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• UK: /ˈnɛt.wɜːk/
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• General-American: /ˈnɛt.wɝk/
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• rhymes with -ɛtwɜː(ɹ)k
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• CMU ARPABET: N EH1 T W ER2 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *natją Proto-West Germanic *nati Old English nett Middle English net English net Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Germanic *werką Proto-West Germanic *werk Old English weorc Middle English werk English work English network From net + work; the nonliteral sense and its subsenses are extended from the literal sense; they are now the dominant senses. Cognate with German Netzwerk.

301 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: rrjetë — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Arabic: شَبَكَة (šabaka) — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Armenian: ցանց (cʻancʻ) — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Belarusian: се́тка (sjétka) — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Belarusian: сець (sjecʹ) — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Belarusian: мярэ́жа (mjaréža) — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Bengali: জাল (jal) — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Bulgarian: мре́жа (mréža) — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Catalan: xarxa — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Chinese Mandarin: 網 /网 (wǎng) — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Czech: síť — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Danish: net — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Finnish: verkko — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• French: tissus — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Galician: rede — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Georgian: ქსელი (kseli) — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• German: Netz — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Greek: σύμπλεγμα (sýmplegma) — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Greek: πλέγμα (plégma) — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Hindi: जाल (jāl) — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Hungarian: hálózat — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Icelandic: net — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Italian: rete — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Italian: reti — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Japanese: 編 (ami) — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Japanese: メッシュ (messhu) — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Korean: 그물 (geumul) — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Macedonian: мре́жа (mréža) — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Malay: rangkaian — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Malay: jaringan — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Norwegian Bokmål: nett — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nett — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Old English: nett — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Dari: شَبَکَه (šabaka) — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Iranian Persian: شَبَکِه (šabake) — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Polish: sieć — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Portuguese: rede — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Romanian: rețea — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Romanian: rețele — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Russian: сеть (setʹ) — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Russian: се́тка (sétka) — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Serbo-Croatian: мре̏жа — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Serbo-Croatian: mrȅža — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Slovak: sieť — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Slovene: mreža — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Spanish: red — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Swedish: nätverk — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Swedish: nät — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Tagalog: kabalagan — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Tagalog: kalambatan — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Tajik: шабака (šabaka) — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Tamil: உறி (uṟi) — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Ottoman Turkish: شبكه (şebeke) — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Ukrainian: мере́жа (meréža) — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Ukrainian: сіть (sitʹ) — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Ukrainian: сі́тка (sítka) — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Urdu: جال (jāl) — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Urdu: شَبَکَہ (śabaka) — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Urdu: جالی (jālī) — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Urdu: جالا (jālā) — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Vietnamese: mạng — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Welsh: gweadwaith — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Welsh: rhwydwaith — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Yiddish: נעץ (nets) — fabric or structure of fibrous elements
• Arabic: شَبَكَة (šabaka) — interconnected group or system
• Armenian: ցանց (cʻancʻ) — interconnected group or system
• Azerbaijani: şəbəkə — interconnected group or system
• Belarusian: се́тка (sjétka) — interconnected group or system
• Belarusian: сець (sjecʹ) — interconnected group or system
• Belarusian: мярэ́жа (mjaréža) — interconnected group or system
• Bulgarian: мре́жа (mréža) — interconnected group or system
• Catalan: xarxa — interconnected group or system
• Chinese Cantonese: 網絡 /网络 (mong5 lok3 / mong5 lok6) — interconnected group or system
• Chinese Cantonese: 網路 /网路 (mong5 lou6) — interconnected group or system
• Chinese Mandarin: 網絡 /网络 (wǎngluò) — interconnected group or system
• Chinese Mandarin: 網路 /网路 (wǎnglù) — interconnected group or system
• Czech: síť — interconnected group or system
• Danish: netværk — interconnected group or system
• Danish: net — interconnected group or system
• Dutch: netwerk — interconnected group or system
• Finnish: verkko — interconnected group or system
• French: réseau — interconnected group or system
• Friulian: rêt — interconnected group or system
• Galician: rede — interconnected group or system
• Georgian: ქსელი (kseli) — interconnected group or system
• German: Netzwerk — interconnected group or system
• German: Netz — interconnected group or system
• Greek: δίκτυο (díktyo) — interconnected group or system
• Hungarian: hálózat — interconnected group or system
• Irish: eangach — interconnected group or system
• Italian: rete — interconnected group or system
• Japanese: ネットワーク (nettowāku) — interconnected group or system
