facebook en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈfeɪsˌbʊk/
- (US) audio
- ʹfās'bo͝ok
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-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 From face + book, likely modelled after namebook.
Meanings
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A reference book or electronic directory containing the photographs and names of various individuals.
He had gotten the call from the casino-a client who had recognized them from the facebook-and had flown down to the Bahamas to teach them a lesson.
2002, Ben Mezrich, Bringing Down the House:
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A college publication distributed at the start of the academic year by university administrations with the intention of helping students become acquainted with each other.
There is no interests section in the facebook. You know why? No one wants to flip through a book to find out which girls play chess.
2003, Steve Hofstetter, Student Body Shots: A Sarcastic Look at the Best 4-6 Years of Your Life:The shipment of facebooks will be distributed to the freshmen during orientation and move-in-week.
Kevin was surprised to see his own face on the card. It was an authentic California ID under the name Oliver Chen. "Where'd you get the picture?" Kevin asked. "Your MIT facebook."
2002, Ben Mezrich, Bringing Down the House:In the last month, since he’d embarked on projects like digitally scanning Melissa Paquette’s face from a freshman facebook and suturing her head to obscene downloaded images and tinkering with these images pixel by pixel (and the hours did fly by when you were tinkering with pixels), he’d read no books at all.
2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| facebooks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Synonyms
mug book (a book containing pictures of faces)
Translations (6)
km បញ្ជីរូបថត (a college publication) · yue 面譜 /面谱 (a reference book or electronic directory) · fr trombinoscope (a reference book or electronic directory) · es libro de caras (a college publication) · cmn 臉譜 /脸谱 (a reference book or electronic directory) · km បញ្ជីរូបថត (a reference book or electronic directory)