Facebook

Facebook

See also: facebook

English

Logos of Facebook

Alternative forms

Etymology

From facebook, earlier TheFacebook and Facemash.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Facebook

  1. (trademark) A social-networking website where users can find acquaintances or friends, exchange messages, and post updates.
    Mia was just seeing a reel on Facebook that her friend had posted.
    • 2021 February 1, Rishi Iyengar, “Google will stop making video games for its Stadia platform”, in CNN Business[1]:
      Google is one of several Big Tech firms that has made an aggressive push into gaming in recent years, along with Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL) and Facebook (FB).

Synonyms

  • FB (abbreviation)

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

Facebook (plural Facebooks)

  1. A personal web profile on the social-networking site Facebook.
    • 2015 March 27, “To the Well-Intentioned but Ignorant Parents of Teenagers.”[2], Kayla Nicole's Blog, at cutestpkever.wordpress.com:
      You might have a Facebook. So do I. And so does my mom and my grandma and all of her friends. But you know who doesn’t have a Facebook? Your kid’s friends.
    • 2021 July 28, Ruby Speechley, The Face At The Window: A gripping, twisty thriller you won't be able to put down[3], Hera books Ltd, →ISBN, →OCLC:
      'An intimate photo has been posted on your cloned Facebook page,' says Greg. 'What, of me in the nuddy?' Nick snorts a note of laughter. 'No, of you and a woman.' 'What woman? Show me,' he says holding his hand out.

Verb

Facebook (third-person singular simple present Facebooks, present participle Facebooking, simple past and past participle Facebooked)

  1. (intransitive) To use the social-networking site Facebook.
  2. (transitive) To send a message or leave a comment on Facebook.
    Facebook me the details later.
    • 2018, Adam Rapp, chapter 1, in Fum, Candlewick Press, →ISBN, page 21:
      Corinthia’s bathroom was never discussed with the Lugo Memorial student body, but when it (the bathroom) materialized, it was Facebooked, Instagrammed, Tweeted, Foursquared, WordPressed, Tumblred, Snapchatted, and so thoroughly digitally disseminated that it was as if pictures of Rinna Buss’s breasts had been leaked.
    • 2014, Jennifer Jeanne Richardson, “HeadCount”, in Kerric Harvey, editor, Encyclopedia of Social Media and Politics, volume 2, Los Angeles, Calif.: SAGE Publications, Inc., →ISBN, page 626:
      One element of its national campaign around the November elections was the Clipboard Project, which took photographs of roughly 200 music and entertainment stars holding HeadCount’s Register to Vote clipboard. These images were then tweeted, Facebooked, and linked to the official Web site to be pinned, Tumblr’ed, recommended on Google, StumbleUpon’ed, shared on Digg or Reddit, or otherwise circulated.

Translations

See also

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Facebook.

Proper noun

Facebook

  1. Facebook

See also

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English Facebook.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /feːsbuk/
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Facebook n

  1. Facebook

Esperanto

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Facebook.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfei̯sbuk/
  • Rhymes: -ei̯sbuk
  • Syllabification: Face‧book

Proper noun

Facebook (accusative Facebook)

  1. Facebook
    Synonyms: Fejsbuko, Vizaĝlibro

Finnish

Etymology

From English Facebook.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfei̯sbuːk/, [ˈfe̞i̯s̠buːk]
  • Rhymes: -eisbuːk

Proper noun

Facebook

  1. Facebook

Declension

Inflection of Facebook (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Facebook
genitive Facebookin
partitive Facebookia
illative Facebookiin
singular plural
nominative Facebook
accusative nom. Facebook
gen. Facebookin
genitive Facebookin
partitive Facebookia
inessive Facebookissa
elative Facebookista
illative Facebookiin
adessive Facebookilla
ablative Facebookilta
allative Facebookille
essive Facebookina
translative Facebookiksi
abessive Facebookitta
instructive
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Facebook (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Facebookini
accusative nom. Facebookini
gen. Facebookini
genitive Facebookini
partitive Facebookiani
inessive Facebookissani
elative Facebookistani
illative Facebookiini
adessive Facebookillani
ablative Facebookiltani
allative Facebookilleni
essive Facebookinani
translative Facebookikseni
abessive Facebookittani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Facebookisi
accusative nom. Facebookisi
gen. Facebookisi
genitive Facebookisi
partitive Facebookiasi
inessive Facebookissasi
elative Facebookistasi
illative Facebookiisi
adessive Facebookillasi
ablative Facebookiltasi
allative Facebookillesi
essive Facebookinasi
translative Facebookiksesi
abessive Facebookittasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Facebookimme
accusative nom. Facebookimme
gen. Facebookimme
genitive Facebookimme
partitive Facebookiamme
inessive Facebookissamme
elative Facebookistamme
illative Facebookiimme
adessive Facebookillamme
ablative Facebookiltamme
allative Facebookillemme
essive Facebookinamme
translative Facebookiksemme
abessive Facebookittamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Facebookinne
accusative nom. Facebookinne
gen. Facebookinne
genitive Facebookinne
partitive Facebookianne
inessive Facebookissanne
elative Facebookistanne
illative Facebookiinne
adessive Facebookillanne
ablative Facebookiltanne
allative Facebookillenne
essive Facebookinanne
translative Facebookiksenne
abessive Facebookittanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Facebookinsa
accusative nom. Facebookinsa
gen. Facebookinsa
genitive Facebookinsa
partitive Facebookiaan
Facebookiansa
inessive Facebookissaan
Facebookissansa
elative Facebookistaan
Facebookistansa
illative Facebookiinsa
adessive Facebookillaan
Facebookillansa
ablative Facebookiltaan
Facebookiltansa
allative Facebookilleen
Facebookillensa
essive Facebookinaan
Facebookinansa
translative Facebookikseen
Facebookiksensa
abessive Facebookittaan
Facebookittansa
instructive
comitative

