WhatsApp

See also: whatsapp

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Blend of what's up +‎ app, coined as a trademark.

Proper noun

WhatsApp

  1. An instant messaging service founded in 2009 and acquired by Facebook in 2014.
    He spends half of his day chatting to people on WhatsApp.
    • 2022 September 27, Barclay Bram, “My Therapist, the Robot”, in The New York Times‎[1]:
      Like many people, in the pandemic, my life digitized. My work shifted online; my friendships retreated onto FaceTime and WhatsApp; I used a dating app for the first time; I started doing online yoga.

Synonyms

  • (abbreviation): (Hong Kong) WTS

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

WhatsApp (plural WhatsApps)

  1. A message sent via WhatsApp.
    • 2015, Jenny Stallard, “Monday, 19 October”, in Boyfriend by Christmas, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 251:
      A WhatsApp buzzed through.

Translations

Verb

WhatsApp (third-person singular simple present WhatsApps, present participle WhatsApping, simple past and past participle WhatsApped)

  1. (transitive) To contact via WhatsApp.
  2. (transitive) To send via WhatsApp.
    • 2018, Alex Blasdel, “Bowel movement: the push to change the way you poo”, in Guardian‎[2]:
      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.

Translations

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Short for WhatsApp-Nachricht

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɔt͡s(ʔ)ɛp/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

WhatsApp f (genitive WhatsApp, plural WhatsApps)

  1. (Internet) WhatsApp (message)

Declension

Declension of WhatsApp [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die WhatsApp die WhatsApps
genitive einer der WhatsApp der WhatsApps
dative einer der WhatsApp den WhatsApps
accusative eine die WhatsApp die WhatsApps

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English WhatsApp.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /u.at͡ʃˈza.pi/ [ʊ.at͡ʃˈza.pi], (faster pronunciation) /wat͡ʃˈza.pi/, /u.a.t͡ʃiˈza.pi/ [ʊ.a.t͡ʃiˈza.pi], (faster pronunciation) /wa.t͡ʃiˈza.pi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /u.at͡ʃˈza.pi/ [ʊ.at͡ʃˈza.pi], (faster pronunciation) /wat͡ʃˈza.pi/

Proper noun

WhatsApp m

  1. WhatsApp (instant messaging app)
    Synonyms: (Brazil, colloquial) Zap, Zapzap

Noun

WhatsApp m (plural WhatsApps)

  1. WhatsApp (a message on the WhatsApp app)
    Synonym: (Brazil, colloquial) zap
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