# blog
## English
### Pronunciation

* enPR: blŏg, IPA: /blɒɡ/
* (US) often IPA: /blɑɡ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɒɡ

### Etymology 1

Rebracketing of weblog. The Oxford English Dictionary says the shortened word was coined 23 May 1999 and references the "Jargon Watch" article in an issue of an online magazine which attributes the shortening to Peter Merholz. The form blog is now so much more common than weblog that some misspell the latter as webblog, as if from web + blog.

#### Noun

blog (plural blogs)
* (Internet) A website that allows users to reflect, share opinions, and discuss various topics in the form of an online journal, sometimes letting readers comment on their posts. Most blogs are written in a slightly informal tone (personal journals, news, businesses, etc.)
** 2002, Biz Stone, chapter 1, in Blogging: Genius Strategies for Instant Web Content, Indianapolis: New Riders Pub., →ISBN, page 4:So you see, the blog has been around since the beginning of the web; that is how basic the concept is. Today's blogs, and the activity of blogging, have taken on more meaning, but the concept of it all is still very simple and rooted in the beginning and intentions of the web itself.
** 2012, Zadie Smith, NW, London: Penguin Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 150:Have you tried these, darling? They’re tempura zucchini flowers. Japanese-Italian fusion! My own invention. Shall I photograph it? We can put it on our blog.
* (Internet) An individual post to a blog.
    This blog was originally posted on my personal site but is reproduced on the forums for greater visibility.

##### Derived terms

* audioblog
* biblioblog
* blag
* blahg
* blam
* blargon
* blawg
* bleg
* blidget
* blogaholic
* blogathon
* blogazine
* blog carnival
* blogcast
* blogcentric
* blogdom
* blogebrity
* blogette
* bloggable
* bloggage
* blogger
* Bloggernacle
* bloggery
* bloggish, blogish
* bloggy
* blogification
* Blogistan
* blogiversary
* blogland
* bloglike
* blogmaster
* blogmistress
* blogness
* blognoscenti
* blognovel
* blogography
* blogoholic
* blogola
* blogophile
* blogorrhea
* blogosphere
* blogoverse
* blog post
* blogpost
* blogring
* blogroll
* blog roll
* blogrolling
* blogshop
* blogsite
* blogspam
* blogspeak
* blogster
* blogtastic
* blogware
* blogworthy
* blogzine
* blook
* fanblog
* flog
* hate-blog
* hateblog
* interblog
* j-blog
* litblog
* liveblog
* live blog
* metablog
* microblog
* milblog
* miniblog
* moblog
* multiblog
* nonblog
* outblog
* phlog
* photoblog
* placeblog
* preblog
* rebracketing
* sideblog
* spamblog
* splog
* travelblog
* unblogged
* vagueblog
* vidblog
* videoblog
* vlog
* warblog

##### Descendants

* → Bulgarian: блог (blog)
* → Catalan: blog
* → Czech: blogovat
* → Danish: blogge
* → Dutch: blog, ⇒ bloggen
* → Faroese: blogga
* → Finnish: blogata
* → French: bloguer
* → German: Blog
* → Hungarian: blogol
* → Icelandic: blogga
* → Italian: blog, ⇒ bloggare
* → Macedonian: блог (blog)
* → Polish: blog
* → Portuguese: blogue, blog (unadapted spelling)
* → Russian: блог (blog)
* → Serbo-Croatian:
** Cyrillic: бло̀г
** Latin: blòg
* → Spanish: blog, ⇒ bloguear
* → Swahili: blogu
* → Thai: บล็อก (blɔ́k)
* → Turkish: blog
* → Yoruba: búlọ́ọ̀gù

##### Translations
#### Verb

blog (third-person singular simple present blogs, present participle blogging, simple past and past participle blogged)
* (blogging, transitive, intransitive) To contribute to a blog.
** 2002, Biz Stone, Blogging: Genius Strategies for Instant Web Content, Indianapolis: New Riders Pub., →ISBN, page 163:Blogger Anil Dash summed up the initial reaction well when he blogged his assessment of Macromedia's new blogging strategy: […]
** 2009, Jeff Jarvis, What would Google do?, New York: HarperLuxe, →ISBN, page 40:I hadn’t blogged myself, because I thought I had nothing to say. After 9/11, I did. So I planned to write the blog for a few weeks, until I ran out of memories.

##### Derived terms

* reblog

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Verb

blog (third-person singular simple present blogs, present participle blogging, simple past and past participle blogged)
* (British, slang) To blag, to steal something; to acquire something illegally.

