network

English

Etymology

net +‎ work

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /nɛtwɜːk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /nɛtwɝk/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

network (plural networks)

1. A fabric or structure of fibrous elements attached to each other at regular intervals.
2. Any interconnected group or system

   A network of roads crisscrossed the country.

3. A directory of people maintained for their advancement

   To get a job in today's economy, it is important to have a strong network.

4. (broadcasting) A group of affiliated television stations that broadcast common programs from a parent company.
   • 2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xi

     TV back then was five channels (three networks, PBS, and an independent station that ran I Love Lucy reruns), […]

5. (computing, Internet) Multiple computers and other devices connected together to share information

   The copy machine is connected to the network so it can now serve as a printer.

Hyponyms

• Bayesian network
• cellular network
• computer network
• economic network
• mobile network
• mobile telephone network
• neural network
• social network
• telephone network
• television network
• virtual network

 

Derived terms

• network card
• networking
• network proxy
• Network Rail
• network subsystem

 

Translations

fabric or structure of fibrous elements

• Armenian: ցանց (hy) (cʿancʿ)
• Bulgarian: мре́жа (bg) f (mréža), филе n (file)
• Catalan: xarxa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 網 (zh), 网 (zh) (wǎng)

• Czech: síť (cs) f
• Danish: net n
• Finnish: verkko (fi)
• French: tissus (fr) m
• Galician: rede (gl) f
• Georgian: ქსელი (kseli)
• Greek: σύμπλεγμα (el) n (sýmplegma), πλέγμα (el) n (plégma)
• Hungarian: hálózat (hu)
• Italian: rete (it) f, reti (it) f pl

• Japanese: 編 (ja) (あみ, ami), メッシュ (messhu)
• Korean: 그물 (ko) (geumul)
• Macedonian: мре́жа f (mréža)
• Malay: rangkaian, jaringan
• Norwegian: nett (no) n
• Polish: sieć (pl) f
• Portuguese: rede (pt) f
• Romanian: rețea (ro) f, rețele f pl
• Russian: сеть (ru) f (setʹ), се́тка (ru) f (sétka)
• Spanish: red (es) f
• Swedish: nätverk (sv) n
• Tagalog: kabalagan, kalambatan
• Vietnamese: mạng (vi) (𦀴)

interconnected group or system

• Arabic: شَبَكَة‎ (ar) f (šabaka)
• Armenian: ցանց (hy) (cʿancʿ)
• Azerbaijani: şəbəkə (az)
• Bulgarian: мрежа (bg) f (mreža)
• Catalan: xarxa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 網絡 (zh), 网络 (zh) (wǎngluò), 網路 (zh), 网路 (zh) (wǎnglù)

• Czech: síť (cs)
• Danish: netværk n
• Dutch: netwerk (nl)
• Finnish: verkko (fi)
• French: réseau (fr) m
• Friulian: rêt f
• Georgian: ქსელი (kseli)
• German: Netzwerk (de) n
• Greek: δίκτυο (el) n (díktyo)
• Hungarian: hálózat (hu)
• Irish: eangach f
• Italian: rete (it) f
• Japanese: ネットワーク (ja) (nettowāku), 網 (ja) (もう, mō)
• Korean: 네트워크 (ko) (neteuwokeu), 망(網) (ko) (mang)
• Ladin: rei f

• Latin: reticulum n
• Macedonian: мрежа f (mreža)
• Malay: rangkaian, jaringan
• Maori: whatunga
• Norwegian: nettverk (no) n
• Persian: شبکه‎ (fa) (šabake)
• Polish: sieć (pl) f, układ (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: rede (pt) f
• Romanian: rețea (ro) f
• Russian: сеть (ru) f (setʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мрежа f

  Roman: mreža (sh) f

• Spanish: red (es) f
• Sundanese: raramat
• Swahili: mtandao (sw)
• Swedish: nät (sv)
• Tagalog: kabalagan
• Tajik: шабака (tg) (šabaka)
• Thai: เครือข่าย (th) (krʉʉa-kàai)
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} ağ (tr), şebeke (tr)
• Vietnamese: mạng (vi) (𦀴)
• Volapük: resod

directory of people

• Danish: netværk n
• Dutch: netwerk (nl) n
• Finnish: verkosto (fi)
• German: Netzwerk (de) n
• Greek: δίκτυο (el) n (díktyo), κύκλωμα (el) n (kýkloma)

• Japanese: 人脈 (じんみゃく, jinmyaku)
• Macedonian: вр́ски f pl (vŕski)
• Norwegian: nettverk (no) n
• Polish: układy pl
• Russian: свя́зи (ru) f pl (svjázi)

multiple computers and other devices connected together

• Afrikaans: netwerk (af)
• Albanian: rrjet (sq) m
• Arabic: شَبَكَة‎ (ar) f (šabaka)
• Armenian: ցանց (hy) (cʿancʿ)
• Azerbaijani: şəbəkə (az), tor (az)
• Belarusian: се́тка f (sjétka), сець f (sjecʹ), мярэ́жа f (mjaréža)
• Bengali: নেটওয়ার্ক (neṭôẇark)
• Bulgarian: мре́жа (bg) f (mréža)
• Burmese: ကွန်ရက် (my) (kwanrak)
• Catalan: xarxa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 網絡 (zh), 网络 (zh) (wǎngluò), 網路 (zh), 网路 (zh) (wǎnglù)

