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userbox

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.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈjuːzəˌbɒks/
  • General-American: /ˈjuzɚˌbɑks/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A simple, standardised box placed on a webpage to indicate the user's proficiencies or preferences.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A graphic modelled after this, shared on various social media websites.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Compound of user + box.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Cantonese: 用戶盒仔 /用户盒仔 (jung6 wu6 hap6 zai2) — a box placed on a webpage
  • Chinese Mandarin: 用戶框 /用户框 (yònghùkuàng) — a box placed on a webpage
  • Chinese Mandarin: 使用者方塊 /使用者方块 (shǐyòngzhě fāngkuài) — a box placed on a webpage
  • Dutch: gebruikersbox — a box placed on a webpage
  • Esperanto: uzantoskatolo — a box placed on a webpage
  • Finnish: käyttäjälaatikko — a box placed on a webpage
  • French: boîte utilisateur — a box placed on a webpage
  • Hebrew: תיבת משתמש (teivát mishtamésh) — a box placed on a webpage
  • Indonesian: kotak pengguna — a box placed on a webpage
  • Japanese: ユーザーボックス (yūzābokkusu) — a box placed on a webpage
  • Kazakh: юзербокс (üzerboks) — a box placed on a webpage
  • Korean: 유저박스 (yujeobakseu) — a box placed on a webpage
  • Russian: юзербокс (juzerboks) — a box placed on a webpage
  • Turkish: kullanıcı kutusu — a box placed on a webpage
  • Uzbek: foydalanuvchi qutilari — a box placed on a webpage