Facebook

See also: facebook

English

Logos of Facebook

Alternative forms

• (verb): facebook

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti

Proto-Italic *θakjō

Proto-Italic *fakjō

Latin faciō

Proto-Indo-European *-yḗh₂s

Proto-Italic *-jēs

Latin -iēs

Latin faciēs

Late Latin facia

Old French facebor.

Middle English face

English face

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.?

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-der.?

Proto-Germanic *bōks

Proto-West Germanic *bōk

Old English bōc

Middle English bok

English book

English namebookinflu.

English facebook

English Facebook

From facebook, earlier TheFacebook and Facemash.

Pronunciation

• enPR: fāsʹ-bo͝ok, (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfeɪsbʊk/

  • Audio (Canada):

    (file)

  • Audio (US):

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• (Standard Southern British) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛjsbɵk/
• (some Northern England, especially Northumbria) IPA^(key): /ˈfeɪsbuːk/, [ˈfeːsbuːk]
• (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˈfesbʉk/

Proper noun

Facebook

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

   Mia was just seeing a reel on Facebook that her friend had posted.

   • 2021 February 1, Rishi Iyengar, “Google will stop making video games for its Stadia platform”, in CNN‎^[1], Atlanta, Ga.: Warner Bros. Discovery, archived from the original on 8 October 2025:

     Google is one of several Big Tech firms that has made an aggressive push into gaming in recent years, along with Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL) and Facebook (FB).

Synonyms

• FB (abbreviation)

Derived terms

• Faceberg
• Facebookable
• Facebooker
• facebooker
• Facebook generation
• Facebook jail
• Facebookland
• Facebook meme
• Facebook official
• Facebook slut
• Facebooky
• facemail
• FaceSpace
• facestalk
• facestalking
• FaCIAbook
• Fakebook
• FANG, FAANG
• Farcebook
• FB
• FBML
• frape
• Fuckbook
• GAFAM
• Leftbook
• TGIF
• Twitface
• vaguebook

Translations

social-networking website

• Arabic: فَيْس بُوك m (fays buk), فِيس بُوك m (fīs buk), فَيْسْبُوك m (faysbuk), فِيسْبُوك m (fīsbuk), فَايْسْبُوك m (faysbuk), فَايْسْبُوك m (faysbūk)
• Armenian: Ֆեյսբուք (Feysbukʻ)

  Western Armenian: Ֆէյսպուք (Fēyspukʻ)

• Belarusian: Фэ́йсбук m (Féjsbuk), Фэйсбу́к m (Fejsbúk)
• Bengali: ফেইসবুক (pheisbuk), ফেসবুক (bn) (phesbuk)
• Bulgarian: Фе́йсбук (bg) m (Féjsbuk), Фейсбу́к (bg) m (Fejsbúk)
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴼⵉⵙⴱⵓⴽ (fisbuk)
• Cherokee: ᎤᎧᏛᎪᏪᎵ (ukadvgoweli)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 面書 / 面书 (min⁶ syu¹) (unofficial)

  Hokkien: 面冊 / 面册 (Bīn-chheh) (Taiwanese Hokkien, unofficial)

  Mandarin: 臉書 / 脸书 (zh) (liǎnshū) (unofficial), 非死不可 (zh) (Fēisǐbùkě, literally “must die”) (slang), 面簿 (miànbù) (Singapore, unofficial), 面子書 / 面子书 (miànzishū) (Malaysia, unofficial), 臉譜網 / 脸谱网 (liǎnpǔwǎng) (unofficial)