• Japanese: 網 (mō) — interconnected group or system
• Kazakh: тор (tor) — interconnected group or system
• Korean: 네트워크 (neteuwokeu) — interconnected group or system
• Korean: 망 (mang) — interconnected group or system
• Ladin: rei — interconnected group or system
• Latin: reticulum — interconnected group or system
• Macedonian: мрежа (mreža) — interconnected group or system
• Malay: rangkaian — interconnected group or system
• Malay: jaringan — interconnected group or system
• Māori: whatunga — interconnected group or system
• Norwegian Bokmål: nettverk — interconnected group or system
• Norwegian Bokmål: nett — interconnected group or system
• Dari: شَبَکَه (šabaka) — interconnected group or system
• Iranian Persian: شَبَکِه (šabake) — interconnected group or system
• Polish: sieć — interconnected group or system
• Polish: układ — interconnected group or system
• Portuguese: rede — interconnected group or system
• Romanian: rețea — interconnected group or system
• Russian: сеть (setʹ) — interconnected group or system
• Serbo-Croatian: мре̏жа — interconnected group or system
• Serbo-Croatian: mrȅža — interconnected group or system
• Spanish: red — interconnected group or system
• Spanish: entramado — interconnected group or system
• Sundanese: raramat — interconnected group or system
• Swahili: mtandao — interconnected group or system
• Swedish: nät — interconnected group or system
• Tagalog: kabalagan — interconnected group or system
• Tajik: шабака (šabaka) — interconnected group or system
• Tamil: அமைப்பு (amaippu) — interconnected group or system
• Thai: เครือข่าย (krʉʉa-kàai) — interconnected group or system
• Turkish: ağ — interconnected group or system
• Turkish: şebeke — interconnected group or system
• Urdu: شَبَکَہ (śabaka) — interconnected group or system
• Vietnamese: mạng — interconnected group or system
• Volapük: resod — interconnected group or system
• Welsh: rhwydwaith — interconnected group or system
• Chinese Mandarin: 人脈 /人脉 (rénmài) — directory of people
• Danish: netværk — directory of people
• Dutch: netwerk — directory of people
• Finnish: verkosto — directory of people
• German: Netzwerk — directory of people
• Greek: δίκτυο (díktyo) — directory of people
• Greek: κύκλωμα (kýkloma) — directory of people
• Japanese: 人脈 (jinmyaku) — directory of people
• Korean: 인맥 (inmaek) — directory of people
• Macedonian: вр́ски (vŕski) — directory of people
• Norwegian Bokmål: nettverk — directory of people
• Polish: układy — directory of people
• Russian: свя́зи (svjázi) — directory of people
• Tamil: தொடர்பு (toṭarpu) — directory of people
• Afrikaans: netwerk — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Albanian: rrjet — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Amharic: አውታር (ʾäwtar) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Arabic: شَبَكَة (šabaka) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Armenian: ցանց (cʻancʻ) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Assamese: নেটৱৰ্ক (netowork) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Azerbaijani: şəbəkə — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Azerbaijani: tor — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Bashkir: селтәр (seltər) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Belarusian: се́тка (sjétka) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Belarusian: сець (sjecʹ) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Belarusian: мярэ́жа (mjaréža) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Bengali: নেটওয়ার্ক (neṭōẇark) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Bulgarian: мре́жа (mréža) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Burmese: ကွန်ရက် (kwanrak) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Catalan: xarxa — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Chinese Cantonese: 網絡 /网络 (mong5 lok3 / mong5 lok6) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Chinese Cantonese: 網路 /网路 (mong5 lou6) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Chinese Mandarin: 網絡 /网络 (wǎngluò) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Chinese Mandarin: 網路 /网路 (wǎnglù) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Czech: síť — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Danish: netværk — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Dutch: netwerk — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Esperanto: reto — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Estonian: võrk — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Finnish: verkko — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• French: réseau informatique — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• French: réseau — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Galician: rede — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Georgian: ქსელი (kseli) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• German: Netzwerk — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Greek: δίκτυο (díktyo) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Gujarati: નેટવર્ક (neṭvark) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Hebrew: רֶשֶׁת (réshet) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Hindi: नेटवर्क (neṭvark) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Hindi: संजाल (sañjāl) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Hungarian: hálózat — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Icelandic: net — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Indonesian: jaringan — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Irish: eangach — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Irish: líonra — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Italian: rete — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Japanese: ネットワーク (nettowāku) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Japanese: 網 (mō) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Kazakh: тармақ (tarmaq) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Kazakh: желі (jelı) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Kazakh: тор (tor) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Khmer: បណ្ដាញ (bɑɑbɑndaañ) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Korean: 네트워크 (neteuwokeu) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Korean: 망 (mang) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Northern Kurdish: şebeke — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Northern Kurdish: tor — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Kyrgyz: тармак (tarmak) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Kyrgyz: тор (tor) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Lao: ເຄືອຂ່າຍ (khư̄a khāi) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Latvian: tīkls — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Lithuanian: tinklas — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Macedonian: мрежа (mreža) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Malay: rangkaian — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Maltese: xibka — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Māori: