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"the web (internet)" in seven languages

Meaningthe web (internet)

Spanish

web

/web/

fem.borrowed · English web

Feminine, from la página web; a site is una web.

French

web

/wɛb/

masc.borrowed · English web

Toile is the official French alternative.

Italian

web

/wɛb/

masc.borrowed · English web

Portuguese

web

/ˈwɛbi/

fem.borrowed · English web

Romanian

web

/web/

neut.borrowed · English web

Catalan

web

/wɛb/

masc.borrowed · English web

English

web

/wɛb/

from Latin/French · Old English webb 'woven fabric'

English → Italianthe web (internet)webCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The ancestor

English web‘woven fabric, spider's web’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

One English word taken over unchanged; only the gender varies. For a spider's web the sisters keep their own words: telaraña, toile d'araignée, ragnatela.

English relatives: weave, website

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In a sentence

  • esLo encontré en la web.
  • frJe l'ai trouvé sur le web.
  • itL'ho trovato sul web.
  • ptEncontrei isso na web.
  • roL-am găsit pe web.
  • caHo vaig trobar al web.
  • enI found it on the web.

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