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netiquette

noun · 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈnɛt.ɪˌkɛt/
  • /ˈnɛt.ɪ.kɪt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: N EH1 T AH0 K AH2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Conduct while online that is appropriate and courteous to other Internet users, and may be expected or enforced by others.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Top-posting and spamming are considered poor netiquette on a newsgroup.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Alternative letter-case form of netiquette.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Blend of Net + etiquette.

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: нетикет (netiket) — appropriate conduct online
  • Dutch: nettiquette — appropriate conduct online
  • Dutch: netetiquette — appropriate conduct online
  • Finnish: netiketti — appropriate conduct online
  • French: nétiquette — appropriate conduct online
  • German: Netiquette — appropriate conduct online
  • Hungarian: netikett — appropriate conduct online
  • Korean: 네티켓 (netiket) — appropriate conduct online
  • Marathi: नेटिकेट (neṭikeṭ) — appropriate conduct online
  • Polish: netykieta — appropriate conduct online
  • Portuguese: netiqueta — appropriate conduct online
  • Russian: нетике́т (netikét) — appropriate conduct online
  • Spanish: netiqueta — appropriate conduct online
  • Swedish: netikett — appropriate conduct online
  • Swedish: nätvett — appropriate conduct online
  • Thai: มารยาทเครือข่าย — appropriate conduct online