• Danish: Facebook, fjæsbogen (humorous, slang)
• Dinka: Peithbuk
• Dutch: Facebook (nl)
• Esperanto: Fejsbuko (eo), Vizaĝlibro
• Estonian: Facebook (et), näoraamat (slang), lõustaraamat (slang)
• Finnish: Facebook
• French: (internet slang) Fessebouc (fr) m, Facebook (fr) m
• Georgian: ფეისბუკი (peisbuḳi)
• German: Facebook (de) (no gender)
• Greek: φέισμπουκ (el) (féismpouk)
• Hebrew: פייסבוק
• Hindi: फ़ेसबुक (fesbuk), फेसबुक (phesbuk)
• Hungarian: Facebook (hu)
• Icelandic: Facebook n, Fésbók f, Feisbók f, Feisbúkk n
• Italian: Facebook m
• Japanese: フェイスブック (ja) (Feisubukku)
• Javanese: ꦥ꦳ꦺꦱ꧀ꦧꦸꦏ꧀ (fésbuk)
• Khmer: ហ្វេសប៊ុក (feesbuk)
• Korean: 페이스북 (Peiseubuk), 페북 (Pebuk) (abbreviation, slang)
• Latin: Prosōpobiblium n, Prosōpobiblion n
• Lithuanian: Facebook, Facebookas m, feisbukas m
• Macedonian: Фе́јсбук m (Féjsbuk)
• Māori: Pukamata
• Mongolian: Фэйсбүүк (Feisbüük), ᠹᠡᠢᠰᠪᠦᠦᠺ (feyisbüük)
• Navajo: naaltsoos biniiʼ
• Nepali: फेसबुक (phesbuk)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: facebook, fjesboka f

  Nynorsk: facebook, fjesboki f

• Odia: ଫେସ୍ବୁକ (phesbuka)
• Pashto: فېسبوک (Fesbok/Pesbok)
• Persian: فیسبوک (fa) (feysbuk)
• Polish: Facebook (pl) m
• Portuguese: Facebook m
• Russian: Фе́йсбук (ru) m (Féjsbuk), Фейсбу́к (ru) m (Fejsbúk), Фэ́йсбук (ru) m (Fɛ́jsbuk), Фэйсбу́к (ru) m (Fɛjsbúk)
• Serbo-Croatian: Фејсбук m, Facebook m, Fejsbuk m
• Sinhalese: ෆේස්බුක් (fēsbuk)
• Spanish: Facebook (es) m
• Swedish: Facebook c, fejan (sv) (slang)
• Tagalog: Facebook, peysbuk (informal, slang)
• Tamil: ஃபேஸ்புக் (fēspuk), முகநூல் (ta) (mukanūl)
• Telugu: ఫేస్బుక్ (phēsbuk)
• Thai: เฟซบุ๊ก (fées-búk)
• Turkish: Facebook
• Ukrainian: Фе́йсбук m (Féjsbuk), Фейсбу́к m (Fejsbúk)
• Urdu: فیسبک (feysbuk)
• Vietnamese: Phây-búc (vi), Phây
• Welsh: Facebook m, Gweplyfr m
• Yiddish: פֿייסבוק (feysbuk)
• Zhuang: sawnaj

Noun

Facebook (plural Facebooks)

1. A personal web profile on the social-networking site Facebook.
   • 2015 March 27, “To the Well-Intentioned but Ignorant Parents of Teenagers.”[2], 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^[3], 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)

1. (intransitive) To use the social-networking site Facebook.
2. (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.

   • 2014, Jennifer Jeanne Richardson, “HeadCount”, in Kerric Harvey, editor, Encyclopedia of Social Media and Politics, volume 2, Los Angeles, Calif.: SAGE Publications, Inc., →ISBN, page 626:

     One element of its national campaign around the November elections was the Clipboard Project, which took photographs of roughly 200 music and entertainment stars holding HeadCount’s Register to Vote clipboard. These images were then tweeted, Facebooked, and linked to the official Web site to be pinned, Tumblr’ed, recommended on Google, StumbleUpon’ed, shared on Digg or Reddit, or otherwise circulated.

