# online
## English
### Alternative forms

* on-line

### Etymology

1950, from on +‎ line.

### Pronunciation

* Attributive:
** enPR: ŏn'līn"
*** (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɒnlaɪn/
*** (General American) IPA: /ˈɔnlaɪn/
*** (cot–caught merger) IPA: /ˈɑnlaɪn/
**** Audio (California):(file)
*** (General Australian) IPA: /ˈɔnlɑɪn/
* Predicative:
** enPR: ŏnlīn'
*** (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɒnˈlaɪn/
*** (General American) IPA: /ɔnˈlaɪn/
*** (cot–caught merger) IPA: /ɑnˈlaɪn/
*** (General Australian) IPA: /ɔnˈlɑɪn/
* Rhymes: -aɪn

### Adjective

online (comparative more online, superlative most online)
* Of a system: connected (generally electrically) to a larger network.
** Of a generator or power plant: connected to the grid.
** Of a computer: actively connected to the Internet or to some other communications service.
    Is this modem online?
* Available over, or delivered from, the Internet.
** 2013 May 25, “No hiding place”, in The Economist‎, volume 407, number 8837, page 74:In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result. If the bumf arrived electronically, the take-up rate was 0.1%. And for online adverts the “conversion” into sales was a minuscule 0.01%.
** 2024 May 4, John Naughton, “The internet is in decline – it needs rewilding”, in The Guardian‎:The online world was meant to be an open system but has become dominated by huge corporations.
    I prefer to read online newspapers.
* Connected to the Internet.
    I'll be online tonight, so I'll be able to reply to your email.
* Available on a computer system, even if not networked.
    Press the F1 key to access the online help.
    The program comes with an online manual, supplied on compact disc.
* Of a system: active, particularly building facilities (such as power) or a factory or power plant.
    The power is online.
    Once this factory comes online, it will double car production in our country!
* (slang) Immersed in Internet culture. (Usually modified by an intensifier such as extremely or terminally)
** 2019, A.O. Scott, “'The Image Book' Review: Godard Looks at Violence, and Movies”, in The New York Times‎:To borrow an idiom from the extremely online, late Godard is a mood.

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “connected to larger network”): offline
* (antonym(s) of “available on a computer system”): hardcopy
* (antonym(s) of “online business”): brick and mortar
* (antonym(s) of “slang”): living under a rock

#### Derived terms

* chronically online
* online date
* terminally online
* massive open online course (MOOC)
* massively multiplayer online game
* massively multiplayer online role-playing game
* online banking
* online dating
* online learning
* online newspaper
* online public access catalog
* online reality game
* online wallet
* personal online desktop

#### Descendants

* → German: online
* → Hungarian: online
* → Italian: online
* → Japanese: オンライン (onrain)
* → Korean: 온라인 (onnain)
* → Persian: آنلاین (ânlâyn)
* → Polish: online
* → Portuguese: online
* → Russian: онла́йн (onlájn)
* → Spanish: online
* → Scottish Gaelic: air loidhne (calque)
* → Swedish: online

#### Translations

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### Adverb

online (not comparable)
* While online; while in a running or active state, or connected to the Internet.
    He works online.
** 2004, Jared Hess, Jerusha Hess, Napoleon Dynamite (motion picture), spoken by Kip (Aaron Ruell):Well, things are getting pretty serious right now. I mean, we chat online for, like, two hours every day so I guess you could say things are gettin' pretty serious.

#### Translations
### Verb

online (third-person singular simple present onlines, present participle onlining, simple past and past participle onlined)
* (computing, transitive) To bring (a system, etc.) online; to promote to an active or running state.
** 2013, John Clarke, Oracle Exadata Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach, page 219:The output in Listing 8-2 shows your disk group status prior to onlining the disks, the commands to online your disks, and the status after onlining.

#### See also

* come online

### Anagrams

* El Nino, El Niño, Lonnie

## Dutch
### Alternative forms

* on line (chiefly adverbial and predicative, superseded)
* on-line (chiefly adverbial and predicative, superseded)

### Etymology

Borrowed from English online. The forms on line and on-line are older in Dutch.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔnˈlɑi̯n/, (chiefly attributive and in compounds) /ˈɔn.lɑi̯n/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: on‧li‧ne

### Adverb

online
* online (on, via or connected to the Internet or another network) [from 1960s]

### Adjective

online (not comparable)
* online (on, via, connected or related to the Internet or another network) [from 1960s]

#### Declension
## Finnish
### Etymology

From English online.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈonlɑi̯n/, [ˈo̞nlɑ̝i̯n]
* Rhymes: -onlɑin

### Adverb

online
* online; used also as modifier in compound terms, often with a hyphen and as uninflected attribute
    Haluan hoitaa pankkiasiani online.I want to handle my banking business online.
    Olen X-pankin online-asiakas.I'm an online customer of X Bank.

