Toile d'araignée mondiale

French

Etymology

Calque of English World Wide Web.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /twal d‿a.ʁɛ.ɲe mɔ̃.djal/, /twal d‿a.ʁe.ɲe mɔ̃.djal/

Proper noun

Toile d’araignée mondiale f

1. (dated, computing) the World Wide Web

Usage notes

A direct translation of World Wide Web that fell so out of use in the 21st century that it has been removed from dictionaries.
However, la Toile is still a popular term for the Web as of 2023.