##### Translations
### Etymology 3
#### Noun

blog (uncountable)
* (dated, fandom slang, humorous) Alternative letter-case form of Blog
** 1960, Rich Brown, Paul Stanbery, The Golden Halls of Mirth‎, published 2006-07-19:The earliest form we know about composed before Rhysling was blinded, at some drinking bout, and the verses concerned what he would do at the SoLaCon I—if he could find enough blog, a mimeo, and a few willing femmefans.
** 1994 June 7, David E Romm, “Re: To Ghost or Not To Ghost...”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom‎ (Usenet), message-ID <71443.1447-070694144409@dialup-3-152.gw.umn.edu>:The closest we came to that was not serving alcohol in the consuite one year. That was a significant success for it's [sic] main purpose. We actually came up with a definition of a fan, albeit a partial one phrased in the negative: Anyone who comes to Minicon just because there's free beer in the consuite is not a fan. That year there was more alcohol and more kinds* of alcohol than at any Minicon before or since; all the real fans who liked to drink brought their own and shared. The policy mainly discouraged the jerks who liked to hang out at the consuite and hit on the women. We did that for one year and happily went back to serving beer and blog.
** 1995 September 4, Lindsay Crawford, “Re: Intersection”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom‎ (Usenet), message-ID <9509042250393785@emerald.com>:I can't speak for Faye as ed of FHAPA, but it would be really swell of someone could send us a set of Intersection daily newszines, plus any con flyers or other fannish papers that were there to had for the picking up: fannish things, you know, not including media, gaming, filking or costuming, fine fun but not my cup of blog, thank you.

### Etymology 4
#### Verb

blog (third-person singular simple present blogs, present participle blogging, simple past and past participle blogged)
* (obsolete, West Country) To look sullen or sulky
** 1746, Exmoor Courtship‎, published 1879, page 58:[…] Thee be olweys wother egging or yeaking […] blogging or glumping, rearing or snapping […]

### Further reading

* blog on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### References

* ↑ Dawson, Keith (1999 August 30) “TBTF for 1999-08-23: Compliance”, in Tasty Bits from the Technology Front‎, retrieved 2012-01-02
* ↑ Merholz, Peter (2002 May 17) “Play With Your Words”, in peterme.com‎, retrieved 2012-01-02: “For What It's Worth: I've decided to pronounce the word 'weblog' as wee'- blog. Or 'blog' for short.”
* ↑ Wright, Joseph (1898) The English Dialect Dictionary‎, volume 1, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 305

### Anagrams

* GLBO, LGBO, glob

## Catalan
### Alternative forms

* bloc (obsolete)

### Etymology

Borrowed from English blog.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈblɔk]

### Noun

blog m (plural blogs)
* blog

### Further reading

* “blog”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “blog” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Borrowed from English blog.

### Noun

blog
* a blog

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from English blog.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈblok]

### Noun

blog m inan
* blog

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “blog”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “blog”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Danish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English blog. (2000).

### Noun

blog c (singular definite bloggen, plural indefinite blogs)
* blog

#### Derived terms

* blogge
* blogger

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English blog.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /blɔx/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: blog
* Rhymes: -ɔx

### Noun

blog m or n (plural blogs, diminutive blogje n)
* a blog
    Synonym: weblog

#### Derived terms

* bloggen

#### Related terms

* blogger

## French
### Alternative forms

* blogue (Canada)

### Etymology

Borrowed from English blog.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /blɔɡ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔɡ

### Noun

blog m (plural blogs)
* (Internet) blog

#### Derived terms

* bloguer
* blogueur
* blogosphère
* vidéoblog

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English blog.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbloɡ]
* Hyphenation: blog
* Rhymes: -oɡ

### Noun

blog (plural blogok)
* blog

#### Derived terms

* blogol
* blogos
* divatblog
* fotóblog
* gasztroblog
* mikroblog

#### Related terms

* blogger

## Italian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English blog.

### Noun

blog m (invariable)
* (Internet) blog

#### Derived terms

* bloggare
* blogger
* blogosfera
* fotoblog

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English blog. First attested in 2001.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈblɔk/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔk
* Syllabification: blog
* Homophones: blok, Blok

### Noun

blog m animal or m inan (related adjective blogowy)
* (blogging) blog (website that allows users to reflect, share opinions, and discuss various topics in the form of an online journal, sometimes letting readers comment on their posts)

