Web

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.