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facebook
English
vertical Facebook logo (2023).svg 2023 Facebook icon.svg Logos of Facebook
Alternative forms
verb en facebook
Etymology
en :from facebook + 1 1, earlier TheFacebook and Facemash.
Pronunciation
fāsʹ-bo͝ok, en /ˈfeɪsbʊk/ RP,GA
en en-ca-Facebook.oga CA
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Facebook.wav US
en /ˈfɛjsbɵk/ SSB
en /ˈfeɪsbuːk/ [ˈfeːsbuːk] some <<Northern England>>, especially <<Northumbria>>
en /ˈfesbʉk/ Scotland,NI
Proper noun
en trademark A social-networking website where users can find acquaintances or friends, exchange messages, and post updates.
en Mia was just seeing a reel on Facebook that her friend had posted.
en Rishi Iyengar Google will stop making video games for its Stadia platform w:CNN Business https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/01/tech/google-stadia-sge-shutdown 2021-02-01 Google is one of several Big Tech firms that has made an aggressive push into gaming in recent years, along with Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL) and Facebook (FB). https://web.archive.org/web/20251008000142/https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/01/tech/google-stadia-sge-shutdown 8 October 2025
Synonyms
en FB abbreviation
Derived terms
en Faceberg Facebookable facebooker Facebooker Facebook generation Facebook jail Facebookland Facebook meme Facebook official Facebook slut Facebooky facemail FaceSpace facestalk facestalking FaCIAbook Fakebook FANG,FAANG Farcebook FB FBML frape Fuckbook GAFAM Leftbook TGIF Twitface vaguebook
Translations
social-networking website
Arabic: ar فَيْس بُوك m fays buk, ar فِيس بُوك m fīs buk, ar فَيْسْبُوك m faysbuk, ar فِيسْبُوك m fīsbuk, ar فَايْسْبُوك m faysbuk, ar فَايْسْبُوك m faysbūk
Armenian: hy Ֆեյսբուք
Western Armenian: hy Ֆէյսպուք
Belarusian: be Фэ́йсбук m, be Фэйсбу́к m
Bengali: bn ফেইসবুক, bn ফেসবুক
Bulgarian: bg Фе́йсбук m, bg Фейсбу́к m
Central Atlas Tamazight: tzm ⴼⵉⵙⴱⵓⴽ
Cherokee: chr ᎤᎧᏛᎪᏪᎵ
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 面書 min6 syu1 unofficial
Hokkien: nan-hbl 面冊 Bīn-chheh Taiwanese Hokkien, unofficial
Mandarin: cmn 臉書 liǎnshū unofficial, cmn 非死不可 Fēisǐbùkě must die slang, cmn 面簿 miànbù Singapore, unofficial, cmn 面子書 miànzishū Malaysia unofficial, cmn 臉譜網 liǎnpǔwǎng unofficial
Danish: da Facebook, da fjæsbogen humorous slang
Dinka: din Peithbuk
Dutch: nl Facebook
Esperanto: eo Fejsbuko, eo Vizaĝlibro
Estonian: et Facebook, et näoraamat slang, et lõustaraamat slang
Finnish: fi Facebook
French: internet slang fr Fessebouc m, fr Facebook m
Georgian: ka ფეისბუკი
German: de Facebook no gender
Greek: el φέισμπουκ
Hebrew: he פייסבוק
Hindi: hi फ़ेसबुक, hi फेसबुक
Hungarian: hu Facebook
Icelandic: is Facebook n, is Fésbók f, is Feisbók f, is Feisbúkk n
Italian: it Facebook m
Japanese: ja フェイスブック Feisubukku
Javanese: jv ꦥ꦳ꦺꦱ꧀ꦧꦸꦏ꧀
Khmer: km ហ្វេសប៊ុក feesbuk
Korean: ko ^페이스북, ko ^페북 abbreviation, slang
Latin: la Prosōpobiblium n, la Prosōpobiblion n
Lithuanian: lt Facebook, lt Facebookas m, lt feisbukas m
Macedonian: mk Фе́јсбук m
Māori: mi Pukamata
Mongolian: mn Фэйсбүүк, mn ᠹᠡᠢᠰᠪᠦᠦᠺ
Navajo: nv naaltsoos biniiʼ
Nepali: ne फेसबुक phesbuk
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb facebook, nb fjesboka f
Nynorsk: nn facebook, nn fjesboki f
Odia: or ଫେସ୍ବୁକ
Pashto: ps فېسبوک Fesbok/Pesbok
Persian: fa فیسبوک feysbuk
Polish: pl Facebook m
Portuguese: pt Facebook m
Russian: ru Фе́йсбук m, ru Фейсбу́к m, ru Фэ́йсбук m, ru Фэйсбу́к m
Serbo-Croatian: sh Фејсбук m, sh Facebook m, sh Fejsbuk m
Sinhalese: si ෆේස්බුක්
Spanish: es Facebook m
Swedish: sv Facebook c, sv fejan slang
Tagalog: tl Facebook, tl peysbuk informal, slang
Tamil: ta ஃபேஸ்புக், ta முகநூல்
Telugu: te ఫేస్బుక్
Thai: th เฟซบุ๊ก
Turkish: tr Facebook
Ukrainian: uk Фе́йсбук m, uk Фейсбу́к m
Urdu: ur فیسبک feysbuk
Vietnamese: vi Phây-búc, vi Phây
Welsh: cy Facebook m, cy Gweplyfr m
Yiddish: yi פֿייסבוק
Zhuang: za sawnaj
Noun
A personal web profile on the social-networking site Facebook.
