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English
Etymology
1950, from on + line .
Pronunciation
Attributive:
Predicative:
Rhymes: -aɪn
Adjective
online (comparative more online , superlative most online )
Of a system: connected (generally electrically) to a larger network.
Of a generator or power plant : connected to the grid .
Of a computer : actively connected to the Internet or to some other communications service.
Is this modem online ?
Available over, or delivered from, the Internet.
2013 May 25, “No hiding place”, in The Economist , 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%.
2024 May 4, John Naughton, “The internet is in decline – it needs rewilding”, in The Guardian :The online world was meant to be an open system but has become dominated by huge corporations.
I prefer to read online newspapers.
Connected to the Internet.
I'll be online tonight, so I'll be able to reply to your email.
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, supplied on compact disc.
Of a system: 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!
( slang ) Immersed in Internet culture. (Usually modified by an intensifier such as extremely or terminally )
2019 , A.O. Scott, “'The Image Book' Review: Godard Looks at Violence, and Movies”, in The New York Times :To borrow an idiom from the extremely online , late Godard is a mood .
Antonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
connected to a network
Basque: sarean
Bulgarian: свъ́рзан (bg) ( svǎ́rzan )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 網上 / 网上 (zh) ( wǎngshàng ) , 線上 / 线上 (zh) ( xiànshàng )
Esperanto: interreta , enreta
Finnish: verkossa (fi) , online (fi) ( computer ) ; seinässä (fi) ( small electric appliance ) , verkossa (fi) ( electric machinery ) ; kytkettynä (fi) ( coupled, generally )
French: en ligne (fr)
Georgian: ონლაინ ( onlain ) , ხაზზე ( xazze )
German: online (de) , angeschlossen (de)
Gujarati: જાળે ( jāḷe )
Ido: enreta , enlinea
Indonesian: daring (id) , dalam jaringan (id)
Italian: in linea , online (it)
Japanese: オンライン (ja) ( onrain )
Korean: 온라인 (ko) ( onnain )
Malay: dalam talian
Maori: tuihono
Marathi: ऑनलाइन ( ŏnlāin )
Norman: brantchi
Persian: آنلاین ( ânlâyn ) , برخط (fa) ( barxat ) , درون خط ( darun-e xat ) , روی خط ( ruy-e xat )
Polish: online (pl)
Portuguese: online (pt) , em linha (pt)
Romanian: în linie , online (ro) , rețelizat
Russian: онла́йн (ru) m ( onlájn ) ( noun ) , онла́йновый (ru) ( onlájnovyj )
Slovene: v omrežju
Tok Pisin: onlain
Turkish: çevrim içi (tr)
Ukrainian: онла́йн ( onlájn ) , онла́йновий (uk) ( onlájnovyj )
Urdu: روئے ربط ( rū-ey-rabt ) , آن لائن ( ān-lā'in ) , انٹرنیٹ پر ( inṭarneṭ par )
Walloon: raloyî (wa) m
Welsh: ar lein
available over the Internet
connected to the Internet
Armenian: առցանց (hy) ( aṙcʻancʻ )
Basque: sarean
Bulgarian: онлайн ( onlajn )
Cornish: warlinen
Finnish: verkossa , netissä
French: en ligne (fr)
Georgian: ონლაინ ( onlain ) , ხაზზე ( xazze ) , დაკავშირებული ( daḳavširebuli )
German: online (de)
Greek: σε απευθείας σύνδεση ( se apeftheías sýndesi )
Ido: enreta , enlinea
Indonesian: daring (id) , tersambung
Irish: ar líne
Italian: in rete , in linea , online (it)
Malay: dalam talian
Manx: er-linney
Maori: ā-ipurangi , tuihono
Marathi: ऑनलाइन ( ŏnlāin )
Norman: brantchi
Polish: online (pl)
Portuguese: online (pt) , em linha (pt)
Romanian: online (ro) , în internet
Russian: в сети́ ( v setí )
Scottish Gaelic: air loidhne
Slovene: dosegljiv
Spanish: en línea (es)
Tagalog: onlayn
Tok Pisin: onlain
Turkish: açık (tr) , çevrim içi (tr) , online (tr)
Ukrainian: в мере́жі́ ( v meréží ) , у мере́жі́ ( u meréží )
Walloon: raloyî (wa) m
Welsh: ar lein
available on a computer system
of a system that is active
Translations to be checked
Arabic: (please verify ) مُتَّصِل ( muttaṣil ) , (please verify ) مُتَوَاجِد ( mutawājid ) , (please verify ) عَلَى الْإِنْتَرْنَت ( ʕalā l-ʔintarnat ) , (please verify ) أُونْلَايْن ( ʔonlayn )
Azerbaijani: (please verify ) onlayn
Czech: (please verify ) online (cs) , (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 ( ŏnlāin )
Icelandic: (please verify ) tengdur m
