Web

See also: web and web-

English

Etymology

Capitalized form of web. From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English webb, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *wabją, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“weave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɛb/

Proper noun

the Web

1. (possibly informal outside attributive use) The World Wide Web.
   • 2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 27:

     The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about "creating compelling content", or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing" […] and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention.

   Some of that content is now only available on the Web.

   Web page. Web portal. (attributive use)

Derived terms

• Web browser, web browser
• Web page, web page, web-page, webpage
• Web site

See also

• Appendix:American Dialect Society words of the year

Anagrams

• Bew, EBW, WBE

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Web.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɛb/

Proper noun

Web m

1. the Web; the World Wide Web.

Synonyms

• la Toile

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from English Web.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛp/
• Hyphenation: Web

Proper noun

Web n (genitive Webs)

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

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Japanese

Alternative forms

• ウェブ (webu)

Etymology

From English Web.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ウェブ [wéꜜbù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [β̞e̞bɯ̟]

Noun

Web(ウェブ) • (webu) 

1. the Web; the World Wide Web

   Web(ウェブ)上(じょう)の情報(じょうほう)

   webu-jō no jōhō

   online information

See also

• インターネット (intānetto), ネット (netto)

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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German Gewebe, Dutch web, English web.

Noun

Web n (plural Wewe)

1. web

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Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Web.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈveb/
• Hyphenation: Web

Proper noun

Web

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