Facebook

See also: facebook

English

Logos of Facebook

Alternative forms

• (verb): facebook

Etymology

From facebook.

Pronunciation

• enPR: fāsʹ-bo͝ok, IPA^(key): /ˈfeɪs.bʊk/

• Audio (Canada):

  (file)

Proper noun

Facebook

1. (trademark) A social-networking website where users can find acquaintances or "friends", exchange messages, and post updates.

Synonyms

• FB (abbreviation)

Derived terms

• Facebookable
• facebooker
• Facebook generation
• Facebook jail
• Facebookland
• Facebook official
• Facebook slut
• Facebooky
• facemail
• FaceSpace
• facestalking
• Fakebook
• FANG, FAANG
• FB
• FBML
• frape
• GAFAM
• Leftbook
• TGIF
• Twitface
• vaguebook

 

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)

  Hokkien: 面冊／面册 (Bīn-chheh) (Taiwanese Hokkien, 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 (phesbuka)
• 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)

1. A personal web profile on the social-networking site Facebook.
   • 2015 March 27, “To the Well-Intentioned but Ignorant Parents of Teenagers.”[1], 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^[2], 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)

1. (intransitive) To use the social-networking site Facebook.
2. (transitive) To send a message or leave a comment on Facebook.

   Facebook me the details later.

Translations

use the social-networking site Facebook

• Arabic: فَسْبَكَ (fasbaka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 用臉書／用脸书 (yòng liǎnshū)

• Czech: facebookovat
• Dutch: facebooken (nl)
• German: facebooken (de)
• Hungarian: facebookozik
• Lithuanian: facebookinti
• Macedonian: фејсбукира (fejsbukira)
• Spanish: facebookear
• Swedish: facebooka (sv)

See also

• Frightful Five
• HHVM
• Zuckerberg

 

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Facebook.

Proper noun

Facebook

1. Facebook

See also

• fjæsbogen (slang)
• like

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Feesboek (eye dialect)

Etymology

Borrowed from English Facebook.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feːsbuk/

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Facebook n

1. Facebook

Finnish

Etymology

From English Facebook.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfei̯sbuːk/, [ˈfe̞i̯s̠buːk]
• Rhymes: -eisbuːk

Proper noun

Facebook

1. Facebook

Declension

Inflection of Facebook (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Facebook	—
genitive		Facebookin	—
partitive		Facebookia	—
illative		Facebookiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Facebook	—
accusative	nom.	Facebook	—
	gen.	Facebookin
genitive		Facebookin	—
partitive		Facebookia	—
inessive		Facebookissa	—
elative		Facebookista	—
illative		Facebookiin	—
adessive		Facebookilla	—
ablative		Facebookilta	—
allative		Facebookille	—
essive		Facebookina	—
translative		Facebookiksi	—
abessive		Facebookitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Facebook (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Facebookini — accusative nom. Facebookini — gen. Facebookini genitive Facebookini — partitive Facebookiani — inessive Facebookissani — elative Facebookistani — illative Facebookiini — adessive Facebookillani — ablative Facebookiltani — allative Facebookilleni — essive Facebookinani — translative Facebookikseni — abessive Facebookittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Facebookisi — accusative nom. Facebookisi — gen. Facebookisi genitive Facebookisi — partitive Facebookiasi — inessive Facebookissasi — elative Facebookistasi — illative Facebookiisi — adessive Facebookillasi — ablative Facebookiltasi — allative Facebookillesi — essive Facebookinasi — translative Facebookiksesi — abessive Facebookittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Facebookimme — accusative nom. Facebookimme — gen. Facebookimme genitive Facebookimme — partitive Facebookiamme — inessive Facebookissamme — elative Facebookistamme — illative Facebookiimme — adessive Facebookillamme — ablative Facebookiltamme — allative Facebookillemme — essive Facebookinamme — translative Facebookiksemme — abessive Facebookittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Facebookinne — accusative nom. Facebookinne — gen. Facebookinne genitive Facebookinne — partitive Facebookianne — inessive Facebookissanne — elative Facebookistanne — illative Facebookiinne — adessive Facebookillanne — ablative Facebookiltanne — allative Facebookillenne — essive Facebookinanne — translative Facebookiksenne — abessive Facebookittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Facebookinsa — accusative nom. Facebookinsa — gen. Facebookinsa genitive Facebookinsa — partitive Facebookiaan Facebookiansa — inessive Facebookissaan Facebookissansa — elative Facebookistaan Facebookistansa — illative Facebookiinsa — adessive Facebookillaan Facebookillansa — ablative Facebookiltaan Facebookiltansa — allative Facebookilleen Facebookillensa — essive Facebookinaan Facebookinansa — translative Facebookikseen Facebookiksensa — abessive Facebookittaan Facebookittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Synonyms

