# Facebook
## English
### Alternative forms

* (verb): facebook

### Etymology

From facebook.

### Pronunciation

* enPR: fāsʹ-bo͝ok, IPA: /ˈfeɪs.bʊk/
* Audio (Canada):(file)

### Proper noun

Facebook
* (trademark) A social-networking website where users can find acquaintances or friends, exchange messages, and post updates.

#### Synonyms

* FB (abbreviation)

#### Derived terms

* Facebookable
* facebooker
* Facebook generation
* Facebook jail
* Facebookland
* Facebook official
* Facebook slut
* Facebooky
* facemail
* FaceSpace
* facestalking
* Fakebook
* FANG, FAANG
* FB
* FBML
* frape
* GAFAM
* Leftbook
* TGIF
* Twitface
* vaguebook

#### Translations
### Noun

Facebook (plural Facebooks)
* A personal web profile on the social-networking site Facebook.
** 2015 March 27, “To the Well-Intentioned but Ignorant Parents of Teenagers.”, Kayla Nicole's Blog, at cutestpkever.wordpress.com:
    You might have a Facebook. So do I. And so does my mom and my grandma and all of her friends. But you know who doesn’t have a Facebook? Your kid’s friends.
** 2021 July 28, Ruby Speechley, The Face At The Window: A gripping, twisty thriller you won't be able to put down‎, Hera books Ltd, →ISBN, →OCLC:'An intimate photo has been posted on your cloned Facebook page,' says Greg. 'What, of me in the nuddy?' Nick snorts a note of laughter. 'No, of you and a woman.' 'What woman? Show me,' he says holding his hand out.

### Verb

Facebook (third-person singular simple present Facebooks, present participle Facebooking, simple past and past participle Facebooked)
* (intransitive) To use the social-networking site Facebook.
* (transitive) To send a message or leave a comment on Facebook.
    Facebook me the details later.
** 2018, Adam Rapp, chapter 1, in Fum, Candlewick Press, →ISBN, page 21:Corinthia’s bathroom was never discussed with the Lugo Memorial student body, but when it (the bathroom) materialized, it was Facebooked, Instagrammed, Tweeted, Foursquared, WordPressed, Tumblred, Snapchatted, and so thoroughly digitally disseminated that it was as if pictures of Rinna Buss’s breasts had been leaked.

#### See also

* Frightful Five
* HHVM
* Zuckerberg

## Danish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Facebook.

### Proper noun

Facebook
* Facebook

#### See also

* fjæsbogen (slang)
* like

## Dutch
### Alternative forms

* Feesboek (eye dialect)

### Etymology

Borrowed from English Facebook.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /feːsbuk/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Facebook n
* Facebook

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English Facebook.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfei̯sbuːk/, [ˈfe̞i̯s̠buːk]
* Rhymes: -eisbuːk

### Proper noun

Facebook
* Facebook

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Facebook (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Facebookini
accusative
nom.
Facebookini
gen.
Facebookini
genitive
Facebookini
partitive
Facebookiani
inessive
Facebookissani
elative
Facebookistani
illative
Facebookiini
adessive
Facebookillani
ablative
Facebookiltani
allative
Facebookilleni
essive
Facebookinani
translative
Facebookikseni
abessive
Facebookittani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Facebookisi
accusative
nom.
Facebookisi
gen.
Facebookisi
genitive
Facebookisi
partitive
Facebookiasi
inessive
Facebookissasi
elative
Facebookistasi
illative
Facebookiisi
adessive
Facebookillasi
ablative
Facebookiltasi
allative
Facebookillesi
essive
Facebookinasi
translative
Facebookiksesi
abessive
Facebookittasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Facebookimme
accusative
nom.
Facebookimme
gen.
Facebookimme
genitive
Facebookimme
partitive
Facebookiamme
inessive
Facebookissamme
elative
Facebookistamme
illative
Facebookiimme
adessive
Facebookillamme
ablative
Facebookiltamme
allative
Facebookillemme
essive
Facebookinamme
translative
Facebookiksemme
abessive
Facebookittamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Facebookinne
accusative
nom.
Facebookinne
gen.
Facebookinne
genitive
Facebookinne
partitive
Facebookianne
inessive
Facebookissanne
elative
Facebookistanne
illative
Facebookiinne
adessive
Facebookillanne
ablative
Facebookiltanne
allative
Facebookillenne
essive
Facebookinanne
translative
Facebookiksenne
abessive
Facebookittanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Facebookinsa
accusative
nom.
Facebookinsa
gen.
Facebookinsa
genitive
Facebookinsa
partitive
Facebookiaan Facebookiansa
inessive
Facebookissaan Facebookissansa
elative
Facebookistaan Facebookistansa
illative
Facebookiinsa
adessive
Facebookillaan Facebookillansa
ablative
Facebookiltaan Facebookiltansa
allative
Facebookilleen Facebookillensa
essive
Facebookinaan Facebookinansa
translative
Facebookikseen Facebookiksensa
abessive
Facebookittaan Facebookittansa
instructive
comitative