#### Derived terms

* online-kaupankäynti
* onlinejärjestelmä

### Anagrams

* loinen

## German
### Etymology

Borrowed from English online.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɔnlaɪ̯n/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

online (indeclinable)
* online
    Antonym: offline
** 2024, Artur-Axel Wandtke, Die Unvollendete. Roman, Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, →ISBN, page 63:»[…] Der Widerspruch zwischen arm und reich wird erst gelöst, wenn nicht der Geldreichtum Maßstab aller menschlichen Werte in der analogen und online Welt ist«, sagte Robert.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

### Further reading

* “online” in Duden online
* “online” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “online” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English online.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈonlaːjn]
* Hyphenation: on‧line
* Rhymes: -aːjn

### Adjective

online (not comparable)
* online

#### Declension
## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English online.

### Adjective

online (invariable) (Also: on line, on-line)
* online

### Anagrams

* Linneo, lenoni, linone, nonile

## Malay
### Etymology

Borrowed from English online.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /onlain/
* Rhymes: -lain, -ain, -in

### Adjective

online
* (proscribed) online
    Synonyms: (proscribed) atas talian, dalam talian
    Antonym: luar talian
    Permainan online ― Online games

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* on-line, on line, onlajn

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English online.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔnˈlajn/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ajn
* Syllabification: on‧line

### Adjective

online (not comparable, no derived adverb)
* (Internet) online (available over the Internet)
    Coordinate term: offline

### Adverb

online (not comparable)
* (Internet) online (performed over Internet)
    Coordinate term: offline

### Noun

online m inan
* (colloquial, Internet) online (Internet-connected mode of operation)
    Coordinate term: offline

#### Derived terms

* onlinowy

#### Related terms

* onlinowo

### Further reading

* online in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* online in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* on-line

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English online.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /õˈlaj.ni/ [õˈlaɪ̯.ni]
* (Brazil) IPA: /õˈlaj.ni/ [õˈlaɪ̯.ni]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /õˈlaj.ne/ [õˈlaɪ̯.ne]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˌɔnˈlaj.nɨ/

### Adjective

online (invariable)
* online (connected to the Internet)
    Synonym: conectado
    O computador está online.The computer is online.
* online (which takes place over the Internet)
    Synonyms: eletrónico, em linha
    Comunicação online.Online communication.

## Spanish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English online.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌonˈlain/ [ˌõnˈlãĩn]
* Rhymes: -ain

### Adjective

online (invariable)
* online

#### Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* on-line

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English online. First attested in 1969.

### Adjective

online (not comparable)
* online.
    Synonym: uppkopplad
** 2023 May 10, “Unga i våldsamma relationer söker ofta stöd online [Young people in violent relationships often seek support online]”, in Forskning:En ny studie har undersökt våld mot unga i nära parrelationer. Studien, som genomförts av forskare vid Stockholms universitet, visar att behovet att söka anonymt stöd online är stort.A new study has investigated violence against young people in intimate partner relationships. The study, which was carried out by researchers at Stockholm University, shows that the need to seek anonymous support online is great.
** 1969 September 16, Arbetet‎, page 6:Det är Sveriges första on-line-kopplade bankomat — den står alltså i direkt förbindelse med bankens datamaskin som […]It is Sweden's first on-line connected ATM — it is hence directly connected to the bank's computer which […]
** 1964 July 13, Svenska Dagbladet‎, page 2:[…] online system direkt anknutet till SAS världsomspännande nät för […] […] online system directly connected to SAS worldwide network for […]

### References

* ↑ online in Svensk ordbok (SO)

## Turkish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English online.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈon.ɫajn/, /onˈɫajn/
* Hyphenation: on‧line

### Adjective

online
* online
    Synonyms: çevrim içi, çevrimiçi
    Antonyms: çevrim dışı, offline

#### Declension

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

### Further reading

* "online" - in Tureng Dictionary