#### Derived terms

* blogowicz
* blogowiczka
* blogować impf

#### Related terms

* blogerski
* bloger
* blogerka

#### Collocations

* autorski blog ― an authorial blog
* dobry blog ― a good blog
* fascynujący blog ― a fascinating blog
* internetowy blog ― an internet blog
* naukowy blog ― a scientific blog
* prywatny blog ― a private blog
* blog fotograficzny ― a photography blog
* blog historyczny ― a history blog
* tematyczny blog ― a thematic blog
* darmowe blogi ― free blogs
* blogi literackie ― literature blogs
* blogi polityczne ― political blogs
* blogi sponsorowane ― sponsored blogs
* blogi dziennikarzy ― journalists' blogs
* blogi polityków ― politicians' blogs
* blog z przepisami kulinarnymi ― a blog with cooking recipes
* blog o e-biznesie ― a blog about e-business
* autor bloga ― the author of a blog
* redakcja bloga ― the editorial staff of a blog
* współautor bloga ― a coauthoer of a blog
* właściciel bloga ― the owner of a blog
* czytelnik bloga ― a reader of a blog
* adres bloga ― blog address
* nazwa bloga ― the name of a blog
* tematyka bloga ― the subject matter of a blog
* zapis bloga ― a blog record
* komentarze do bloga/blogu ― blog comments
* serwisy z blogami ― blog services
* wpis na blogu/w blogu ― a blog entry
* tworzenie bloga/blogu ― blog creation
* zakładanie bloga/blogu ― (the act of) setting up a blog
* czytać bloga/blog ― to read a blog
* odwiedzać bloga/blog ― to visit a blog
* przeglądać bloga/blog ― to browse a blog
* komentować bloga/blog ― to comment on a blog
* pisać bloga/blog ― to write a blog
* prowadzić bloga/blog ― to run a blog
* publikować teksty na blogach ― to publish text on blogs
* publikować zdjęcia na blogach ― to publish images on blogs
* zarabiać na blogach ― to make money on blogs

### References

* ↑ Pęzik, Piotr, Przepiórkowski, A., Bańko, M., Górski, R., Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, B (2012) Wyszukiwarka PELCRA dla danych NKJP. Narodowy Korpus Języka Polskiego [National Polish Language Corpus, PELCRA search engine]‎, Wydawnictwo PWN

### Further reading

* blog in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* blog in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* blog in PWN's encyclopedia

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English blog.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈblɔ.ɡi/, /ˈblɔɡ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈblɔ.ɡi/, /ˈblɔɡ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈblɔɡ/, /ˈblɔ.ɡi/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈblɔɡ/
* Hyphenation: blog

### Noun

blog m (plural blogs)
* Alternative form of blogue

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English blog.

### Noun

blòg m (Cyrillic spelling бло̀г)
* blog

#### Declension
## Slovak
### Etymology

Borrowed from English blog.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [blɔk]

### Noun

blog m inan
* blog

#### Declension
### References

* “blog”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English blog.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbloɡ/ [ˈbloɣ̞]
* Rhymes: -oɡ
* Syllabification: blog

### Noun

blog m (plural blogs)
* (Internet) blog
    Synonym: bitácora

### Further reading

* “blog”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English blog.

### Noun

blog (definite accusative blogu, plural bloglar)
* (Internet) blog

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
blog
bloglar
definite accusative
blogu
blogları
dative
bloga
bloglara
locative
blogda
bloglarda
ablative
blogdan
bloglardan
genitive
blogun
blogların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
blogum
bloglarım
2nd singular
blogun
blogların
3rd singular
blogu
blogları
1st plural
blogumuz
bloglarımız
2nd plural
blogunuz
bloglarınız
3rd plural
blogları
blogları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
blogumu
bloglarımı
2nd singular
blogunu
bloglarını
3rd singular
blogunu
bloglarını
1st plural
blogumuzu
bloglarımızı
2nd plural
blogunuzu
bloglarınızı
3rd plural
bloglarını
bloglarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
bloguma
bloglarıma
2nd singular
bloguna
bloglarına
3rd singular
bloguna
bloglarına
1st plural
blogumuza
bloglarımıza
2nd plural
blogunuza
bloglarınıza
3rd plural
bloglarına
bloglarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
blogumda
bloglarımda
2nd singular
blogunda
bloglarında
3rd singular
blogunda
bloglarında
1st plural
blogumuzda
bloglarımızda
2nd plural
blogunuzda
bloglarınızda
3rd plural
bloglarında
bloglarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
blogumdan
bloglarımdan
2nd singular
blogundan
bloglarından
3rd singular
blogundan
bloglarından
1st plural
blogumuzdan
bloglarımızdan
2nd plural
blogunuzdan
bloglarınızdan
3rd plural
bloglarından
bloglarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
blogumun
bloglarımın
2nd singular
blogunun
bloglarının
3rd singular
blogunun
bloglarının
1st plural
blogumuzun
bloglarımızın
2nd plural
blogunuzun
bloglarınızın
3rd plural
bloglarının
bloglarının :

#### Derived terms

* blogcu

## Welsh
### Etymology

From English blog.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /blɔɡ/

### Noun

blog m (plural blogiau)
* blog

#### Derived terms

* blogio (“to blog”)
* blogiwr (“blogger”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “blog”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies