Phrase guide

HTTP cookie

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A packet of information sent by a server to a World Wide Web browser and then returned by the browser each time it accesses that server, used to maintain state between otherwise stateless HTTP transactions, for example, to identify the user.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cookie

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: magic cookie

History

Etymology

From HTTP + magic cookie.

Across languages

Translations

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: koekie — packet of information
  • Arabic: كُوكِيز (kūkīz) — packet of information
  • Arabic: مِلَفَّات تَعْرِيف الِارْتِبَاط — packet of information
  • Armenian: թխուկ (tʻxuk) — packet of information
  • Armenian: նշոցիկ (nšocʻik) — packet of information
  • Armenian: կուկի (kuki) — packet of information
  • Bulgarian: бискви́тки (biskvítki) — packet of information
  • Catalan: galeta — packet of information
  • Chinese Mandarin: Cookie — packet of information
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小型文字檔案 /小型文字档案 (xiǎoxíng wénzì dàng'àn) — packet of information
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小甜餅 /小甜饼 (xiǎotiánbǐng) — packet of information
  • Dutch: cookie — packet of information
  • Esperanto: kuketo — packet of information
  • Esperanto: ĵetono — packet of information
  • Finnish: eväste — packet of information
  • Finnish: keksi — packet of information
  • French: cookie — packet of information
  • French: cafteur — packet of information
  • French: témoin — packet of information
  • Georgian: ქუქი-ფაილი (kuki-paili) — packet of information
  • Georgian: ქუქი-ჩანაწერი (kuki-čanac̣eri) — packet of information
  • German: Cookie — packet of information
  • Hindi: कुकी (kukī) — packet of information
  • Hungarian: süti — packet of information
  • Hungarian: HTTP-süti — packet of information
  • Indonesian: kuki — packet of information
  • Italian: cookie — packet of information
  • Japanese: クッキー (kukkī) — packet of information
  • Khmer: ខូគី (khoukii) — packet of information
  • Korean: 쿠키 (kuki) — packet of information
  • Latvian: sīkdatne — packet of information
  • Lithuanian: slapùkas — packet of information
  • Malay: kuki — packet of information
  • Malay: cecikut — packet of information
  • Māori: pihikete — packet of information
  • Mongolian: күүки (küüki) — packet of information
  • Northern Sami: diehtọčoahkku — packet of information
  • Pannonian Rusyn: колачик (kolačik) — packet of information
  • Persian: کوکی (kuki) — packet of information
  • Polish: cookie — packet of information
  • Polish: ciasteczko — packet of information
  • Portuguese: cookie — packet of information
  • Romanian: cookie — packet of information
  • Russian: ку́ки (kúki) — packet of information
  • Spanish: cookie — packet of information
  • Swedish: cookie — packet of information
  • Swedish: webbkaka — packet of information
  • Tigrinya: ኩኪ (kuki) — packet of information
  • Turkish: çerez — packet of information
  • Ukrainian: реп'яшки (repʺjašky) — packet of information
  • Ukrainian: куки (kuky) — packet of information
  • Yiddish: קוקי (kuki) — packet of information