"WhatsApp" meaning in English

See WhatsApp in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: Blend of what's up + app, coined as a trademark. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|what's up|app}} Blend of what's up + app Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} WhatsApp
  1. An instant messaging service founded in 2009 and acquired by Facebook in 2014. Categories (topical): Internet, Telecommunications Synonyms: WTS [Hong-Kong, abbreviation] Derived forms: WhatsApper, WhatsApp University Translations (messaging service): 瓦次艾普 (wǎcì àipǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 瓦次普 (wǎcìpǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), واتساپ (vâts-ap) (Persian), وات (vât) [informal] (Persian), ватсап (vatsap) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-WhatsApp-en-name-E4SI-sGU Disambiguation of Internet: 56 9 15 20 Disambiguation of Telecommunications: 42 30 7 22 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English blends: 22 26 24 28 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 7 8 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 72 9 10 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 66 11 11 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 76 7 8 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 57 14 15 15 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 70 10 10 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 66 12 10 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 71 9 10 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 71 11 9 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 64 12 11 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 66 13 10 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 72 11 9 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 68 10 11 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 68 10 11 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Whatsapp, whatsapp

Noun

Forms: WhatsApps [plural]
Etymology: Blend of what's up + app, coined as a trademark. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|what's up|app}} Blend of what's up + app Head templates: {{en-noun}} WhatsApp (plural WhatsApps)
  1. A message sent by WhatsApp. Translations (message): WhatsAppbericht [neuter] (Dutch), whatsappbericht [neuter] (Dutch), whatsapp [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), appje [neuter] (Dutch), WhatsApp-Nachricht [feminine] (German), WA (Indonesian), ワッツアップ (wattsuappu) (Japanese), 왓츠앱 (watcheuaep) (Korean), whatsapp [masculine] (Portuguese), guasap [masculine] (Spanish), guásap [masculine] (Spanish), was [masculine] (Spanish), wasap [masculine] (Spanish), wásap [masculine] (Spanish), whatsapp [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-WhatsApp-en-noun-u3CLjqyz Categories (other): English blends Disambiguation of English blends: 22 26 24 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Whatsapp, whatsapp

Verb

Forms: WhatsApps [present, singular, third-person], WhatsApping [participle, present], WhatsApped [participle, past], WhatsApped [past]
Etymology: Blend of what's up + app, coined as a trademark. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|what's up|app}} Blend of what's up + app Head templates: {{en-verb}} WhatsApp (third-person singular simple present WhatsApps, present participle WhatsApping, simple past and past participle WhatsApped)
  1. (transitive) To contact via WhatsApp. Tags: transitive Translations (to contact via WhatsApp): whatsappen (Dutch), appen (Dutch), whatsappen (German), WA (Indonesian), guasapear (Spanish), wasapear (Spanish), whatsappear (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-WhatsApp-en-verb-nxPeKuh8 Categories (other): English blends Disambiguation of English blends: 22 26 24 28 Disambiguation of 'to contact via WhatsApp': 67 33
  2. (transitive) To send via WhatsApp. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-WhatsApp-en-verb-blYXOQkf Categories (other): English blends Disambiguation of English blends: 22 26 24 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Whatsapp, whatsapp

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "message",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "WhatsAppbericht"
    },
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      "word": "appje"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "message",
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        "feminine"
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    },
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      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "message",
      "word": "WA"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "wattsuappu",
      "sense": "message",
      "word": "ワッツアップ"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "watcheuaep",
      "sense": "message",
      "word": "왓츠앱"
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      ],
      "word": "whatsapp"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
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      ],
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    },
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      "word": "guásap"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "message",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "was"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "message",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wasap"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "message",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "wásap"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "message",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "whatsapp"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "en:WhatsApp"
  ],
  "word": "WhatsApp"
}

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    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Indonesian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
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    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Persian translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
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        "2": "what's up",
        "3": "app"
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      "form": "WhatsApped",
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      "glosses": [
        "To contact via WhatsApp."
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        "(transitive) To contact via WhatsApp."
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          "ref": "2018, Alex Blasdel, “Bowel movement: the push to change the way you poo”, in Guardian:",
          "text": "People often say pooping is taboo, but lately it seems more like a cultural fetish. There are poop emoji birthday parties for three-year-olds, people WhatsApping photos of their ordure to friends, TripAdvisor threads on how to avoid or avail yourself of squat toilets.",
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    {
      "word": "Whatsapp"
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      "word": "whatsapp"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to contact via WhatsApp",
      "word": "whatsappen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to contact via WhatsApp",
      "word": "appen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to contact via WhatsApp",
      "word": "whatsappen"
    },
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      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "to contact via WhatsApp",
      "word": "WA"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to contact via WhatsApp",
      "word": "guasapear"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to contact via WhatsApp",
      "word": "wasapear"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to contact via WhatsApp",
      "word": "whatsappear"
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    "en:WhatsApp"
  ],
  "word": "WhatsApp"
}

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