online

See also: on line and on-line

English

Alternative forms

• on-line

Etymology

on +‎ line

Pronunciation

• enPR: ŏn'līn", IPA^(key): /ˈɒnˌlaɪn/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Adjective

online (comparative more online, superlative most online)

1. Describes a system which is connected (generally electrically) to a larger network.
   1. Describes a generator or power plant which is connected to the grid.
   2. Describes a computer which is connected to the Internet or to some other communications service – i.e., not simply with the cable plugged in, but has established a connection to a larger network (e.g., by dialing up).

      Is this modem online?

2. Available over, or delivered from, the Internet.
   • 2013 May 25, “No hiding place”, in The Economist^[1], volume 407, number 8837, page 74:

     In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result. If the bumf arrived electronically, the take-up rate was 0.1%. And for online adverts the “conversion” into sales was a minuscule 0.01%.

   I prefer to read online newspapers.

3. Connected to the Internet.

   I'll be online tonight, so I'll be able to reply to your email.

4. Available on a computer system, even if not networked.

   Press the F1 key to access the online help.

   The program comes with an online manual.

5. Describes a system that is active, particularly building facilities (such as power) or a factory or power plant.

   The power is online.

   Once this factory comes online, it will double car production in our country!

Antonyms

• (connected to larger network): offline
• (available on a computer system): hardcopy
• (online business): brick and mortar

Derived terms

• massive open online course (MOOC)

Translations

connected to a network

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 網上 (zh), 网上 (zh) (wǎngshàng), 線上 (zh), 线上 (zh) (xiànshàng)

• Finnish: verkossa (fi), online (fi) (computer); seinässä (fi) (small electric appliance)‚ verkossa (fi) (electric machinery); kytkettynä (fi) (coupled, generally)
• French: en ligne (fr)
• German: online (de)
• Indonesian: daring (id)
• Japanese: オンライン (ja) (onrain)

• Korean: 온라인 (ko) (onnain)
• Malay: dalam talian
• Norman: brantchi
• Portuguese: online (pt), em linha (pt)
• Romanian: în linie, online (ro), rețelizat
• Russian: онла́йн (ru) m (onlájn) (noun), онла́йновый (ru) (onlájnovyj)
• Slovene: v omrežju

available over the Internet

• Armenian: առցանց (aṙcʿancʿ)
• Cornish: warlinen
• Finnish: verkko- (fi)
• French: en ligne (fr)
• Greek: σε απευθείας σύνδεση (se apeftheías sýndesi)
• Indonesian: daring (id)

• Irish: ar líne
• Malay: dalam talian
• Manx: er-linney
• Portuguese: online (pt)
• Scottish Gaelic: air loidhne
• Welsh: ar-lein

connected to the Internet

• Armenian: առցանց (aṙcʿancʿ)
• Cornish: warlinen
• Finnish: verkossa, netissä
• French: en ligne (fr)
• Greek: σε απευθείας σύνδεση (se apeftheías sýndesi)
• Indonesian: daring (id), tersambung
• Irish: ar líne
• Italian: in rete
• Malay: dalam talian

• Manx: er-linney
• Norman: brantchi
• Portuguese: online (pt), em linha (pt)
• Romanian: online (ro), în internet
• Russian: в сети (v seti)
• Scottish Gaelic: air loidhne
• Slovene: dosegljiv
• Spanish: en línea (es)
• Welsh: ar-lein

available on a computer system

• Armenian: առցանց (aṙcʿancʿ)
• Finnish: online (fi)

• Malay: dalam talian

of a system that is active

• Finnish: päällä (fi) (power); toiminnassa (factory etc.)

• Malay: dalam talian

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

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} مُتَّصِل (muttaṣil), ^{(please verify)} مُتَوَاجِد (mutawājid), ^{(please verify)} عَلَى الْإِنْتَرْنَت (ʿalā l-ʾintarnat), ^{(please verify)} أُونْلَايْن (ʾonlayn)
• Azeri: ^{(please verify)} onlayn
• Czech: ^{(please verify)} online, ^{(please verify)} připojený
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} online (nl), ^{(please verify)} aangesloten (nl), ^{(please verify)} verbonden (nl)
• French: ^{(please verify)} en ligne (fr), ^{(please verify)} online (fr)
• German: ^{(please verify)} eingeschaltet (de), ^{(please verify)} verbunden (de), ^{(please verify)} online (de)
• Hindi: ^{(please verify)} ऑनलाइन (ŏnlā'in)
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} tengdur m
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} in linea
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} オンライン (ja) (onrain)
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 온라인 (ko) (onlain)
• Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} на линија (na línija), ^{(please verify)} вклучен (vklúčen), интернет- (ínternet-) (sense 3)

• Malagasy: ^{(please verify)} an-tserasera
• Mandarin:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 在線, ^{(please verify)} 在线 (zh) (zàixiàn), ^{(please verify)} 上網, ^{(please verify)} 上网 (zh) (shàngwǎng), ^{(please verify)} 聯機, ^{(please verify)} 联机 (liánjī), ^{(please verify)} 線上 (zh), ^{(please verify)} 线上 (xiànshàng), ^{(please verify)} 網上 (zh), ^{(please verify)} 网上 (wǎngshàng)

• Norman: ^{(please verify)} en lîngne (Jersey)
• Russian: ^{(please verify)} онла́йн (ru) (onlájn) (ónlajn) usually as prefix with -, онлайновый (onlájnovyj), ^{(please verify)} в сети́ (v setí), ^{(please verify)} в интерне́те (v internéte)
• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} online, ^{(please verify)} pripojený m
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} en línea (es)
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} uppkopplad (1)
• Thai: ^{(please verify)} ออนไลน์ (on-lai)
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} çevrimiçi (tr)
• Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} trực tuyến (vi)

Adverb

online (comparative more online, superlative most online)

1. Describes actions performed over the Internet.

   He works online.

Translations

performed over Internet

• Armenian: առցանց (aṙcʿancʿ)
• Finnish: verkossa (fi), verkko- (fi), online- (fi)

• Greek: ονλαιν (onlain)
• Malay: dalam talian

See also

• come online

Anagrams

• El Nino, El Niño, Lonnie

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Finnish

Adverb

online

1. online; used also as modifier in compound terms, often with a hyphen and as uninflected attribute

   Haluan hoitaa pankkiasiani online.

   I want to handle my banking business online.

   Olen X-pankin online-asiakas.

   I'm an online customer of X Bank.

Derived terms

• online-kaupankäynti
• onlinejärjestelmä

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Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowing from English online.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈonlaːjn]
• Hyphenation: on‧line

Adjective

online (not comparable)

1. online

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from English online.

Adjective

online (invariable) (Also: on line, on-line)

1. online

Anagrams

• lenoni, Linneo, nonile

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• on-line

Etymology

Borrowing from English online.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /õ.ˈlaj.ni/

Adjective

online (invariable, comparable)

1. online (connected to the Internet)

   O computador está online.

   The computer is online.

   Synonyms: conectado

2. online (which takes place over the Internet)

   Comunicação online.

   Online communication.

   Synonyms: electrónico, em linha

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Spanish

Adjective

online (plural online)

1. online