"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, {{m|en|namebook}} namebook Head templates: {{en-noun}} facebook (plural facebooks)
  1. A reference book or electronic directory made up of individuals’ photographs and names. 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-lTqci5BG Disambiguation of 'a book containing pictures of faces': 64 36 Disambiguation of 'a reference book or electronic directory': 91 9
  2. A college publication distributed at the start of the academic year by university administrations with the intention of helping students get to know each other better. Translations (a college publication): បញ្ជីរូបថត (banh ji roob thort) (Khmer), libro de caras (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-facebook-en-noun-AO8V8c06 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 41 30 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, {{m|en|namebook}} namebook 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

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for facebook meaning in All languages combined (5.3kB)

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