noun · verb · 3 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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US:/ˈhæʃˌtæɡ/
US:hăsh'tăg
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CMU ARPABET:HH AE1 SH T AE2 G
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 1
A metadata tag, signaled by a preceding hash sign (#), used to label content.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The hash sign itself, especially when used as part of a hashtag.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, informal, metonymically
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 3
To label (a message) with a hashtag.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, ambitransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From earlier hash tag, from hash (sign) + tag. The hash sign # was initially proposed as tag hash by Chris Messina to create groups on Twitter, modeled after the IRC channel prefix. First published use as hash tag by Stowe Boyd in 2007.
Across languages
Translations
56 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
hutsmerk
— a tag with a hash sign
Arabic:
وَسْم
(wasm)
— a tag with a hash sign
Arabic:
هَاشْتَاق
(hāštāq)
— a tag with a hash sign
Arabic:
هَاشْتَاغ
(hāštāḡ)
— a tag with a hash sign
Arabic:
هاشْتاق
(haštāg)
— a tag with a hash sign
Armenian:
հեշթեգ
(heštʻeg)
— a tag with a hash sign
Chinese Mandarin:
井號標籤 /井号标签
(jǐnghào biāoqiān)
— a tag with a hash sign
Czech:
hashtag
— a tag with a hash sign
Czech:
heštek
— a tag with a hash sign
Danish:
hashtag
— a tag with a hash sign
Dutch:
hashtag
— a tag with a hash sign
Esperanto:
kradvorto
— a tag with a hash sign
Estonian:
hashtag
— a tag with a hash sign
Estonian:
räsimärk
— a tag with a hash sign
Estonian:
teemaviide
— a tag with a hash sign
Finnish:
aihetunniste
— a tag with a hash sign
Finnish:
hashtag
— a tag with a hash sign
Finnish:
hästäkki
— a tag with a hash sign
French:
mot-clic
— a tag with a hash sign
French:
mot-dièse
— a tag with a hash sign
French:
hashtag
— a tag with a hash sign
Galician:
cancelo
— a tag with a hash sign
Georgian:
ჰეშტეგი
(hešṭegi)
— a tag with a hash sign
Georgian:
ჰეშთეგი
(heštegi)
— a tag with a hash sign
German:
Hashtag
— a tag with a hash sign
Greek:
χάσταγκ
(chástagk)
— a tag with a hash sign
Hungarian:
hashtag
— a tag with a hash sign
Icelandic:
myllumerki
— a tag with a hash sign
Icelandic:
kassamerki
— a tag with a hash sign
Indonesian:
tagar
— a tag with a hash sign
Indonesian:
tanda pagar
— a tag with a hash sign
Italian:
hashtag
— a tag with a hash sign
Japanese:
ハッシュタグ
(hasshutagu)
— a tag with a hash sign
Korean:
해시태그
(haesitaegeu)
— a tag with a hash sign
Malay:
tanda pagar
— a tag with a hash sign
Māori:
tohumarau
— a tag with a hash sign
Norwegian:
emneknagg
— a tag with a hash sign
Occitan:
etiqueta
— a tag with a hash sign
Persian:
هشتگ
(haštag)
— a tag with a hash sign
Polish:
hashtag
— a tag with a hash sign
Polish:
hasztag
— a tag with a hash sign
Portuguese:
marcador
— a tag with a hash sign
Portuguese:
hashtag
— a tag with a hash sign
Russian:
ме́тка
(métka)
— a tag with a hash sign
Russian:
хэште́г
(xɛštɛ́g)
— a tag with a hash sign
Russian:
хеште́г
(xɛštɛ́g)
— a tag with a hash sign
Slovak:
hashtag
— a tag with a hash sign
Spanish:
hashtag
— a tag with a hash sign
Spanish:
etiqueta
— a tag with a hash sign
Spanish:
almohadilla
— a tag with a hash sign
Swedish:
hashtag
— a tag with a hash sign
Thai:
แฮชแท็ก
(hɛ́ch-tɛ̀k)
— a tag with a hash sign
Turkish:
etiket
— a tag with a hash sign
Ukrainian:
геште́ґ
(heštég)
— a tag with a hash sign
Ukrainian:
хеште́г
(xeštéh)
— a tag with a hash sign