Interlingua: (please verify ) in linea
Macedonian: (please verify ) на линија ( na linija ) , (please verify ) вклучен ( vklučen ) , (please verify ) интернет- ( internet- ) (3)
Malagasy: (please verify ) an-tserasera
Mandarin:
Mandarin: (please verify ) 在線 / 在线 (zh) ( zàixiàn ) , (please verify ) 在线 (zh) ( zàixiàn ) , (please verify ) 上網 / 上网 (zh) ( shàngwǎng ) , (please verify ) 上网 (zh) ( shàngwǎng ) , (please verify ) 聯機 / 联机 ( liánjī ) , (please verify ) 联机 ( liánjī ) , (please verify ) 線上 / 线上 (zh) ( xiànshàng ) , (please verify ) 线上 (zh) ( xiànshàng ) , (please verify ) 網上 / 网上 (zh) ( wǎngshàng ) , (please verify ) 网上 (zh) ( wǎngshàng )
Norman: (please verify ) en lîngne ( Jersey )
Russian: (please verify ) онла́йн- (ru) ( onlájn- ) , (please verify ) онла́йновый (ru) ( onlájnovyj ) , (please verify ) в сети́ ( v setí ) , (please verify ) в интерне́те ( v internéte )
Slovak: (please verify ) online , (please verify ) pripojený m
Swedish: (please verify ) uppkopplad (sv) (1)
Thai: (please verify ) ออนไลน์ (th) ( on-lai )
Turkish: (please verify ) çevrimiçi (tr)
Vietnamese: (please verify ) trực tuyến (vi)
Adverb
online (not comparable )
While online; while in a running or active state, or connected to the Internet .
He works online .
2004 , Jared Hess, Jerusha Hess, Napoleon Dynamite (motion picture), spoken by Kip (Aaron Ruell):Well, things are getting pretty serious right now. I mean, we chat online for, like, two hours every day so I guess you could say things are gettin' pretty serious.
Translations
Verb
online (third-person singular simple present onlines , present participle onlining , simple past and past participle onlined )
( computing , transitive ) To bring (a system, etc.) online; to promote to an active or running state.
2013 , John Clarke, Oracle Exadata Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach , page 219 :The output in Listing 8-2 shows your disk group status prior to onlining the disks, the commands to online your disks, and the status after onlining .
See also
Anagrams
Dutch
on line ( chiefly adverbial and predicative, superseded )
on-line ( chiefly adverbial and predicative, superseded )
Etymology
Borrowed from English online . The forms on line and on-line are older in Dutch.
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ɔnˈlɑi̯n/ , ( chiefly attributive and in compounds ) /ˈɔn.lɑi̯n/
Hyphenation: on‧li‧ne
Adverb
online
online ( on, via or connected to the Internet or another network )
Adjective
online (not comparable )
online ( on, via, connected or related to the Internet or another network )
Declension
Finnish
Etymology
From English online .
Pronunciation
Adverb
online
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
Anagrams
German
Etymology
Borrowed from English online .
Pronunciation
Adjective
online (indeclinable , predicative only )
online
Antonym: offline
Further reading
“online ” in Duden online
“online ” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from English online .
Pronunciation
Adjective
online (not comparable )
online
Declension
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English online .
Adjective
online (invariable ) (Also : on line , on-line )
online
Anagrams
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from English online .
Pronunciation
Adjective
online
( proscribed ) online
Synonyms: ( proscribed ) atas talian , dalam talian
Antonym: luar talian
Permainan online ― Online games
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English online .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ɔnˈlajn/
Rhymes: -ajn
Syllabification: on‧line
Adjective
online (not comparable , no derived adverb )
( Internet ) online ( available over the Internet )
Coordinate term: offline
Adverb
online (not comparable )
( Internet ) online ( performed over Internet )
Coordinate term: offline
Noun
online m inan
( colloquial , Internet ) online ( Internet-connected mode of operation )
Coordinate term: offline
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
online in Wielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
online in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English online .
