online

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

English

Alternative forms

• on-line

Etymology

1950, from on +‎ line.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

online (comparative more online, superlative most online)

1. Of a system: connected (generally electrically) to a larger network.
   1. Of a generator or power plant: connected to the grid.
   2. Of a computer: actively connected to the Internet or to some other communications service.

2. Available over, or delivered from, the Internet.

3. Connected to the Internet.

4. Available on a computer system, even if not networked.

5. Of a system: active, particularly building facilities (such as power) or a factory or power plant.

6. (slang) Immersed in Internet culture. (Usually modified by an intensifier such as extremely or terminally)

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
• personal online desktop

Descendants

Translations

Adverb

online (not comparable)

1. While online; while in a running or active state, or connected to the Internet.

Translations

Verb

online (third-person singular simple present onlines, present participle onlining, simple past and past participle onlined)

1. (computing, transitive) To bring (a system, etc.) online; to promote to an active or running state.

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• on line (chiefly adverbial and predicative, superseded)
• on-line (chiefly adverbial and predicative, superseded)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^(key): /ɔnˈlɑi̯n/, (chiefly attributive and in compounds) /ˈɔn.lɑi̯n/
• Hyphenation: on‧li‧ne

Adverb

online

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

Adjective

online (not comparable)

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

Declension

Finnish

Etymology

From English online.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈonlɑi̯n/, [ˈo̞nlɑ̝i̯n]
• Rhymes: -onlɑin

Adverb

online

1. online; used also as modifier in compound terms, often with a hyphen and as uninflected attribute

Derived terms

• online-kaupankäynti
• onlinejärjestelmä

Anagrams

• loinen

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English online.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔnlaɪ̯n/

Adjective

online (indeclinable, predicative only)

1. online

   Antonym: offline

Further reading

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

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English online.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈonlaːjn]
• Hyphenation: on‧line
• Rhymes: -aːjn

Adjective

online (not comparable)

1. online

Declension

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English online.

Adjective

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

1. online

Anagrams

• Linneo, lenoni, linone, nonile

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English online.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /onlain/
• Rhymes: -lain, -ain, -in

Adjective

online

1. (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^(key): /ɔnˈlajn/
• Rhymes: -ajn
• Syllabification: on‧line

Adjective

online (not comparable, no derived adverb)

1. (Internet) online (available over the Internet)

   Coordinate term: offline

Adverb

online (not comparable)

1. (Internet) online (performed over Internet)

   Coordinate term: offline

Noun

online m inan

1. (colloquial, Internet) online (Internet-connected mode of operation)

   Coordinate term: offline

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

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

Adjective

online (invariable)

1. online (connected to the Internet)

   Synonym: conectado

2. online (which takes place over the Internet)

   Synonyms: eletrónico, em linha

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English online.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌonˈlain/ [ˌõnˈlãĩn]
• Rhymes: -ain

Adjective

online (invariable)

1. 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)

1. online.

   Synonym: uppkopplad

References

Turkish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English online.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈon.ɫajn/, /onˈɫajn/
• Hyphenation: on‧line

Adjective

online

1. online

   Synonyms: çevrim içi, çevrimiçi

   Antonyms: çevrim dışı, offline

Declension

Further reading

• "online" - in Tureng Dictionary