• Czech: síť (cs) f
• Danish: netværk n
• Dutch: netwerk (nl) n
• Estonian: võrk
• Finnish: verkko (fi)
• French: réseau informatique (fr) m, réseau (fr) m
• Georgian: ქსელი (kseli)
• German: Netzwerk (de) n
• Greek: δίκτυο (el) (díktyo)
• Hebrew: רֶשֶׁת‎ (he) m (réshet)
• Hindi: नेटवर्क m (neṭvark)
• Hungarian: hálózat (hu)
• Icelandic: net (is) n
• Indonesian: jaringan (id)
• Irish: eangach f, líonra m
• Italian: rete (it) f
• Japanese: ネットワーク (ja) (nettowāku), 網 (ja) (もう, mō)
• Kazakh: тармақ (tarmaq), желі (kk) (jeli), тор (tor)
• Khmer: បណ្ដាញ (km) (bɑndaañ)
• Korean: 네트워크 (ko) (neteuwokeu), 망(網) (ko) (mang)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: şebeke (ku)

• Kyrgyz: тармак (ky) (tarmaq), тор (ky) (tor)
• Lao: ເຄືອຂ່າຍ (khư̄a khāi)

• Latvian: tīkls (lv) m
• Lithuanian: tinklas (lt) m
• Macedonian: мрежа f (mreža)
• Malay: rangkaian
• Maltese: xibka f
• Maori: tuihononga, whatunga
• Mongolian: сүлжээ (mn) (süljee)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nettverk (no) n

• Pashto: شبکه‎ (ps) f (šabaká)
• Persian: شبکه‎ (fa) (šabake)
• Polish: sieć (pl) f
• Portuguese: rede (pt) f
• Romanian: rețea de computere f, rețea (ro) f, rețea de calculatoare
• Russian: сеть (ru) f (setʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: lìonra m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мрежа f

  Roman: mreža (sh) f

• Sinhalese: ජාල (jāla)
• Slovak: sieť f
• Slovene: mreža (sl) f
• Spanish: red (es) f
• Swahili: mtandao (sw)
• Swedish: nätverk (sv) n
• Tagalog: kabalagan, kalambatan
• Tajik: шабака (tg) (šabaka)
• Thai: เครือข่าย (th) (krʉʉa-kàai)
• Turkish: ağ (tr), şebeke (tr)
• Turkmen: ulgam, tor
• Ukrainian: мере́жа f (meréža), сіть f (sitʹ)
• Urdu: نیٹ ورک‎ m (neṭ vark), نیٹورک‎ m (neṭvark)
• Uyghur: تور‎ (tor)
• Uzbek: tarmoq (uz), toʻr (uz)
• Vietnamese: mạng lưới (vi) (𦀴䋥), mạng (vi) (𦀴)
• Volapük: nünömaresod

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} nettverk (no)
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} rețea (ro) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} мрежа f

  Roman: ^{(please verify)} mreža (sh) f

• Swedish: (1, 2) ^{(please verify)} ett nätverk (sv)

References

• network on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

network (third-person singular simple present networks, present participle networking, simple past and past participle networked)

1. (intransitive) To interact socially for the purpose of getting connections or personal advancement.

   Many people find it worthwhile to network for jobs and information.

2. (transitive) To connect two or more computers or other computerized devices.

   If we network his machine to the server, he will be able to see all the files.

3. (transitive) To interconnect a group or system.
4. (transitive, broadcasting) To broadcast across an entire network of stations and affiliates at the same time.

Translations

interact socially

• Finnish: verkottua, verkostoitua (fi)
• French: réseauter (fr), ^{(please verify)} établir un réseau de contacts
• German: ^{(please verify)} sich vernetzen (de)

• Greek: δικτυώνομαι (el) (diktyónomai)
• Italian: socializzare (it)
• Maori: tautūtakitaki
• Romanian: socializa (ro)

to connect two or more computers or other computerized devices

• Bulgarian: омрежвам (omrežvam)
• Finnish: verkottaa
• German: vernetzen (de)
• Greek: δικτυώνω (el) (diktyóno), διασυνδέω (el) (diasyndéo)

• Japanese: ネットに接続する (netto ni setsuzoku suru)
• Macedonian: вмрежува (vmrežuva)
• Turkish: birbirine bağlamak (tr), bağlanmak (tr)

to interconnect a group or system

• Finnish: verkottaa
• French: mettre en réseau
• German: vernetzen (de)
• Greek: δικτυώνω (el) (diktyóno)

• Japanese: 系統を組む (keitō o kumu)
• Macedonian: вмрежува (vmrežuva)
• Turkish: birbirine bağlamak (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: (1) ^{(please verify)} mettre en réseau , ^{(please verify)} construire un réseau , ^{(please verify)} diffuser sur l 'ensemble du réseau , (par le réseau) ^{(please verify)} relier (fr) (1), ^{(please verify)} parcourir (fr)

• Norman: ^{(please verify)} dranneter (Jersey)

References

• network at OneLook Dictionary Search
• network in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• network in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.