• febu (slang)
• fese (slang)
• lärväri (slang)
• naamakirja (informal)

French

Pronunciation

• (Europe) IPA^(key): /fɛs.buk/, /fɛjs.buk/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /feɪs.bʊk/

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Facebook ?

1. Facebook

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English Facebook.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛɪ̯s.bʊk/, /ˈfeːs-/

• Audio; [ˈfe̞ɪ̯s.b̥ʊk]:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Face‧book

Proper noun

Facebook n (proper noun, strong, genitive Facebooks)

1. Facebook

Usage notes

• Facebook is not normally used with an article; when one is used, it is the neuter article (see citations).

Declension

Declension of Facebook [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Facebook
genitive	eines	des	Facebooks
dative	einem	dem	Facebook
accusative	ein	das	Facebook

Related terms

• facebooken

References

• “Facebook” in Duden online

Polish

Alternative forms

• fejs, fejsbuk

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Facebook.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛj.zbuk/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛjzbuk
• Syllabification: Face‧book

Proper noun

Facebook m inan

1. Facebook

Declension

Declension of Facebook

	singular
nominative	Facebook
genitive	Facebooka
dative	Facebookowi
accusative	Facebook/Facebooka
instrumental	Facebookiem
locative	Facebooku
vocative	Facebooku

Derived terms

adjective

• facebookowy

 

noun

• facebookowicz

 

Further reading

• Facebook in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Facebook.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌfej.siˈbu.ki/ [ˌfeɪ̯.siˈbu.ki]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌfej.siˈbu.ki/ [ˌfeɪ̯.siˈbu.ki]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌfej.siˈbu.ke/ [ˌfeɪ̯.siˈbu.ke]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌfɐj.sɨˈbu.kɨ/ [ˌfɐj.sɨˈβu.kɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌfɐj.sɨˈbu.kɨ/ [ˌfɐj.sɨˈβu.kɨ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌfej.sɨˈbu.kɨ/ [ˌfej.sɨˈβu.kɨ]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌfej.sɨˈbu.kɨ/ [ˌfej.sɨˈβu.kɨ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌfe.sɨˈbu.kɨ/ [ˌfe.sɨˈβu.kɨ]

Proper noun

Facebook m

1. Facebook (a social-networking website)

   Synonym: Face

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Facebook.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeisbuk/ [ˈfei̯z.β̞uk]
• Rhymes: -eisbuk

Proper noun

Facebook m

1. 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)

1. Facebook

   Synonym: (slang) fejan

Derived terms

• facerape (“facerape”, noun)
• facerapea (“facerape”, verb)

Tagalog

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Facebook.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈfejsbuk/ [ˈfeɪ̯s.bʊk̚]
  • IPA^(key): (more native-sounding) /ˈpejsbuk/ [ˈpeɪ̯s.bʊk̚]
• Rhymes: -ejsbuk
• Syllabification: Face‧book

Proper noun

Facebook (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜌ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜊᜓᜃ᜔)

1. Facebook

Further reading

• “Facebook”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “Facebook”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English Facebook.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeːsbʊk/, [ˈfeːspʊkʰ]

Proper noun

Facebook m (not mutable)

1. Facebook

   Synonym: Gweplyfr