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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From facebook .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Facebook
( trademark ) A social-networking website where users can find acquaintances or "friends", exchange messages, and post updates.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
social-networking website
Arabic: فَيْس بُوك m ( fays buk ) , فِيس بُوك m ( fīs buk ) , فَيْسْبُوك m ( faysbuk ) , فِيسْبُوك m ( fīsbuk ) , فَايْسْبُوك m ( faysbuk ) , فَايْسْبُوك m ( faysbūk )
Armenian: Ֆեյսբուք ( Feysbukʻ )
Western Armenian: Ֆէյսպուք ( Fēyspukʻ )
Belarusian: Фэ́йсбук m ( Féjsbuk ) , Фэйсбу́к m ( Fejsbúk )
Bengali: ফেইসবুক ( pheisbuk ) , ফেসবুক (bn) ( phesbuk )
Bulgarian: Фе́йсбук m ( Féjsbuk ) , Фейсбу́к m ( Fejsbúk )
Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴼⵉⵙⴱⵓⴽ ( fisbuk )
Cherokee: ᎤᎧᏛᎪᏪᎵ ( ukadvgoweli )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 面書 / 面书 ( min6 syu1 ) ( unofficial )
Mandarin: 臉書 / 脸书 (zh) ( liǎnshū ) ( unofficial ) , 非死不可 (zh) ( Fēisǐbùkě , literally “ must die ” ) ( slang ) , 面簿 ( miànbù ) ( Singapore, unofficial ) , 面子書 / 面子书 ( miànzishū ) ( Malaysia, unofficial ) , 臉譜網 / 脸谱网 ( liǎnpǔwǎng ) ( unofficial )
Danish: Facebook , fjæsbogen ( humorous, slang )
Dinka: Peithbuk
Dutch: Facebook (nl)
Esperanto: Fejsbuko (eo) , Vizaĝlibro
Estonian: Facebook (et) , näoraamat ( slang ) , lõustaraamat ( slang )
Finnish: Facebook
French: ( internet slang ) Fessebouc (fr) m , Facebook (fr) m
Georgian: ფეისბუკი ( peisbuḳi )
German: Facebook (de) ( no gender )
Greek: φέισμπουκ ( féismpouk )
Hebrew: פייסבוק
Hindi: फ़ेसबुक ( fesbuk ) , फेसबुक ( phesbuk )
Hungarian: Facebook (hu)
Icelandic: Facebook n , Fésbók f , Feisbók f , Feisbúkk n
Japanese: フェイスブック ( feisubukku )
Javanese: ꦥ꦳ꦺꦱ꧀ꦧꦸꦏ꧀ ( fésbuk )
Khmer: ហ្វេសប៊ុក ( feesbuk )
Korean: 페이스북 ( peiseubuk ) , 페북 ( pebuk ) ( abbreviation, slang )
Latin: Prosōpobiblium n , Prosōpobiblion n
Lithuanian: Facebook , Facebookas m
Macedonian: Фе́јсбук m ( Féjsbuk )
Maori: Pukamata
Mongolian: Фэйсбүүк ( Fejsbüük ) , ᠹᠡᠢᠰᠪᠦᠦᠺ ( feisbüük )
Navajo: naaltsoos biniiʼ
Nepali: फेसबुक ( phesbuk )
Norwegian: facebook , fjesbok f
Odia: ଫେସ୍ବୁକ ( phesbukô )
Pashto: فېسبوک ( Fesbok/Pesbok )
Persian: فیسبوک (fa) ( feysbuk )
Polish: Facebook (pl) m
Portuguese: Facebook m
Russian: Фе́йсбук (ru) m ( Féjsbuk ) , Фейсбу́к (ru) m ( Fejsbúk ) , Фэ́йсбук (ru) m ( Fɛ́jsbuk ) , Фэйсбу́к (ru) m ( Fɛjsbúk )
Serbo-Croatian: Фејсбук m , Facebook m , Fejsbuk m
Sinhalese: ෆේස්බුක් ( fēsbuk )
Spanish: Facebook (es) m
Swedish: Facebook c , fejan (sv) ( slang )
Tagalog: Facebook , peysbuk ( informal, slang )
Tamil: ஃபெஸ்புக் ( fespuk ) , முகநூல் (ta) ( mukanūl )
Telugu: ఫేస్బుక్ ( phēsbuk )
Thai: เฟซบุ๊ก ( fées-búk )
Turkish: Facebook
Ukrainian: Фе́йсбук m ( Féjsbuk ) , Фейсбу́к m ( Fejsbúk )
Urdu: فیسبک ( feysbuk )
Vietnamese: Phây-búc (vi) , Phây
Welsh: Facebook m , Gweplyfr m
Yiddish: פֿייסבוק ( feysbuk )
Zhuang: sawnaj
Noun
Facebook (plural Facebooks )
A personal web profile on the social-networking site Facebook.
2015 March 27, “To the Well-Intentioned but Ignorant Parents of Teenagers.” , Kayla Nicole's Blog , at cutestpkever.wordpress.com :
You might have a Facebook . So do I. And so does my mom and my grandma and all of her friends. But you know who doesn’t have a Facebook ? Your kid’s friends.
2021 July 28, Ruby Speechley, The Face At The Window: A gripping, twisty thriller you won't be able to put down , Hera books Ltd, →ISBN , →OCLC :'An intimate photo has been posted on your cloned Facebook page,' says Greg. 'What, of me in the nuddy?' Nick snorts a note of laughter. 'No, of you and a woman.' 'What woman? Show me,' he says holding his hand out.
Verb
Facebook (third-person singular simple present Facebooks , present participle Facebooking , simple past and past participle Facebooked )
( intransitive ) To use the social-networking site Facebook .
( transitive ) To send a message or leave a comment on Facebook.
Facebook me the details later.
Translations
use the social-networking site Facebook
See also
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Facebook .
Proper noun
Facebook
Facebook
See also
Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English Facebook .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Facebook n
Facebook
Finnish
Etymology
From English Facebook .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Facebook
Facebook
Declension
Synonyms
French
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /fejs.buk/ , /fɛjs.buk/
Proper noun
Facebook ?
Facebook
German
Etymology
Borrowed from English Facebook .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈfɛɪ̯s.bʊk/ , /ˈfeːs-/
Hyphenation: Face‧book
Proper noun
Facebook n (proper noun , strong , genitive Facebooks )
Facebook
Usage notes
Facebook is not normally used with an article; when one is used, it is the neuter article (see citations ).
Declension
Related terms
References
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Facebook .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Facebook m inan
Facebook
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Facebook .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Facebook m
Facebook ( a social-networking website )
Synonym: Face
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Facebook .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Facebook m
Facebook ( a social-networking website )
Facebook ahora permite subir historias por más tiempo.Facebook now allows stories to be posted for longer.
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Facebook
Proper noun
Facebook c (genitive Facebooks )
Facebook
Synonym: ( slang ) fejan
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from English Facebook .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈpejsbuk/ ,
Hyphenation: Face‧book
Proper noun
Facebook (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜌ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜊᜓᜃ᜔ )
Facebook
Further reading
Welsh
Etymology
Borrowed from English Facebook .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Facebook m (not mutable )
Facebook
Synonym: Gweplyfr