Web

See also: web and web-

English

Etymology

Capitalized form of web. From Old English webb, from Proto-Germanic *wabją, from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (weave).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

the Web

  1. (possibly informal outside attributive use) The World Wide Web.
    • 2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 27:
      The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about "creating compelling content", or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing" [] and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention.
    Some of that content is now only available on the Web.
    Web page. Web portal. (attributive use)

Derived terms

See also

  • Appendix:American Dialect Society words of the year

Anagrams


French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Web.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wɛb/

Proper noun

Web m

  1. the Web; the World Wide Web.

Synonyms


German

Etymology

Borrowed from English Web.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɛp/
  • Hyphenation: Web

Proper noun

Web n (genitive Webs)

  1. (Internet) the Web; the World Wide Web.

Declension


Japanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English Web.

Pronunciation

Noun

Web (katakana ウェブ, rōmaji webu)

  1. the Web; the World Wide Web
    W ()e ()b () (じょう) (じょう) (ほう)
    webu-jō no jōhō
    online information

See also

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German Gewebe, Dutch web, English web.

Noun

Web n (plural Wewe)

  1. web

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Web.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈveb/
  • Hyphenation: Web

Proper noun

Web

  1. (Internet) the Web; the World Wide Web.
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