Synonyms

French

Pronunciation

  • (Europe) IPA(key): /fɛs.buk/, /fɛjs.buk/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /feɪs.bʊk/
  • Audio (France):(file)

Proper noun

Facebook ?

  1. Facebook

German

Etymology

    Borrowed from English Facebook.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈfɛɪ̯s.bʊk/, /ˈfeːs-/
    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)); [ˈfe̞ɪ̯s.b̥ʊk]:(file)
    • Hyphenation: Face‧book

    Proper noun

    Facebook n (proper noun, strong, genitive Facebooks)

    1. Facebook

    Usage notes

    • Facebook is not normally used with an article; when one is used, it is the neuter article (see citations).

    Declension

    References

    Polish

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    Unadapted borrowing from English Facebook.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈfɛj.zbuk/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɛjzbuk
    • Syllabification: Face‧book

    Proper noun

    Facebook m inan

    1. Facebook

    Declension

    Derived terms

    adjective
    noun
    • facebookowicz

    Further reading

    • Facebook”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[4] (in Polish)

    Portuguese

    Etymology

    Unadapted borrowing from English Facebook.

    Pronunciation

     
    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌfej.siˈbu.ki/ [ˌfeɪ̯.siˈbu.ki]
     
    • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌfɐj.sɨˈbu.kɨ/ [ˌfɐj.sɨˈβu.kɨ]
      • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌfej.sɨˈbu.kɨ/ [ˌfej.sɨˈβu.kɨ]
      • (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌfej.sɨˈbu.kɨ/ [ˌfej.sɨˈβu.kɨ]
      • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌfe.sɨˈbu.kɨ/ [ˌfe.sɨˈβu.kɨ]

    Proper noun

    Facebook m

    1. Facebook (a social-networking website)
      Synonym: Face

    Spanish

    Etymology

    Borrowed from English Facebook.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈfeisbuk/ [ˈfei̯z.β̞uk]
    • Rhymes: -eisbuk

    Proper noun

    Facebook m

    1. Facebook (a social-networking website)
      Facebook ahora permite subir historias por más tiempo.
      Facebook now allows stories to be posted for longer.

    Swedish

    Etymology

    Borrowed from English Facebook

    Proper noun

    Facebook c (genitive Facebooks)

    1. Facebook
      Synonym: (slang) fejan

    Derived terms

    Tagalog

    Etymology

    Unadapted borrowing from English Facebook.

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈfejsbuk/ [ˈfeɪ̯s.bʊk̚]
      • IPA(key): (with nativization) /ˈpejsbuk/ [ˈpeɪ̯s.bʊk̚]
    • Rhymes: -ejsbuk
    • Syllabification: Face‧book

    Proper noun

    Facebook (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜌ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜊᜓᜃ᜔)

    1. Facebook (social-networking website)

    Noun

    Facebook (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜌ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜊᜓᜃ᜔)

    1. Facebook (personal web profile)

    Further reading

    Vietnamese

    Etymology

    From English Facebook.

    Pronunciation

    • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [fəj˧˧ ʔɓʊwk͡p̚˧˦]
    • (Huế) IPA(key): [fəj˧˧ ʔɓʊwk͡p̚˦˧˥]
    • (Saigon) IPA(key): [fəj˧˧ ʔɓʊwk͡p̚˦˥]
    • Phonetic spelling: phây búc

    Proper noun

    Facebook

    1. Facebook

    Welsh

    Etymology

    Borrowed from English Facebook.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈfeːsbʊk/, [ˈfeːspʊkʰ]

    Proper noun

    Facebook m (not mutable)

    1. Facebook
      Synonym: Gweplyfr