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reverse image search

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

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noun

Meaning 1

The querying of the origin of an image by inputting the file into a search engine or database.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, countable, uncountable

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Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 反向圖像搜索 /反向图像搜索 (fǎnxiàng túxiàng sōusuǒ) — the querying of the origin of an image
  • Chinese Mandarin: 以圖搜圖 /以图搜图 (yǐtúsōutú) — the querying of the origin of an image
  • Finnish: kuvalla hakeminen — the querying of the origin of an image
  • Finnish: käänteinen kuvahaku — the querying of the origin of an image
  • German: Rückwärtsbildersuche — the querying of the origin of an image
  • Russian: обра́тный по́иск по карти́нке (obrátnyj póisk po kartínke) — the querying of the origin of an image
  • Russian: обра́тный по́иск изображе́ний (obrátnyj póisk izobražénij) — the querying of the origin of an image
  • Russian: обра́тный по́иск по изображе́нию (obrátnyj póisk po izobražéniju) — the querying of the origin of an image