blog

See also: Blog

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: blŏg, (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /blɒɡ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /blɔɡ/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /blɑɡ/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɒɡ
• Homophone: blawg (General American)

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-?

Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós

Proto-Germanic *weraz

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi

Proto-Germanic *alaną

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Germanic *-þiz

Proto-Germanic *aldiz

Proto-Germanic *weraldiz

Proto-West Germanic *weraldi

Old English weorold

Middle English world

English world

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *dwi-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-der.

Proto-Germanic *wīdaz

Old English wīd

English wide

English -wide

English worldwide

Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-der.

Proto-Germanic *webaną

Proto-Germanic *wabją

Old English webb

Middle English web

English web

English World Wide Web

English Web

Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *légʰyeti

Proto-Germanic *ligjaną

Old Norse liggjader.?

Middle English logge

English log

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 logbook

English log

English weblog

English blog

Rebracketing of weblog. The Oxford English Dictionary says the shortened word was coined 23 May 1999 and references the "Jargon Watch" article in an issue of an online magazine which attributes the shortening to Peter Merholz. The form blog is now so much more common than weblog that some misspell the latter as webblog, as if from web + blog.

Noun

blog (plural blogs)

2. (Internet) A website that allows users to reflect, share opinions, and discuss various topics in the form of an online journal, sometimes letting readers comment on their posts. Most blogs are written in a slightly informal tone (personal journals, news, businesses, etc.)
   • 2002, Biz Stone, chapter 1, in Blogging: Genius Strategies for Instant Web Content, Indianapolis: New Riders Pub., →ISBN, page 4:

     So you see, the blog has been around since the beginning of the web; that is how basic the concept is. Today's blogs, and the activity of blogging, have taken on more meaning, but the concept of it all is still very simple and rooted in the beginning and intentions of the web itself.

   • 2012, Zadie Smith, NW, London: Penguin Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 150:

     Have you tried these, darling? They’re tempura zucchini flowers. Japanese-Italian fusion! My own invention. Shall I photograph it? We can put it on our blog.

3. (Internet) An individual post to a blog.

   This blog was originally posted on my personal site but is reproduced on the forums for greater visibility.

Derived terms

• audioblog
• biblioblog
• blag
• blahg
• blam
• blargon
• blawg
• bleg
• blidget
• blogaholic
• blogathon
• blogazine
• blog carnival
• blogcast
• blogcentric
• blogdom
• blogebrity
• blogette
• bloggable
• bloggage
• blogger
• Bloggernacle
• bloggery
• bloggish, blogish
• bloggy
• blogification
• Blogistan
• blogiversary
• blogland
• bloglike
• blogmaster
• blogmistress
• blogness
• blognoscenti
• blognovel
• blogography
• blogoholic
• blogola
• blogophile
• blogorrhea
• blogosphere
• blogoverse
• blogpost
• blog post
• blogring
• blog roll
• blogroll
• blogrolling
• blogshop
• blogsite
• blogspam
• blogspeak
• blogster
• blogtastic
• blogware
• blogworthy
• blogzine
• blook
• fanblog
• flog
• gimmick blog
• hate-blog
• hateblog
• interblog
• j-blog
• litblog
• liveblog
• live blog
• metablog
• microblog
• milblog
• miniblog
• moblog
• multiblog
• nonblog
• outblog
• phlog
• photoblog
• placeblog
• preblog
• rebracketing
• sideblog
• spamblog
• splog
• travelblog
• unblogged
• vagueblog
• vidblog
• videoblog
• vlog
• warblog

Descendants

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: блог (blog)
• → Catalan: blog
• → Czech: blogovat
• → Danish: blogge
• → Dutch: blog, ⇒ bloggen
• → Faroese: blogga
• → Finnish: blogata
• → French: bloguer
• → German: Blog
• → Hungarian: blogol
• → Icelandic: blogga
• → Italian: blog, ⇒ bloggare
• → Macedonian: блог (blog)
• → Polish: blog
• → Portuguese: blogue, blog (unadapted spelling)
• → Russian: блог (blog)
• → Serbo-Croatian:
  • Cyrillic: бло̀г
  • Latin: blòg
• → Spanish: blog, ⇒ bloguear
• → Swahili: blogu
• → Thai: บล็อก (blɔ́k)
• → Turkish: blog
• → Yoruba: búlọ́ọ̀gù

Translations

a personal or corporate website

• Albanian: blog m
• Arabic: مُدَوَّنَة إِلِكْتْرُونِيَّة f (mudawwana ʔiliktrūniyya), مُدَوَّنَة f (mudawwana), بْلُوغ m (blūḡ), بْلُوج m (blūg), بْلُوق m (blūq)
• Armenian: բլոգ (hy) (blog)
• Assamese: ব্লগ (blog)
• Azerbaijani: bloq
• Belarusian: блог m (bloh)
• Bengali: ব্লগ (bn) (blog)
• Bulgarian: блог m (blog)
• Burmese: ဘလော့ဂ် (bha.laug.)
• Catalan: blog (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 網誌 / 网志 (mong⁵ zi³)

  Hokkien: 網誌 / 网志 (bāng-chì)

  Mandarin: 博客 (zh) (bókè) (most common term), 部落格 (zh) (bùluògé), 博落 (bóluò), 網誌 / 网志 (zh) (wǎngzhì)

