Standard Lemma guide

hashtag

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
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: HH AE1 SH T AE2 G Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

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

3

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
  • Welsh: hashnod — a tag with a hash sign