noun
Meaning 1
A website in the form of an ongoing journal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, dated
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: blog
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
weblog
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈwɛb.lɒɡ/
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General-American: /ˈwɛb.lɔɡ/
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cot-caught-merger: /ˈwɛb.lɑɡ/
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noun
Meaning 2
Alternative letter-case form of weblog.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree 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 Compound of Web + log. Coined by American blogger Jorn Barger in 1997.
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