Pronunciation
Adjective
online (invariable )
online ( connected to the Internet )
Synonym: conectado
O computador está online . The computer is online .
online ( which takes place over the Internet )
Synonyms: eletrónico , em linha
Comunicação online . Online communication.
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English online .
Pronunciation
Adjective
online (invariable )
online
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Swedish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English online . First attested in 1969.[ 1]
Adjective
online (not comparable )
online .
Synonym: uppkopplad
2023 May 10, “Unga i våldsamma relationer söker ofta stöd online [Young people in violent relationships often seek support online ]”, in Forskning :En ny studie har undersökt våld mot unga i nära parrelationer. Studien, som genomförts av forskare vid Stockholms universitet, visar att behovet att söka anonymt stöd online är stort. A new study has investigated violence against young people in intimate partner relationships. The study, which was carried out by researchers at Stockholm University, shows that the need to seek anonymous support online is great.
1969 September 16, Arbetet , page 6:Det är Sveriges första on-line -kopplade bankomat — den står alltså i direkt förbindelse med bankens datamaskin som [ …] It is Sweden's first on-line connected ATM — it is hence directly connected to the bank's computer which
1964 July 13, Svenska Dagbladet , page 2:[ …] online system direkt anknutet till SAS världsomspännande nät för [ …] online system directly connected to SAS worldwide network for
References
Turkish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English online .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈon.ɫajn/ , /onˈɫajn/
Hyphenation: on‧line
Adjective
online
online
Synonyms: çevrim içi , çevrimiçi
Antonyms: çevrim dışı , offline
Declension
predicative forms of online
present tense
positive, declarative
positive, interrogative
negative, declarative
negative, interrogative
ben ( I am )
onlineım
online mıyım?
online değilim
online değil miyim?
sen ( you are )
onlinesın
online mısın?
online değilsin
online değil misin?
o ( he/she/it is )
online / onlinedır
online mı?
online değil
online değil mi?
biz ( we are )
onlineız
online mıyız?
online değiliz
online değil miyiz?
siz ( you are )
onlinesınız
online mısınız?
online değilsiniz
online değil misiniz?
onlar ( they are )
online(lar)
online(lar) mı?
online değil(ler)
online değiller mi?
past tense
positive, declarative
positive, interrogative
negative, declarative
negative, interrogative
ben ( I was )
onlinedım
online mıydım?
online değildim
online değil miydim?
sen ( you were )
onlinedın
online mıydın?
online değildin
online değil miydin?
o ( he/she/it was )
onlinedı
online mıydı?
online değildi
online değil miydi?
biz ( we were )
onlinedık
online mıydık?
online değildik
online değil miydik?
siz ( you were )
onlinedınız
online mıydınız?
online değildiniz
online değil miydiniz?
onlar ( they were )
onlinedılar
online mıydılar?
online değildi(ler) / değillerdi
online değil miydiler?
indirect past
positive, declarative
positive, interrogative
negative, declarative
negative, interrogative
ben ( I was )
onlinemışım
online mıymışım?
online değilmişim
online değil miymişim?
sen ( you were )
onlinemışsın
online mıymışsın?
online değilmişsin
online değil miymişsin?
o ( he/she/it was )
onlinemış
online mıymış?
online değilmiş
online değil miymiş?
biz ( we were )
onlinemışız
online mıymışız?
online değilmişiz
online değil miymişiz?
siz ( you were )
onlinemışsınız
online mıymışsınız?
online değilmişsiniz
online değil miymişsiniz?
onlar ( they were )
onlinemışlar
online mıymışlar?
online değilmiş(ler) / değillermiş
online değil miymişler?
conditional
positive, declarative
positive, interrogative
negative, declarative
negative, interrogative
ben ( if I )
onlinesam
online mıysam?
online değilsem
online değil miysem?
sen ( if you )
onlinesan
online mıysan?
online değilsen
online değil miysen?
o ( if he/she/it )
onlinesa
online mıysa?
online değilse
online değil miyse?
biz ( if we )
onlinesak
online mıysak?
online değilsek
online değil miysek?
siz ( if you )
onlinesanız
online mıysanız?
online değilseniz
online değil miyseniz?
onlar ( if they )
onlinesalar
online mıysalar?
online değilseler / değillerse
online değil miyseler?
Further reading