Standard Lemma guide

facebook

name · noun · verb · 7 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

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  • fāsʹ-bo͝ok
  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪsbʊk/
  • Canada: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • British, Southern, Standard: /ˈfɛjsbɵk/
  • /ˈfeɪsbuːk/ some Northern England, especially Northumbria
  • [ˈfeːsbuːk] some Northern England, especially Northumbria
  • Northern-Ireland, Scotland: /ˈfesbʉk/
  • ʹfās'bo͝ok
  • /ˈfeɪsˌbʊk/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: F EY1 S B UH2 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A social-networking website where users can find acquaintances or friends, exchange messages, and post updates.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: trademark

Examples

  • Mia was just seeing a reel on Facebook that her friend had posted.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A reference book or electronic directory containing the photographs and names of various individuals.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A college publication distributed at the start of the academic year by university administrations with the intention of helping students become acquainted with each other.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The shipment of facebooks will be distributed to the freshmen during orientation and move-in-week.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A personal web profile on the social-networking site Facebook.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

Alternative letter-case form of Facebook.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To use the social-networking site Facebook.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To send a message or leave a comment on Facebook.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Facebook me the details later.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From facebook, earlier TheFacebook and Facemash.

From face + book, likely modelled after namebook.

Across languages

Translations

114 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: فَيْس بُوك (fays buk) — social-networking website
  • Arabic: فِيس بُوك (fīs buk) — social-networking website
  • Arabic: فَيْسْبُوك (faysbuk) — social-networking website
  • Arabic: فِيسْبُوك (fīsbuk) — social-networking website
  • Arabic: فَايْسْبُوك (faysbuk) — social-networking website
  • Arabic: فَايْسْبُوك (faysbūk) — social-networking website
  • Armenian: Ֆեյսբուք (Feysbukʻ) — social-networking website
  • Western Armenian: Ֆէյսպուք (Fēyspukʻ) — social-networking website
  • Belarusian: Фэ́йсбук (Féjsbuk) — social-networking website
  • Belarusian: Фэйсбу́к (Fejsbúk) — social-networking website
  • Bengali: ফেইসবুক (pheisbuk) — social-networking website
  • Bengali: ফেসবুক (phesbuk) — social-networking website
  • Bulgarian: Фе́йсбук (Féjsbuk) — social-networking website
  • Bulgarian: Фейсбу́к (Fejsbúk) — social-networking website
  • Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴼⵉⵙⴱⵓⴽ (fisbuk) — social-networking website
  • Cherokee: ᎤᎧᏛᎪᏪᎵ (ukadvgoweli) — social-networking website
  • Chinese Cantonese: 面書 /面书 (min6 syu1) — social-networking website
  • Chinese: 面冊 /面册 (Bīn-chheh) — social-networking website
  • Chinese Mandarin: 臉書 /脸书 (liǎnshū) — social-networking website
  • Chinese Mandarin: 面簿 (miànbù) — social-networking website
  • Chinese Mandarin: 面子書 /面子书 (miànzishū) — social-networking website
  • Chinese Mandarin: 臉譜網 /脸谱网 (liǎnpǔwǎng) — social-networking website
  • Danish: Facebook — social-networking website
  • Danish: fjæsbogen — social-networking website
  • Dinka: Peithbuk — social-networking website
  • Dutch: Facebook — social-networking website
  • Esperanto: Fejsbuko — social-networking website
  • Esperanto: Vizaĝlibro — social-networking website
  • Estonian: Facebook — social-networking website
  • Estonian: näoraamat — social-networking website
  • Estonian: lõustaraamat — social-networking website
  • Finnish: Facebook — social-networking website
  • French: Fessebouc — social-networking website
  • French: Facebook — social-networking website
  • Georgian: ფეისბუკი (peisbuḳi) — social-networking website
  • German: Facebook — social-networking website
  • Greek: φέισμπουκ (féismpouk) — social-networking website
  • Hebrew: פייסבוק — social-networking website
  • Hindi: फ़ेसबुक (fesbuk) — social-networking website
  • Hindi: फेसबुक (phesbuk) — social-networking website
