Web

See also: web and web-

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

  • Ellipsis of World Wide Web.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /wɛb/
    • Rhymes: -ɛb
    • Homophone: web

    Proper noun

    the Web

    1. The World Wide Web.
      Some of that content is now only available on the Web.
      Web page (attributive use)
      • 2008, Timothy D. Green, Abbie Brown, LeAnne Robinson, Making the Most of the Web in Your Classroom, Corwin Press, →ISBN, page 31:
        Content on the Web is divided into individual computer files called pages.

    Hyponyms

    Derived terms

    See also

    • Appendix:American Dialect Society words of the year

    Further reading

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    French

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    Borrowed from English Web.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /wɛb/
    • Rhymes: -ɛb

    Proper noun

    Web m

    1. (Internet) the Web; the World Wide Web
      Synonym: Toile

    Derived terms

    German

    Etymology

    Borrowed from English Web. Doublet of Webe.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /vɛp/
    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
    • Hyphenation: Web

    Proper noun

    Web n (proper noun, strong, genitive Webs)

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

    Declension

    Japanese

    Alternative spelling
    ウェブ

    Etymology

    From English Web.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    Web(ウェブ) • (webu

    1. the Web; the World Wide Web
      Web(ウェブ)(じょう)(じょう)(ほう)
      webu-jō no jōhō
      online information

    See also

    References

    1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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): /ˈɥeb/, /ˈʋeb/
    • Hyphenation: Web

    Proper noun

    Web

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