WhatsApp

See also: whatsapp and Whatsapp

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Blend of what's up +‎ app, coined as a trademark.

Proper noun

WhatsApp

  1. An instant messaging service founded in 2009 and acquired by Facebook in 2014.
    Synonym: (Hong Kong) WTS
    He spends half of his day chatting to people on WhatsApp.
    • 2022 September 27, Barclay Bram, “My Therapist, the Robot”, in The New York Times‎[1]:
      Like many people, in the pandemic, my life digitized. My work shifted online; my friendships retreated onto FaceTime and WhatsApp; I used a dating app for the first time; I started doing online yoga.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

WhatsApp (plural WhatsApps)

  1. A message sent via WhatsApp.
    • 2015, Jenny Stallard, “Monday, 19 October”, in Boyfriend by Christmas, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 251:
      A WhatsApp buzzed through.
  2. An account or number on WhatsApp.
    Can I get your WhatsApp?

Translations

Verb

WhatsApp (third-person singular simple present WhatsApps, present participle WhatsApping, simple past and past participle WhatsApped)

  1. (transitive) To contact (someone) via WhatsApp.
  2. (transitive) To send (something) via WhatsApp.
    • 2018 November 30, Alex Blasdel, “Bowel movement: the push to change the way you poo”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎[2], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC:
      People often say pooping is taboo, but lately it seems more like a cultural fetish. There are poop emoji birthday parties for three-year-olds, people WhatsApping photos of their ordure to friends, TripAdvisor threads on how to avoid or avail yourself of squat toilets.
      (Can we archive this URL?)

Translations

German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɔt͡s.ʔɛp/, /ˈvɔ.t͡sɛp/
  • Audio (Germany):(file)

Noun

WhatsApp f (genitive WhatsApp, plural WhatsApps)

  1. (colloquial) WhatsApp (a message on the WhatsApp app)

Declension

Declension of WhatsApp [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die WhatsApp die WhatsApps
genitive einer der WhatsApp der WhatsApps
dative einer der WhatsApp den WhatsApps
accusative eine die WhatsApp die WhatsApps

Further reading

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English WhatsApp.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /u.a.t͡ʃiˈza.pi/ [ʊ.a.t͡ʃiˈza.pi], (faster pronunciation) /wa.t͡ʃiˈza.pi/, /u.at͡ʃˈza.pi/ [ʊ.at͡ʃˈza.pi], (faster pronunciation) /wat͡ʃˈza.pi/, /u.atˈza.pi/ [ʊ.atˈza.pi], (faster pronunciation) /watˈza.pi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /u.at͡ʃˈza.pi/ [ʊ.at͡ʃˈza.pi], (faster pronunciation) /wat͡ʃˈza.pi/, /u.a.t͡ʃiˈza.pi/ [ʊ.a.t͡ʃiˈza.pi], (faster pronunciation) /wa.t͡ʃiˈza.pi/, /u.atˈza.pi/ [ʊ.atˈza.pi], (faster pronunciation) /watˈza.pi/

  • Hyphenation: Whats‧App

Proper noun

WhatsApp m

  1. WhatsApp (instant messaging app)
    Synonyms: (Brazil, colloquial) Zap, Zapzap, (humorous) Zipzop

Noun

WhatsApp m (plural WhatsApps)

  1. (colloquial) WhatsApp (a message on WhatsApp)
    Synonyms: (Brazil, colloquial) zap, zapzap, (humorous) zipzop
  2. (colloquial) WhatsApp (an account on WhatsApp)
    Synonyms: (Brazil, colloquial) zap, zapzap, (humorous) zipzop
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