"facebook" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfeɪsˌbʊk/ Forms: facebooks [plural]
enPR: ʹfās'bo͝ok Etymology: From face + book, likely modelled after namebook. Etymology templates: {{com|en|face|book}} face + book Head templates: {{en-noun}} facebook (plural facebooks)
  1. A reference book or electronic directory containing the photographs and names of various individuals. Synonyms (a book containing pictures of faces): mug book Translations (a reference book or electronic directory): 面譜 (Chinese Cantonese), 面谱 (min⁶ pou²) (Chinese Cantonese), 臉譜 (Chinese Mandarin), 脸谱 (liǎnpǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), trombinoscope (French), បញ្ជីរូបថត (banh ji roob thort) (Khmer)
    Sense id: en-facebook-en-noun-D7rvFGVY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Khmer translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 23 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 24 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Khmer translations: 36 19 45 Disambiguation of 'a book containing pictures of faces': 77 23 Disambiguation of 'a reference book or electronic directory': 92 8
  2. A college publication distributed at the start of the academic year by university administrations with the intention of helping students become acquainted with each other. Translations (a college publication): បញ្ជីរូបថត (banh ji roob thort) (Khmer), libro de caras (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-facebook-en-noun-Is2Agfsi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Khmer translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 23 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 24 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Khmer translations: 36 19 45 Disambiguation of 'a college publication': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Facebook Related terms: yearbook (english: traditionally published at the end of the academic year)

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈfeɪsˌbʊk/ Forms: facebooks [present, singular, third-person], facebooking [participle, present], facebooked [participle, past], facebooked [past]
enPR: ʹfās'bo͝ok Etymology: From face + book, likely modelled after namebook. Etymology templates: {{com|en|face|book}} face + book Head templates: {{en-verb}} facebook (third-person singular simple present facebooks, present participle facebooking, simple past and past participle facebooked)
  1. Alternative form of Facebook Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Facebook Related terms: facebooker
    Sense id: en-facebook-en-verb-~UKDDGl8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 23 41 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 29 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 24 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 28 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 28 23 50 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 25 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Khmer translations: 36 19 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 28 24 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 19 27 54

Inflected forms

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