#### Synonyms

* febu (slang)
* fese (slang)
* lärväri (slang)
* naamakirja (informal)

## French
### Pronunciation

* (Europe) IPA: /fɛs.buk/, /fɛjs.buk/
* (Canada) IPA: /feɪs.bʊk/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Facebook ?
* Facebook

## German
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Facebook.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɛɪ̯s.bʊk/, /ˈfeːs-/
* Audio; [ˈfe̞ɪ̯s.b̥ʊk]:(file)
* Hyphenation: Face‧book

### Proper noun

Facebook n (proper noun, strong, genitive Facebooks)
* Facebook

#### Usage notes

* Facebook is not normally used with an article; when one is used, it is the neuter article (see citations).

#### Related terms

* facebooken

### References

* “Facebook” in Duden online

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* fejs, fejsbuk

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Facebook.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɛj.zbuk/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛjzbuk
* Syllabification: Face‧book

### Proper noun

Facebook m inan
* Facebook

#### Derived terms

* facebookowy
* facebookowicz

### Further reading

* Facebook in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Facebook.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˌfej.siˈbu.ki/ [ˌfeɪ̯.siˈbu.ki]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˌfej.siˈbu.ki/ [ˌfeɪ̯.siˈbu.ki]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˌfej.siˈbu.ke/ [ˌfeɪ̯.siˈbu.ke]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˌfɐj.sɨˈbu.kɨ/ [ˌfɐj.sɨˈβu.kɨ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˌfɐj.sɨˈbu.kɨ/ [ˌfɐj.sɨˈβu.kɨ]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˌfej.sɨˈbu.kɨ/ [ˌfej.sɨˈβu.kɨ]
** (Central Portugal) IPA: /ˌfej.sɨˈbu.kɨ/ [ˌfej.sɨˈβu.kɨ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ˌfe.sɨˈbu.kɨ/ [ˌfe.sɨˈβu.kɨ]

### Proper noun

Facebook m
* Facebook (a social-networking website)
    Synonym: Face

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Facebook.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfeisbuk/ [ˈfei̯z.β̞uk]
* Rhymes: -eisbuk

### Proper noun

Facebook m
* Facebook (a social-networking website)
    Facebook ahora permite subir historias por más tiempo.Facebook now allows stories to be posted for longer.

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Facebook

### Proper noun

Facebook c (genitive Facebooks)
* Facebook
    Synonym: (slang) fejan

#### Derived terms

* facerape (“facerape”, noun)
* facerapea (“facerape”, verb)

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Facebook.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈfejsbuk/ [ˈfeɪ̯s.bʊk̚]
** IPA: (more native-sounding) /ˈpejsbuk/ [ˈpeɪ̯s.bʊk̚]
* Rhymes: -ejsbuk
* Syllabification: Face‧book

### Proper noun

Facebook (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜌ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜊᜓᜃ᜔)
* Facebook

### Further reading

* “Facebook”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
* “Facebook”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

## Vietnamese
### Etymology

From English Facebook.

### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [fəj˧˧ ʔɓʊwk͡p̚˧˦]
* (Huế) IPA: [fəj˧˧ ʔɓʊwk͡p̚˦˧˥]
* (Saigon) IPA: [fəj˧˧ ʔɓʊwk͡p̚˦˥]
* Phonetic spelling: phây búc

### Proper noun

Facebook
* Facebook

## Welsh
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Facebook.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfeːsbʊk/, [ˈfeːspʊkʰ]

### Proper noun

Facebook m (not mutable)
* Facebook
    Synonym: Gweplyfr