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microblog

noun · verb · 2 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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1

noun

Meaning 1

A blog on which one posts brief, frequent updates on one's activities.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To post on a microblog.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, ambitransitive

Examples

  • I started microblogging last week.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós) Ancient Greek μῑκρο- (mīkro-)lbor. English micro- Proto-Indo-European *weyh1-? Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós Proto-Germanic *weraz Proto-Indo-European *h2el- Proto-Indo-European *h2életi Proto-Germanic *alaną Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Germanic *-þiz Proto-Germanic *aldiz Proto-Germanic *weraldiz Proto-West Germanic *weraldi Old English weorold Middle English world English world Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dheh1- Proto-Indo-European *h1weydhh1-der. Proto-Germanic *wīdaz Old English wīd English wide English -wide English worldwide Proto-Indo-European *webh-der. Proto-Germanic *webaną Proto-Germanic *wabją Old English webb Middle English web English web English World Wide Web English Web Proto-Indo-European *legh- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *léghyeti Proto-Germanic *ligjaną Old Norse liggjader.? Middle English logge English log Proto-Indo-European *bheh2ǵosder.? Proto-Indo-European *bheh2g-der.? Proto-Germanic *bōks Proto-West Germanic *bōk Old English bōc Middle English bok English book English logbook English log English weblog English blog English microblog From micro- + blog.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: միկրոբլոգ (mikroblog) — blog on which one posts brief updates
  • Catalan: microblog — blog on which one posts brief updates
  • Chinese Mandarin: 微博客 (wēibókè) — blog on which one posts brief updates
  • Chinese Mandarin: 微博 (wēibó) — blog on which one posts brief updates
  • Finnish: mikroblogi — blog on which one posts brief updates
  • French: microblog — blog on which one posts brief updates
  • French: microblogue — blog on which one posts brief updates
  • German: Mikroblog — blog on which one posts brief updates
  • Icelandic: örblogg — blog on which one posts brief updates
  • Japanese: マイクロブログ (maikuroburogu) — blog on which one posts brief updates
  • Japanese: ミニブログ (miniburogu) — blog on which one posts brief updates
  • Korean: 마이크로블로그 (maikeurobeullogeu) — blog on which one posts brief updates
  • Korean: 미니블로그 (minibeullogeu) — blog on which one posts brief updates
  • Portuguese: microblog — blog on which one posts brief updates
  • Portuguese: microblogue — blog on which one posts brief updates
  • Russian: микробло́г (mikroblóg) — blog on which one posts brief updates
  • Swedish: mikroblogg — blog on which one posts brief updates
  • Vietnamese: tiểu blog — blog on which one posts brief updates
  • Vietnamese: blog vi mô — blog on which one posts brief updates