Translations

use the social-networking site Facebook

• Arabic: فَسْبَكَ (fasbaka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 用臉書 / 用脸书 (yòng liǎnshū)

• Czech: facebookovat
• Dutch: facebooken (nl)
• German: facebooken (de)
• Hungarian: facebookozik
• Lithuanian: facebookinti
• Macedonian: фејсбукира (fejsbukira)
• Spanish: facebookear
• Swedish: facebooka (sv)

See also

• Frightful Five
• HHVM
• Zuckerberg

Danish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti

Proto-Italic *θakjō

Proto-Italic *fakjō

Latin faciō

Proto-Indo-European *-yḗh₂s

Proto-Italic *-jēs

Latin -iēs

Latin faciēs

Late Latin facia

Old French facebor.

Middle English face

English face

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.?

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-der.?

Proto-Germanic *bōks

Proto-West Germanic *bōk

Old English bōc

Middle English bok

English book

English namebookinflu.

English facebook

English Facebookbor.

Danish Facebook

Borrowed from English Facebook.

Proper noun

Facebook

1. Facebook

See also

• fjæsbogen (slang)
• like

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Feesboek (eye dialect)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti

Proto-Italic *θakjō

Proto-Italic *fakjō

Latin faciō

Proto-Indo-European *-yḗh₂s

Proto-Italic *-jēs

Latin -iēs

Latin faciēs

Late Latin facia

Old French facebor.

Middle English face

English face

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.?

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-der.?

Proto-Germanic *bōks

Proto-West Germanic *bōk

Old English bōc

Middle English bok

English book

English namebookinflu.

English facebook

English Facebookbor.

Dutch Facebook

Borrowed from English Facebook.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feːsbuk/

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Facebook n

1. Facebook

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti

Proto-Italic *θakjō

Proto-Italic *fakjō

Latin faciō

Proto-Indo-European *-yḗh₂s

Proto-Italic *-jēs

Latin -iēs

Latin faciēs

Late Latin facia

Old French facebor.

Middle English face

English face

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.?

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-der.?

Proto-Germanic *bōks

Proto-West Germanic *bōk

Old English bōc

Middle English bok

English book

English namebookinflu.

English facebook

English Facebookubor.

Esperanto Facebook

Unadapted borrowing from English Facebook.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfei̯sbuk/
• Rhymes: -ei̯sbuk
• Syllabification: Face‧book

Proper noun

Facebook (accusative Facebook)

1. Facebook

   Synonyms: Fejsbuko, Vizaĝlibro

Finnish

Etymology

From English Facebook.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfei̯sbuːk/, [ˈfe̞i̯s̠buːk]
• Rhymes: -eisbuːk

Proper noun

Facebook

1. Facebook

Declension

Inflection of Facebook (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Facebook	—
genitive		Facebookin	—
partitive		Facebookia	—
illative		Facebookiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Facebook	—
accusative	nom.	Facebook	—
	gen.	Facebookin
genitive		Facebookin	—
partitive		Facebookia	—
inessive		Facebookissa	—
elative		Facebookista	—
illative		Facebookiin	—
adessive		Facebookilla	—
ablative		Facebookilta	—
allative		Facebookille	—
essive		Facebookina	—
translative		Facebookiksi	—
abessive		Facebookitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

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^(key): /fɛs.buk/, /fɛjs.buk/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /feɪs.bʊk/

• Audio (France):

  (file)

Proper noun

Facebook ?

1. Facebook

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English Facebook.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛɪ̯s.bʊk/, /ˈfeːs-/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)); [ˈfe̞ɪ̯s.b̥ʊk]:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Face‧book

Proper noun

Facebook n (proper noun, strong, genitive Facebooks)

1. Facebook

Usage notes

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

Declension

Declension of Facebook [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Facebook
genitive	eines	des	Facebooks
dative	einem	dem	Facebook
accusative	ein	das	Facebook

Related terms

• facebooken

References

• “Facebook” in Duden online

Polish

Alternative forms

• fejs, fejsbuk

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti

Proto-Italic *θakjō

Proto-Italic *fakjō

Latin faciō

Proto-Indo-European *-yḗh₂s

Proto-Italic *-jēs

Latin -iēs

Latin faciēs

Late Latin facia

Old French facebor.