  • Hungarian: Facebook — social-networking website
  • Icelandic: Facebook — social-networking website
  • Icelandic: Fésbók — social-networking website
  • Icelandic: Feisbók — social-networking website
  • Icelandic: Feisbúkk — social-networking website
  • Italian: Facebook — social-networking website
  • Japanese: フェイスブック (Feisubukku) — social-networking website
  • Javanese: ꦥ꦳ꦺꦱ꧀ꦧꦸꦏ꧀ (fésbuk) — social-networking website
  • Khmer: ហ្វេសប៊ុក (feesbuk) — social-networking website
  • Korean: 페이스북 (Peiseubuk) — social-networking website
  • Korean: 페북 (Pebuk) — social-networking website
  • Latin: Prosōpobiblium — social-networking website
  • Latin: Prosōpobiblion — social-networking website
  • Lithuanian: Facebook — social-networking website
  • Lithuanian: Facebookas — social-networking website
  • Lithuanian: feisbukas — social-networking website
  • Macedonian: Фе́јсбук (Féjsbuk) — social-networking website
  • Māori: Pukamata — social-networking website
  • Mongolian: Фэйсбүүк (Fejsbüük) — social-networking website
  • Mongolian: ᠹᠡᠢᠰᠪᠦᠦᠺ (feisbüük) — social-networking website
  • Navajo: naaltsoos biniiʼ — social-networking website
  • Nepali: फेसबुक (phesbuk) — social-networking website
  • Norwegian Bokmål: facebook — social-networking website
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fjesboka — social-networking website
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: facebook — social-networking website
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fjesboki — social-networking website
  • Odia: ଫେସ୍ବୁକ (phesbuka) — social-networking website
  • Pashto: فېسبوک (Fesbok/Pesbok) — social-networking website
  • Persian: فیسبوک (feysbuk) — social-networking website
  • Polish: Facebook — social-networking website
  • Portuguese: Facebook — social-networking website
  • Russian: Фе́йсбук (Féjsbuk) — social-networking website
  • Russian: Фейсбу́к (Fejsbúk) — social-networking website
  • Russian: Фэ́йсбук (Fɛ́jsbuk) — social-networking website
  • Russian: Фэйсбу́к (Fɛjsbúk) — social-networking website
  • Serbo-Croatian: Фејсбук — social-networking website
  • Serbo-Croatian: Facebook — social-networking website
  • Serbo-Croatian: Fejsbuk — social-networking website
  • Sinhalese: ෆේස්බුක් (fēsbuk) — social-networking website
  • Spanish: Facebook — social-networking website
  • Swedish: Facebook — social-networking website
  • Swedish: fejan — social-networking website
  • Tagalog: Facebook — social-networking website
  • Tagalog: peysbuk — social-networking website
  • Tamil: ஃபேஸ்புக் (fēspuk) — social-networking website
  • Tamil: முகநூல் (mukanūl) — social-networking website
  • Telugu: ఫేస్బుక్ (phēsbuk) — social-networking website
  • Thai: เฟซบุ๊ก (fées-búk) — social-networking website
  • Turkish: Facebook — social-networking website
  • Ukrainian: Фе́йсбук (Féjsbuk) — social-networking website
  • Ukrainian: Фейсбу́к (Fejsbúk) — social-networking website
  • Urdu: فیسبک (feysbuk) — social-networking website
  • Vietnamese: Phây-búc — social-networking website
  • Vietnamese: Phây — social-networking website
  • Welsh: Facebook — social-networking website
  • Welsh: Gweplyfr — social-networking website
  • Yiddish: פֿייסבוק (feysbuk) — social-networking website
  • Zhuang: sawnaj — social-networking website
  • Chinese Cantonese: 面譜 /面谱 (min6 pou2) — a reference book or electronic directory
  • Chinese Mandarin: 臉譜 /脸谱 (liǎnpǔ) — a reference book or electronic directory
  • French: trombinoscope — a reference book or electronic directory
  • Khmer: បញ្ជីរូបថត (banh ji roob thort) — a reference book or electronic directory
  • Khmer: បញ្ជីរូបថត (banh ji roob thort) — a college publication
  • Spanish: libro de caras — a college publication
  • Arabic: فَسْبَكَ (fasbaka) — use the social-networking site Facebook
  • Chinese Mandarin: 用臉書 /用脸书 (yòng liǎnshū) — use the social-networking site Facebook
  • Czech: facebookovat — use the social-networking site Facebook
  • Dutch: facebooken — use the social-networking site Facebook
  • German: facebooken — use the social-networking site Facebook
  • Hungarian: facebookozik — use the social-networking site Facebook
  • Lithuanian: facebookinti — use the social-networking site Facebook
  • Macedonian: фејсбукира (fejsbukira) — use the social-networking site Facebook
  • Spanish: facebookear — use the social-networking site Facebook
  • Swedish: facebooka — use the social-networking site Facebook
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