offline

English Online Dictionary. What means offline‎? What does offline mean?

English

Alternative forms

• off-line
• off line (rare)

Etymology

From off- +‎ line.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɒfˈlaɪn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɔfˈlaɪn/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ɑfˈlaɪn/
• Rhymes: -aɪn

Adjective

offline (not comparable)

1. Of a system, currently not connected (generally electrically) to a larger network. For example, a power plant which is not connected to the grid, or a computer which is not connected to the Internet or to any other communications service.

   Antonym: online

2. (by extension) Happening in the physical world (the real world) as opposed to on the internet.

   Synonyms: IRL, meatspace

   Antonym: online

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

offline (not comparable)

1. While offline; with an offline system.

   Antonym: online
2. (business slang) Outside the current meeting, in a more private setting.
3. From ("off") the Internet

   I stole the images offline

Verb

offline (third-person singular simple present offlines, present participle offlining, simple past and past participle offlined)

1. (computing, transitive) To take (a system, etc.) offline; to demote from an active or online state.
2. (video games, Rust) To raid another player's base while that player is not currently playing.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English offline.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔflaɪ̯n/

Adjective

offline (indeclinable, predicative only)

1. offline

   Antonym: online

Further reading

• “offline” in Duden online
• “offline” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Polish

Alternative forms

• off-line, off line, offlajn

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English offline.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔfˈlajn/
• Rhymes: -ajn
• Syllabification: off‧line

Adjective

offline (not comparable, no derived adverb)

1. (Internet) offline (available outside the Internet)

   Coordinate term: online

Adverb

offline (not comparable)

1. (Internet) offline (with an offline system)

   Coordinate term: online

Noun

offline m inan

1. (colloquial, Internet) offline (mode of operation outside the Internet)

   Coordinate term: online

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• offline in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• offline in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English offline.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈflain/ [oˈflãĩn]
• Rhymes: -ain

Adjective

offline (invariable)

1. offline

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.