webinar

See also: Webinar and webinář

English

Alternative forms

• Webinar

Etymology

Blend of Web +‎ seminar.

Pronunciation

• enPR: wĕb′ə-när′
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɛb.əˌnɑː/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈwɛb.əˌnɑɹ/

  Audio (US):

  (file)

• (Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈweb.əˌnɐː/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈwɛb.əˌnaɹ/
• (India) IPA^(key): /ˈweb.iˌnaːʳ/
• Hyphenation: web‧i‧nar

Noun

webinar (plural webinars)

2. An interactive seminar conducted via Internet. Usually a live presentation, lecture or workshop that happens in real time, as users participate through text-based chat, voice, video, or file-sharing.

   I just got an email invitation to a webinar on the value of primary sources.

   • 2002, Ann Rockley, Managing Enterprise Content, page 274:

     Web conferences or Webinars are a great way to learn about products or subjects of interest.

   • 2003, Francoise Tourniaire, Just Enough CRM, page 168:

     Webinars are often painfully short on exposure to the actual product, devoting half of the typical one-hour length to an “expert” disserting on some lofty topic, another fifteen minutes to a fluffy presentation about the company and its strategic direction, and a scant five minutes to a quick demo.

   • 2003, Andrea Learned, quoted in Martha Barletta's Marketing to Women, page 93:

     It's not that all women aren't interested in learning to download files or take Webinars, it's that their “why bother” factor may well kick in.

   • 2006, Selling Power, volume 26, numbers 1–9, page 44:

     Register today for our informative webinar and executive book offer.

   • 2011, Jon Wuebben, Content is Currency: Developing Powerful Content for Web and Mobile, page 28:

     One other point: An impressive site design can never rescue poorly written copy, sloppy videos, or boring webinar recordings.

   • 2013, Kristin Kipp, Teaching on the Education Frontier, page 82:

     Although there are many other tools that are available in a webinar tool, these are the ones you'll find yourself using most often.

   • 2025 February 27, Gina Goldenberg, “From Crisis to Action: Turning the Tide on Democratic Erosion Through Organizing”, in Harvard Kennedy School‎^[2], archived from the original on 29 March 2025:

     In response to this decline, a panel of Harvard scholars convened last week for a webinar to discuss how civil society groups can protect and promote democracy in such times of crisis.

Related terms

• webcast
• web conference
• webconferencing

Translations

interactive seminar conducted via Internet

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 網絡研討會 / 网络研讨会 (wǎngluò yántǎohuì)

• Czech: webinář (cs) m
• Dutch: webinar (nl) n or m
• Esperanto: retseminario
• Finnish: verkkoseminaari, webinaari (fi)
• French: webinaire (fr) m
• German: Webinar (de) n
• Greek: ιστοσεμινάριο (istoseminário)
• Hebrew: וובינר (wébinar)
• Hungarian: webinar, webinárium
• Indonesian: webinar (id)
• Italian: teleseminario m, seminario in rete m
• Japanese: ウェビナー (ja) (webinā)
• Latvian: tīmekļseminārs m, tīmekļa seminārs m, vebinārs m
• Occitan: webinari m, seminari web m
• Polish: webinar (pl) m inan, webinarium (pl) n (less common)
• Portuguese: webinário (pt) m
• Russian: вебина́р (ru) m (vebinár), онла́йн-семина́р m (onlájn-seminár)
• Spanish: webinar (es) m, webinario (es) m, seminario web m
• Swedish: webbinarium (sv) n

Further reading

• “webinar”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• wine bar, winebar

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English webinar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɛ.biˌnɑr/, /ˈʋɛ.bəˌnɑr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: we‧bi‧nar

Noun

webinar n or m (plural webinars, no diminutive)

2. webinar (interactive seminar conducted via Internet)

Related terms

• seminar
• seminarie
• seminarium

Hungarian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English webinar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛbinaːr]
• Hyphenation: we‧bi‧nar
• Rhymes: -aːr

Noun

webinar

2. webinar (interactive seminar conducted via Internet)

