Standard Lemma guide

WhatsApp

name · noun · verb · 8 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

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  • CMU ARPABET: W AH2 T S AA1 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

An instant messaging service founded in 2009 and acquired by Facebook in 2014.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He spends half of his day chatting to people on WhatsApp.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: WTS

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

Alternative letter-case form of WhatsApp.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A message sent via WhatsApp.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An account or number on WhatsApp.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Can I get your WhatsApp?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Alternative letter-case form of WhatsApp.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To contact (someone) via WhatsApp.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To send (something) via WhatsApp to (someone).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ditransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

Alternative letter-case form of WhatsApp.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Blend of what's up + app, coined as a trademark.

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: واتساب — messaging service
  • Chinese Mandarin: 瓦次艾普 (wǎcì àipǔ) — messaging service
  • Chinese Mandarin: 瓦次普 (wǎcìpǔ) — messaging service
  • Pannonian Rusyn: Вацап (Vacap) — messaging service
  • Persian: واتساپ (vâts-ap) — messaging service
  • Persian: وات (vât) — messaging service
  • Portuguese: WhatsApp — messaging service
  • Portuguese: Zap — messaging service
  • Russian: ватсап (vatsap) — messaging service
  • Tamil: வாட்ஸ்அப் (vāṭs’ap) — messaging service
  • Dutch: WhatsAppbericht — message
  • Dutch: whatsappbericht — message
  • Dutch: whatsapp — message
  • Dutch: appje — message
  • German: WhatsApp-Nachricht — message
  • Indonesian: WA — message
  • Japanese: ワッツアップ (wattsuappu) — message
  • Korean: 왓츠앱 (watcheuaep) — message
  • Portuguese: WhatsApp — message
  • Spanish: guasap — message
  • Spanish: guásap — message
  • Spanish: was — message
  • Spanish: wasap — message
  • Spanish: wásap — message
  • Spanish: whatsapp — message
  • Tamil: வாட்ஸ்அப் (vāṭs’ap) — message
  • Portuguese: WhatsApp — account
  • Russian: ватсап (vatsap) — account
  • Dutch: whatsappen — to contact via WhatsApp
  • Dutch: appen — to contact via WhatsApp
  • German: whatsappen — to contact via WhatsApp
  • Indonesian: WA — to contact via WhatsApp
  • Spanish: guasapear — to contact via WhatsApp
  • Spanish: wasapear — to contact via WhatsApp
  • Spanish: whatsappear — to contact via WhatsApp