Attributes

Example

Specifications

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

See also