   Synonym: webinárium

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	webinar	webinarok
accusative	webinart	webinarokat
dative	webinarnak	webinaroknak
instrumental	webinarral	webinarokkal
causal-final	webinarért	webinarokért
translative	webinarrá	webinarokká
terminative	webinarig	webinarokig
essive-formal	webinarként	webinarokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	webinarban	webinarokban
superessive	webinaron	webinarokon
adessive	webinarnál	webinaroknál
illative	webinarba	webinarokba
sublative	webinarra	webinarokra
allative	webinarhoz	webinarokhoz
elative	webinarból	webinarokból
delative	webinarról	webinarokról
ablative	webinartól	webinaroktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	webinaré	webinaroké
non-attributive possessive – plural	webinaréi	webinarokéi

Possessive forms of webinar

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	webinarom	webinarjaim
2nd person sing.	webinarod	webinarjaid
3rd person sing.	webinarja	webinarjai
1st person plural	webinarunk	webinarjaink
2nd person plural	webinarotok	webinarjaitok
3rd person plural	webinarjuk	webinarjaik

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English webinar

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /weˈbinar/ [weˈbi.nar]
• Rhymes: -inar
• Syllabification: we‧bi‧nar

Noun

webinar (plural webinar-webinar)

1. webinar

Related terms

• seminar

Further reading

• “webinar”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English webinar (“Internet seminarium”). First attested in 2003.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɛˈbi.nar/, /vɛˈbi.nar/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -inar
• Syllabification: we‧bi‧nar

Noun

webinar m inan

2. webinar (interactive seminar conducted via Internet)

   Synonym: (less common) webinarium

   • 2010 February 2, Wojciech Stępkowski, “Webinar — co to takiego jest ?”, in Biznes jest dla ludzi !‎^[3] (blog), archived from the original on 19 December 2012:

     Zacząłem posługiwać się webinarami w swojej codziennej pracy biznesowej od około 2 miesięcy. Teraz, gdy biegle używam webinarów, prowadząc je dla moich współpartnerów biznesowych, codziennie odkrywam ich potęgę.

     I started using webinars in my daily business work for about 2 months. Now, when I am proficient in using webinars, conducting them for my business co-partners, I am discovering their power every day.

   • 2012 September 26, Małgorzata Czernecka, “Z jakich nowoczesnych form szkoleniowych korzystają polskie firmy”, in Infor‎^[4], archived from the original on 23 July 2021:

     Przedstawiciele firm, w których nie stosowano webinarów, widzieli możliwość ich zastosowania w szkoleniach z kwestii prawnych oraz przy wprowadzaniu nowych procesów w organizacji. […]. Wskazywano, że webinar jest szczególnie przydatny, gdy pracownicy firmy są rozproszeni w różnych lokalizacjach.

     Representatives of companies, where webinars were not used, saw an opportunity to use them in training on legal issues and in introducing new processes in the organization. […]. It was pointed out, that a webinar is particularly useful, when a company's employees are dispersed in different locations.

   • 2019 November 28, Łukasz Zalewski, “Fiskus jednak nie musi wiedzieć o każdym przelewie”, in Dziennik Gazeta Prawna‎^[5], archived from the original on 30 November 2019:

     Kto zapłaci kontrahentowi na konto, […], nie będzie musiał za każdym razem zgłaszać tego urzędowi skarbowemu […]. Wcześniej takie korzystne dla podatników stanowisko przedstawił […] zastępca dyrektora departamentu VAT, podczas webinaru zorganizowanego przez resort.

     Whoever pays a contractor on account, […], will not have to report this to the tax office every time […]. Earlier, such a favourable position for taxpayers was presented by […] the deputy director of the VAT department, during a webinar organised by the ministry.

Declension

Declension of webinar

	singular	plural
nominative	webinar	webinary
genitive	webinaru	webinarów
dative	webinarowi	webinarom
accusative	webinar	webinary
instrumental	webinarem	webinarami
locative	webinarze	webinarach
vocative	webinarze	webinary

Further reading

• “webinar”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[6] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “webinar”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[7] (in Polish)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English webinar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈw̝ebinaɾ/ [ˈw̝e.β̞i.naɾ]
  • Rhymes: -ebinaɾ
• IPA^(key): /w̝ebiˈnaɾ/ [w̝e.β̞iˈnaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: we‧bi‧nar

Noun

webinar m (plural webinares)

2. webinar (interactive seminar conducted via Internet)

   Synonyms: webinario, seminario web