Web

See also: web and web-

English

Alternative forms

• web

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

• Web 1.0
• Web 2.0
• Web 3.0

 

Derived terms

• Web browser
• Weblog
• Web page
• Web site

 

See also

• Appendix:American Dialect Society words of the year

Further reading

• Web on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Bew, EBW, WBE

French

Alternative forms

• web

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

• application Web

 

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

• ウェブ (webu)

Etymology

From English Web.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ウェ​ブ [wéꜜbù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɰᵝe̞bɯ̟ᵝ]

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

• インターネット (intānetto), ネット (netto)

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.