2015 March 27, “To the Well-Intentioned but Ignorant Parents of Teenagers.”, 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.
en https://books.google.com.tr/books?id=HD83EAAAQBAJ&pg=PT267&dq=%22your+cloned+facebook%22 The Face At The Window: A gripping, twisty thriller you won't be able to put down Ruby Speechley Hera books Ltd 9781912973712 1262572006 2021-07-28 '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
en intransitive To use the social-networking site Facebook.
en transitive To send a message or leave a comment on Facebook.
en Facebook me the details later.
en w:Adam Rapp 1 Fum w:Candlewick Press 2018 21 978-0-7636-6756-6 Corinthia’s bathroom was never discussed with the Lugo Memorial student body, but when it (the bathroom) materialized, it was Facebooked, Instagrammed, Tweeted, Foursquared, WordPressed, Tumblred, Snapchatted, and so thoroughly digitally disseminated that it was as if pictures of Rinna Buss’s breasts had been leaked.
en 2014 Jennifer Jeanne Richardson HeadCount Kerric Harvey Encyclopedia of Social Media and Politics 2 Los Angeles, Calif. w:SAGE Publications, Inc. 9781452244716 626 https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofso0002unse_v1j4/page/626/mode/1up?q=%22Facebooked%22 One element of its national campaign around the November elections was the Clipboard Project, which took photographs of roughly 200 music and entertainment stars holding HeadCount’s Register to Vote clipboard. These images were then tweeted, Facebooked, and linked to the official Web site to be pinned, Tumblr’ed, recommended on Google, StumbleUpon’ed, shared on Digg or Reddit, or otherwise circulated.
Translations
use the social-networking site Facebook
Arabic: ar فَسْبَكَ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 用臉書 yòng liǎnshū
Czech: cs facebookovat
Dutch: nl facebooken
German: de facebooken
Hungarian: hu facebookozik
Lithuanian: lt facebookinti
Macedonian: mk фејсбукира
Spanish: es facebookear
Swedish: sv facebooka
See also
en Frightful Five HHVM Zuckerberg
en Websites
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from da en Facebook.
Proper noun
en Facebook
See also
da fjæsbogen slang
da like
Dutch
Alternative forms
nl Feesboek eye dialect
Etymology
Borrowed from nl en Facebook.
Pronunciation
nl /feːsbuk/
nl Nl-Facebook.ogg
Proper noun
n
en Facebook
nl Websites
Esperanto
eo:
Etymology
eo :ubor en:Facebook + 1
Pronunciation
fejs.buk Face‧book
Proper noun
Facebook
eo Fejsbuko Vizaĝlibro
eo Websites
Finnish
Etymology
From fi en Facebook.
Pronunciation
feisbuuk
Proper noun
Facebook
Declension
sg Facebook a 0
Synonyms
fi febu slang
fi fese slang
fi lärväri slang
fi naamakirja informal
French
Pronunciation
fèsbouk feysbouk Europe
fr /feɪs.bʊk/ Canada
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-Facebook.wav France
Proper noun
en Facebook
fr Websites
German
Etymology
de :bor en:Facebook
de en Facebook.
Pronunciation
de /ˈfɛɪ̯s.bʊk/ /ˈfeːs-/
de De-Facebook.ogg [ˈfe̞ɪ̯s.b̥ʊk] <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Face book
Proper noun
n
Facebook
Usage notes
Facebook is not normally used with an article; when one is used, it is the neuter article (see citations).
Declension
n.sg
Related terms
de facebooken
References
Polish
pl:
Alternative forms
pl fejs fejsbuk
Etymology
pl :ubor en:Facebook + 1
Pronunciation
fejsbuk LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-Facebook.wav Face.book
Proper noun
m-in
en Facebook
Declension
s Facebooka Facebook/Facebooka
Derived terms
pl adjective facebookowy
pl noun facebookowicz
Further reading
pl trademarks
pl Websites
Portuguese
Etymology
pt :ubor en:Facebook + 1
Pronunciation
ˌfeicibuque feice:buque
Proper noun
m
en Facebook a social-networking website
pt Face
Spanish
Etymology
es :bor en:Facebook + 1
Pronunciation
féisbuc
Proper noun
m
en Facebook a social-networking website
es Facebook ahora permite subir historias por más tiempo. Facebook now allows stories to be posted for longer.
Swedish
Etymology
sv en Facebook
Proper noun
c
en Facebook
sv fejan slang
Derived terms
sv facerape facerape noun
sv facerapea facerape verb
Tagalog
Etymology
tl :ubor en:Facebook + 1
Pronunciation
Feysbuk Face.book
Proper noun
feysbuk
en Facebook social-networking website
Noun
feysbuk
en Facebook personal web profile
Further reading
tl Websites
Vietnamese
Etymology
From vi en Facebook.
Pronunciation
phây búc
Proper noun
Facebook
Welsh
Etymology
Borrowed from cy en Facebook.
Pronunciation
cy /ˈfeːsbʊk/ [ˈfeːspʊkʰ]
Proper noun
m
en Facebook
cy Gweplyfr
cy Websites