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website

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈwɛb(ˌ)saɪt/
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  • /ˈwɛbˌsaɪt/
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  • CMU ARPABET: W EH1 B S AY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A collection of interlinked web pages on the World Wide Web that are typically accessible from the same base URL and reside on the same server.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet

Examples

  • Meronym: webpage
  • You can find complete information about the products on the company's website.
  • He is playing a video game on the website.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Alternative letter-case form of website.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, dated, rare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the Israeli web site was damaged by hostile hackers

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: web site, internet site, site

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: computer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system

Narrower terms: chat room, chatroom, portal site, portal

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *webh-der. Proto-Germanic *webaną Proto-Germanic *wabją Old English webb Middle English web English web Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱéyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-der. Proto-Italic *sinō Latin sinō Latin situsder. Anglo-Norman sitebor. Middle English site English site English website From web + site.

1990s on, as a variant of website.

Across languages

Translations

198 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: webwerf — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Albanian: vënd i rrjetës — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Amharic: ዌብሳይት (websayt) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Arabic: مَوْقِع وِيب (mawqiʕ web) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Algerian Arabic: سِيت (sīt) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Arabic: لِينْك (līnk) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܵܘܦܵܐ ܐܸܠܝܼܩܲܛܪܘܿܢܵܝܵܐ (šāwpā ilīqaṭrōnāyā) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Armenian: ցանցակայք (cʻancʻakaykʻ) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Armenian: վեբ կայքը (veb kaykʻə) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Armenian: կայք (kaykʻ) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Azerbaijani: veb-sayt — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Azerbaijani: sayt — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Basque: webgune — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Belarusian: вэб-са́йт (veb-sájt) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Belarusian: сайт (sajt) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Belarusian: вэб-старо́нка (veb-starónka) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Bengali: ওয়েবসাইট (ōẇebśaiṭ) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Breton: lec'hienn — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Bulgarian: уе́бсайт (uébsajt) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Burmese: ဝက်ဘ်ဆိုဒ် (wakbhhcuid) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Catalan: pàgina web — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Catalan: lloc web — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Chinese Cantonese: 網站 /网站 (mong5 zaam6) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Chinese: 網站 /网站 (zh-min-nan) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Chinese Mandarin: 網站 /网站 (wǎngzhàn) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Cornish: gwiasva — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Czech: website — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Danish: websted — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Danish: hjemmeside — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Danish: website — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Dutch: website — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Dutch: webstek — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Dutch: site — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Esperanto: retejo — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Esperanto: TTT-ejo — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Estonian: veebisait — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Finnish: verkkosivusto — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Finnish: sivusto — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Finnish: www-sivu — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Finnish: nettisivu — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • French: site web — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • French: site — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • French: site Web — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • French: site Internet — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Galician: sitio web — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Georgian: ვებსაიტი (vebsaiṭi) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • German: Website — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • German: Webangebot — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • German: Webauftritt — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • German: Internetauftritt — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • German: Webpräsenz — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • German: Internetpräsenz — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Greek: ιστότοπος (istótopos) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Greek: ιστοχώρος (istochóros) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Gujarati: જાળસ્થળ (jāḷsthaḷ) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Hebrew: אֲתַר אִינְטֶרְנֶט (atár ínternet) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Hindi: जालपृष्ठ (jālpŕṣṭh) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Hindi: वेबसाइट (vebsāiṭ) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Hindi: साइट (sāiṭ) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Hindi: जालस्थल (jālasthal) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Hungarian: honlap — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Hungarian: webhely — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Hungarian: weboldal — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Hungarian: weblap — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Icelandic: vefsetur — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Icelandic: vefur — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Ido: retoloko — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Indonesian: situs web — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Interlingua: sito del web — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Irish: suíomh gréasáin — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Italian: sito web — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Italian: sito — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Japanese: ウェブサイト (webusaito) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Japanese: サイト (saito) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Kapampangan: karinan-aptas — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Kazakh: веб-сайт (veb-sait) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Kazakh: сайт (sait) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Khmer: វិបសាយ (vɨp saay) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Khmer: ស្ថានបណ្ដាញ (sthaan bɑɑbɑndaañ) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Korean: 웹사이트 (wepsaiteu) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Korean: 사이트 (saiteu) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Northern Kurdish: malper — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Northern Kurdish: websîte — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Kyrgyz: веб-сайт (veb-sayt) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Kyrgyz: сайт (sayt) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Lao: ເວັບໄຊຕ໌ (wep sait) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Latin: situs interrētiālis — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Latvian: tīmekļa vietne — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Lithuanian: internetinė