Facebook

See also: facebook

English

Logos of Facebook

Alternative forms

(verb): facebook

Etymology

From facebook, earlier TheFacebook and Facemash.

Pronunciation

enPR: fāsʹ-bo͝ok, IPA^(key): /ˈfeɪs.bʊk/
Audio (Canada): (file)

Proper noun

Facebook

(trademark) A social-networking website where users can find acquaintances or friends, exchange messages, and post updates.
Mia was just seeing a reel on Facebook that her friend had posted.
- 2021 February 1, Rishi Iyengar, “Google will stop making video games for its Stadia platform”, in CNN Business‎^[1]:
  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).

Synonyms

FB (abbreviation)

Derived terms

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
Italian: Facebook m
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, feisbukas m
Macedonian: Фе́јсбук m (Féjsbuk)
Maori: Pukamata
Mongolian: Фэйсбүүк (Fejsbüük), ᠹᠡᠢᠰᠪᠦᠦᠺ (feisbüük)
Navajo: naaltsoos biniiʼ
Nepali: फेसबुक (phesbuk)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: facebook, fjesboka f

Nynorsk: facebook, fjesboki 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: ஃபேஸ்புக் (ta) (fēspuk), 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)

A personal web profile on the social-networking site Facebook.
- 2015 March 27, “To the Well-Intentioned but Ignorant Parents of Teenagers.”[2], 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^[3], 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)

(intransitive) To use the social-networking site Facebook.
(transitive) To send a message or leave a comment on Facebook.
Facebook me the details later.
- 2018, Adam Rapp, chapter 1, in Fum, Candlewick Press, →ISBN, page 21:
  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.

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)

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Facebook.

Proper noun

Facebook

Facebook

Dutch

Alternative forms

Feesboek (eye dialect)

Etymology

Borrowed from English Facebook.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /feːsbuk/
Audio: (file)

Proper noun

Facebook n

Facebook

Finnish

Etymology

From English Facebook.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Facebook

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	—
accusative	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	—
accusative	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	—
accusative	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	—
accusative	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	—
accusative	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	—
accusative	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 ?

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)

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

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Facebook.

Pronunciation

(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]
- (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

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

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)

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): (with nativization) /ˈpejsbuk/ [ˈpeɪ̯s.bʊk̚]
Rhymes: -ejsbuk
Syllabification: Face‧book

Proper noun

Facebook (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜌ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜊᜓᜃ᜔)

Facebook (social-networking website)

Noun

Facebook (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜌ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜊᜓᜃ᜔)

Facebook (personal web profile)

Vietnamese

Etymology

From English Facebook.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [fəj˧˧ ʔɓʊwk͡p̚˧˦]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [fəj˧˧ ʔɓʊwk͡p̚˦˧˥]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [fəj˧˧ ʔɓʊwk͡p̚˦˥]
Phonetic spelling: phây búc

Proper noun

Facebook

Facebook

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English Facebook.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfeːsbʊk/, [ˈfeːspʊkʰ]

Proper noun

Facebook m (not mutable)

Synonym: Gweplyfr

English

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Danish

Etymology

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Dutch

Alternative forms

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Finnish

Etymology

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French

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German

Etymology

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Usage notes

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References

Polish

Alternative forms

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Further reading

Portuguese

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Spanish

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Swedish

Etymology

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Tagalog

Etymology

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Noun

Further reading

Vietnamese

Etymology

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Welsh

Etymology

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