tuihononga — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Māori: whatunga — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Mongolian: сүлжээ (sülžee) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Norwegian Bokmål: nettverk — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nettverk — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Pashto: شبکه (šabaka) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Dari: شَبَکَه (šabaka) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Iranian Persian: شَبَکِه (šabake) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Polish: sieć — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Portuguese: rede — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Punjabi: ਜਾਲ (jāl) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Romanian: rețea de computere — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Romanian: rețea — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Romanian: rețea de calculatoare — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Russian: сеть (setʹ) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Scottish Gaelic: lìonra — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Serbo-Croatian: мре̏жа — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Serbo-Croatian: mrȅža — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Sinhalese: ජාල (jāla) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Slovak: sieť — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Slovene: mreža — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Spanish: red — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Spanish: red informática — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Swahili: mtandao — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Swedish: nätverk — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Tagalog: kabalagan — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Tagalog: kalambatan — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Tajik: шабака (šabaka) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Tamil: வலைப்பின்னல் (valaippiṉṉal) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Tamil: வலையம் (valaiyam) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Tamil: பிணையம் (piṇaiyam) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Tamil: வலையமைப்பு (valaiyamaippu) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Tatar: челтәр (çeltär) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Thai: เครือข่าย (krʉʉa-kàai) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Turkish: ağ — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Turkish: şebeke — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Turkmen: ulgam — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Turkmen: tor — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Ukrainian: мере́жа (meréža) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Ukrainian: сіть (sitʹ) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Ukrainian: сі́тка (sítka) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Urdu: نیٹ وَرْک (neṭ vark) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Urdu: نیٹْوَرْک (neṭvark) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Urdu: شَبَکَہ (śabaka) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Urdu: جال (jāl) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Urdu: جال داری (jāl dārī) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Uyghur: تور (tor) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Uzbek: tarmoq — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Uzbek: toʻr — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Vietnamese: mạng lưới — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Vietnamese: mạng — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Volapük: nünömaresod — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Welsh: rhwydwaith — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Yiddish: נעצווערק (netsverk) — multiple computers and other devices connected together
• Finnish: verkottua — interact socially
• Finnish: verkostoitua — interact socially
• French: réseauter — interact socially
• French: construire un réseau — interact socially
• French: établir un réseau — interact socially
• Greek: δικτυώνομαι (diktyónomai) — interact socially
• Italian: socializzare — interact socially
• Māori: tautūtakitaki — interact socially
• Portuguese: socializar — interact socially
• Romanian: socializa — interact socially
• Spanish: conexionarse — interact socially
• Spanish: interconectarse — interact socially
• Spanish: establecer red — interact socially
• Spanish: hacer red — interact socially
• Spanish: redear — interact socially
• Welsh: rhwydweithio — interact socially
• Bulgarian: омрежвам (omrežvam) — to connect two or more computers or other computerized devices
• Finnish: verkottaa — to connect two or more computers or other computerized devices
• French: mettre en réseau — to connect two or more computers or other computerized devices
• German: vernetzen — to connect two or more computers or other computerized devices
• Greek: δικτυώνω (diktyóno) — to connect two or more computers or other computerized devices
• Greek: διασυνδέω (diasyndéo) — to connect two or more computers or other computerized devices
• Japanese: ネットワークに接続する (nettowāku ni setsuzoku suru) — to connect two or more computers or other computerized devices
• Korean: 네트워크를 연결하다 (neteuwokeu-reul yeon'gyeolhada) — to connect two or more computers or other computerized devices
• Macedonian: вмрежува (vmrežuva) — to connect two or more computers or other computerized devices
• Portuguese: conectar — to connect two or more computers or other computerized devices
• Spanish: conexionar — to connect two or more computers or other computerized devices
• Spanish: interconectar — to connect two or more computers or other computerized devices
• Turkish: birbirine bağlamak — to connect two or more computers or other computerized devices
• Turkish: bağlanmak — to connect two or more computers or other computerized devices
• Welsh: rhwydweithio — to connect two or more computers or other computerized devices
• Finnish: verkottaa — to interconnect a group or system
• French: mettre en réseau — to interconnect a group or system
• German: vernetzen — to interconnect a group or system
• Greek: δικτυώνω (diktyóno) — to interconnect a group or system
• Japanese: 系統を組む (keitō o kumu) — to interconnect a group or system
• Macedonian: вмрежува (vmrežuva) — to interconnect a group or system
• Spanish: conexionar — to interconnect a group or system
• Spanish: interconectar — to interconnect a group or system
• Turkish: birbirine bağlamak — to interconnect a group or system
• Welsh: rhwydweithio — to interconnect a group or system
• French: diffuser sur l'ensemble du réseau — to broadcast across a network of stations and affiliates
• Spanish: transmitir — to broadcast across a network of stations and affiliates
• Spanish: emitir — to broadcast across a network of stations and affiliates
• Tamil: ஒளிபரப்பு (oḷiparappu) — to broadcast across a network of stations and affiliates