Middle English face

English face

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.?

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-der.?

Proto-Germanic *bōks

Proto-West Germanic *bōk

Old English bōc

Middle English bok

English book

English namebookinflu.

English facebook

English Facebookubor.

Polish Facebook

Unadapted borrowing from English Facebook.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛj.zbuk/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛjzbuk
• Syllabification: Face‧book

Proper noun

Facebook m inan

1. Facebook

Declension

Declension of Facebook

	singular
nominative	Facebook
genitive	Facebooka
dative	Facebookowi
accusative	Facebook, Facebooka
instrumental	Facebookiem
locative	Facebooku
vocative	Facebooku

Derived terms

adjective

• facebookowy

noun

• facebookowicz

Further reading

• “Facebook”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti

Proto-Italic *θakjō

Proto-Italic *fakjō

Latin faciō

Proto-Indo-European *-yḗh₂s

Proto-Italic *-jēs

Latin -iēs

Latin faciēs

Late Latin facia

Old French facebor.

Middle English face

English face

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.?

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-der.?

Proto-Germanic *bōks

Proto-West Germanic *bōk

Old English bōc

Middle English bok

English book

English namebookinflu.

English facebook

English Facebookubor.

Portuguese Facebook

Unadapted borrowing from English Facebook.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌfej.siˈbu.ki/ [ˌfeɪ̯.siˈbu.ki]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌfɐj.sɨˈbu.kɨ/ [ˌfɐj.sɨˈβu.kɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌfɐj.sɨˈbu.kɨ/ [ˌfɐj.sɨˈβu.kɨ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌfej.sɨˈbu.kɨ/ [ˌfej.sɨˈβu.kɨ]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌfej.sɨˈbu.kɨ/ [ˌfej.sɨˈβu.kɨ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌfe.sɨˈbu.kɨ/

Proper noun

Facebook m

1. Facebook (a social-networking website)

   Synonym: Face

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti

Proto-Italic *θakjō

Proto-Italic *fakjō

Latin faciō

Proto-Indo-European *-yḗh₂s

Proto-Italic *-jēs

Latin -iēs

Latin faciēs

Late Latin facia

Old French facebor.

Middle English face

English face

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.?

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-der.?

Proto-Germanic *bōks

Proto-West Germanic *bōk

Old English bōc

Middle English bok

English book

English namebookinflu.

English facebook

English Facebookbor.

Spanish Facebook

Borrowed from English Facebook.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeisbuk/ [ˈfei̯z.β̞uk]
• Rhymes: -eisbuk

Proper noun

Facebook m

1. 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)

1. Facebook

   Synonym: (slang) fejan

Derived terms

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

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti

Proto-Italic *θakjō

Proto-Italic *fakjō

Latin faciō

Proto-Indo-European *-yḗh₂s

Proto-Italic *-jēs

Latin -iēs

Latin faciēs

Late Latin facia

Old French facebor.

Middle English face

English face

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.?

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-der.?

Proto-Germanic *bōks

Proto-West Germanic *bōk

Old English bōc

Middle English bok

English book

English namebookinflu.

English facebook

English Facebookubor.

Tagalog Facebook

Unadapted borrowing from English Facebook.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈfejsbuk/ [ˈfeɪ̯s.bʊk̠̚]
  • IPA^(key): (with nativization) /ˈpejsbuk/ [ˈpeɪ̯s.bʊk̠̚]
• Rhymes: -ejsbuk
• Syllabification: Face‧book

Proper noun

Facebook (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜌ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜊᜓᜃ᜔)

1. Facebook (social-networking website)

Noun

Facebook (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜌ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜊᜓᜃ᜔)

1. Facebook (personal web profile)

Further reading

• “Facebook”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “Facebook”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Vietnamese

Etymology

From English Facebook.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Facebook

1. Facebook

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English Facebook.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeːsbʊk/, [ˈfeːspʊkʰ]

Proper noun

Facebook m (not mutable)

1. Facebook

   Synonym: Gweplyfr