svetainė — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Macedonian: мре́жно ме́сто (mréžno mésto) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Macedonian: веб-сајт (veb-sajt) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Macedonian: сајт (sajt) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Macedonian: веб-стра́ница (veb-stránica) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Malagasy: vohikala — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Malay: tapak sesawang — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Malay: laman sesawang — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Malay: laman web — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Malay: tapak web — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Malayalam: വെബ്സൈറ്റ് (vebsaiṟṟŭ) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Malayalam: ജാലീസ്ഥാനിക (jālīsthānika) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Malayalam: വെബ്സ്ഥാനം (vebsthānaṁ) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Maltese: sit elettroniku — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Maltese: sit — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Māori: pae tukutuku — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Marathi: संकेतस्थळ (saṅketasthaḷ) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Marathi: वेबसाईट (vebsāīṭ) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Mongolian: вэб сайт (veb sajt) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Navajo: níłchʼi naaltsoos — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Car Nicobarese: vep sait — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nettside — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hjemmeside — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Norwegian Bokmål: heimeside — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nettside — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: heimeside — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Occitan: site web — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Pashto: ويبځاى — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Iranian Persian: وِبگاه (veb-gâh) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Iranian Persian: تارْنَما (târnamâ) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Iranian Persian: پایْگاه (pâygâh) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Polish: witryna — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Polish: strona WWW — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Polish: strona internetowa — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Portuguese: sítio — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Portuguese: site — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Portuguese: website — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Portuguese: web site — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Portuguese: sítio web — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Portuguese: saite — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Portuguese: sítio na Internet — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Romanian: site — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Romanian: site web — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Russian: веб-са́йт (vɛb-sájt) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Russian: сайт (sajt) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Russian: веб-страни́ца (vɛb-straníca) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Russian: страни́ца интерне́та (straníca intɛrnɛ́ta) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Scots: wabsteid — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Scottish Gaelic: làrach-lìn — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Scottish Gaelic: ionad — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Scottish Gaelic: ionad eadar-lìn — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Serbo-Croatian: веб-локација — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Serbo-Croatian: веб-место — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Serbo-Croatian: веб-сајт — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Serbo-Croatian: веб-страница — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Serbo-Croatian: web-lokacija — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Serbo-Croatian: web-mjesto — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Serbo-Croatian: web-sajt — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Serbo-Croatian: web-stranica — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Sinhalese: වෙබ්-අඩවිය (web-aḍawiya) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Slovak: website — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Slovak: websídlo — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Slovak: webové sídlo — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Slovak: webová lokalita — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Slovak: weblokalita — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Slovene: spletna stran — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Slovene: spletišče — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Sotho: websaete — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Spanish: sitio web — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Spanish: website — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Spanish: página web — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Spanish: web — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Swahili: tovuti — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Swedish: webbplats — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Swedish: sajt — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Swedish: webbsajt — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Swedish: hemsida — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Tagalog: pahinarya — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Tagalog: websayt — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Tajik: сомона (somona) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Tajik: сайт (sayt) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Tajik: вебгоҳ (vebgoh) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Tajik: торгоҳ (torgoh) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Tajik: веб-сайт (veb-sayt) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Tajik: торнамо (tornamo) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Tamil: வலைத்தளம் (valaittaḷam) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Thai: เว็บไซต์ (wép-sái) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Tigrinya: መርበብ መካን (märbäb mäkan) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Tok Pisin: websait — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Tokelauan: kupega o te vateatea — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Turkish: Web sitesi — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Turkmen: websaýt — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Ukrainian: веб-са́йт (veb-sájt) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Ukrainian: сайт (sajt) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Ukrainian: веб-сторі́нка (veb-storínka) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Urdu: ویب سائِٹ (veb sāiṭ) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Urdu: ویب گاہ (veb gāh) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Uyghur: تور بېكەت (tor bëket) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Uyghur: تور پونكىتى (tor ponkiti) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Uzbek: vebsayt — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Vietnamese: trang web — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Vietnamese: trang mạng — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Vietnamese: trang thông tin điện tử — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Volapük: resodatoped — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Walloon: waibe — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Welsh: gwefan — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Welsh: safwe — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Yakut: уэбсайт (uebsayt) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Yiddish: וועבזײַטל (vebzaytl) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
  • Yiddish: וועבפּלאַץ (vebplats) — a collection of pages on the World Wide Web
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