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

    Anagrams

    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.