Standard Lemma guide

cybersecurity

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • UK: /saɪbəsɪˈkjʊəɹɪtɪ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare or cyberterrorism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek κυβερνάω (kubernáō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek κυβερνητικός (kubernētikós)bor. English cybernetic English cyber- English security English cybersecurity From cyber- + security.

Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: կիբերանվտանգություն (kiberanvtangutʻyun) — security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare
  • Catalan: ciberseguretat — security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare
  • Chinese Mandarin: 網絡安全 /网络安全 (wǎngluò ānquán) — security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare
  • Chinese Mandarin: 網安 /网安 (wǎng'ān) — security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare
  • Czech: kyberbezpečnost — security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare
  • Danish: cybersikkerhed — security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare
  • Dutch: cyberbeveiliging — security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare
  • Estonian: küberturvalisus — security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare
  • Finnish: kyberturvallisuus — security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare
  • French: cybersécurité — security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare
  • Galician: ciberseguridade — security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare
  • Georgian: კიბერუსაფრთხოება (ḳiberusaprtxoeba) — security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare
  • Georgian: კიბერუშიშროება (ḳiberušišroeba) — security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare
  • German: Cybersicherheit — security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare
  • German: Cybersecurity — security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare
  • Greek: κυβερνοασφάλεια (kyvernoasfáleia) — security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare
  • Hungarian: kiberbiztonság — security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare
  • Icelandic: netöryggi — security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare
  • Indonesian: keamanan siber — security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare
  • Italian: cybersicurezza — security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare
  • Japanese: サイバーセキュリティ (saibāsekyuriti) — security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare
  • Kazakh: киберқауіпсіздік (kiberqauıpsızdık) — security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare
  • Korean: 사이버보안 (saibeoboan) — security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare
  • Malay: keselamatan siber — security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare
  • Norwegian Bokmål: cybersikkerhet — security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare
  • Polish: cyberbezpieczeństwo — security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare
  • Portuguese: cibersegurança — security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare
  • Russian: кибербезопа́сность (kiberbezopásnostʹ) — security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare
  • Russian: кибербе́з (kiberbéz) — security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare
  • Serbo-Croatian: cyber sigurnost — security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare
  • Spanish: ciberseguridad — security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare
  • Swahili: usalama wa kimtandao — security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare
  • Swedish: cybersäkerhet — security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare
  • Thai: ความมั่นคงปลอดภัยไซเบอร์ — security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare
  • Turkish: siber güvenlik — security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare
  • Ukrainian: кібербезпе́ка (kiberbezpéka) — security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare
  • Vietnamese: an ninh mạng — security against electronic attacks such as cyberwarfare
Real reading context

cybersecurity in complete knowledge articles