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(file)
  • Hyphenation: Web

Proper noun

Web n (proper noun, strong, genitive Webs)

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

Declension
Declension of Web [sg-only, neuter, strong]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein das Web
genitive eines des Webs
dative einem dem Web
accusative ein das Web

Japanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English Web.

Pronunciation

Noun

Web(ウェブ) • (webu) 

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

See also

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, 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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