• Czech: blog (cs) m
• Danish: blog (da) c
• Dutch: blog (nl) m
• Esperanto: blogo
• Estonian: ajaveeb, blog (et)
• Faroese: bloggur m
• Finnish: blogi (fi)
• French: blog (fr) m, blogue (fr) m
• Galician: blog m
• Georgian: ბლოგი (ka) (blogi)
• German: Blog (de) n, Internetblog m, Netztagebuch n (dated)
• Greek: ιστολόγιο (el) n (istológio)
• Gujarati: ચિટ્ઠો m (ciṭṭho)
• Hebrew: בְּלוֹג (he) m (blog)
• Hindi: चिट्ठा (hi) (ciṭṭhā), ब्लॉग m (blŏg)
• Hungarian: blog (hu)
• Icelandic: blogg (is) n
• Ido: blogo (io)
• Indonesian: blog (id)
• Irish: blag
• Italian: diario in rete m, blog (it) m
• Japanese: ブログ (ja) (burogu)
• Kannada: ಬ್ಲಾಗ್ (blāg)
• Kazakh: блог (blog)
• Khmer: ប្លូក (km) (plouk)
• Korean: 블로그 (ko) (beullogeu)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: blog (ku) f

• Kyrgyz: блог (blog)
• Lao: ບລອກ (ba lǭk)
• Latvian: emuārs (lv) m, tīmekļa žurnāls m, blogs (lv) m, tīmekļa dienasgrāmata f
• Lithuanian: blogas (lt)
• Macedonian: блог (mk) m (blog)
• Malay: blog, log sesawang
• Maori: rangitaki
• Marathi: ब्लॉग m (blŏg)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: блог (blog)

  Mongolian: ᠪᠯᠣᠭ (blog)

• Northern Ohlone: nonwentemak
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: blogg (no) m

  Nynorsk: blogg m

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: بِلاگ (belâg), بْلاگ (blâg), وِب نِوِشْت (veb nevešt), وِب‌نِوِشْت (veb-nevešt), وِبْلاگ (veblâg)

• Polish: blog (pl) m
• Portuguese: blog (pt) m, blogue (pt) m
• Romanian: blog n
• Russian: блог (ru) m (blog)
• Sanskrit: जालवृत्ति f (jālavṛtti)
• Scottish Gaelic: bloigh f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бло̀г m

  Roman: blòg (sh) m

• Sinhalese: බ්ලොග් (si) (blog)
• Slovak: blog m
• Slovene: blog m
• Spanish: bitácora (es) f, blog (es) m, ciberbitácora
• Swahili: blogu
• Swedish: blogg (sv) c
• Tagalog: blog
• Tajik: блог (blog)
• Tamil: வலைப்பதிவு (ta) (valaippativu), வலைப்பூ (ta) (valaippū)
• Tatar: блог (bloğ)
• Telugu: బ్లాగు (blāgu)
• Thai: บล็อก (th) (blɔ́k)
• Turkish: ağ günlüğü, blog (tr)
• Turkmen: blog
• Ukrainian: блог m (bloh), блоґ m (blog)
• Urdu: بِلاگ m (bilāg), بْلاگ m (blāg)
• Uyghur: بىلوگ (bilog)
• Uzbek: blog
• Vietnamese: nhật ký web, trang cá nhân
• Welsh: blog (cy) m
• Yiddish: בלאָג m (blog)

Verb

blog (third-person singular simple present blogs, present participle blogging, simple past and past participle blogged)

1. (blogging, ambitransitive) To contribute to a blog.
   • 2002, Biz Stone, Blogging: Genius Strategies for Instant Web Content, Indianapolis: New Riders Pub., →ISBN, page 163:

     Blogger Anil Dash summed up the initial reaction well when he blogged his assessment of Macromedia's new blogging strategy: […]

   • 2009, Jeff Jarvis, What would Google do?, New York: HarperLuxe, →ISBN, page 40:

     I hadn’t blogged myself, because I thought I had nothing to say. After 9/11, I did. So I planned to write the blog for a few weeks, until I ran out of memories.

Derived terms

• reblog

Translations

to contribute to a blog

• Czech: blogovat
• Danish: blogge
• Faroese: blogga
• Finnish: blogata (fi)
• French: bloguer (fr)
• German: bloggen (de)
• Greek: ιστολογώ (el) (istologó)
• Hungarian: blogol (hu)
• Icelandic: blogga
• Ido: blogar (io)
• Italian: bloggare (it)
• Maori: rangitaki, tuhi rangitaki
• Polish: blogować (pl) impf
• Portuguese: blogar (pt)
• Spanish: bloguear
• Swedish: blogga (sv)
• Turkish: bloglamak
• Welsh: blogio (cy)

Etymology 2

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Verb

blog (third-person singular simple present blogs, present participle blogging, simple past and past participle blogged)

1. (British, slang) To blag, to steal something; to acquire something illegally.

Translations

slang: to blag, to steal something

• Finnish: pokata (fi)

Etymology 3

Noun

blog (uncountable)

1. (dated, fandom slang, humorous) Alternative letter-case form of Blog.
   • 1960, Rich Brown, Paul Stanbery, The Golden Halls of Mirth‎^[5], published 2006-07-19:

     The earliest form we know about composed before Rhysling was blinded, at some drinking bout, and the verses concerned what he would do at the SoLaCon I—if he could find enough blog, a mimeo, and a few willing femmefans.

   • 1994 June 7, David E Romm, “Re: To Ghost or Not To Ghost...”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom‎^[6] (Usenet), message-ID <71443.1447-070694144409@dialup-3-152.gw.umn.edu>:

     The closest we came to that was not serving alcohol in the consuite one year. That was a significant success for it's [sic] main purpose. We actually came up with a definition of a fan, albeit a partial one phrased in the negative: Anyone who comes to Minicon just because there's free beer in the consuite is not a fan. That year there was more alcohol and more kinds* of alcohol than at any Minicon before or since; all the real fans who liked to drink brought their own and shared. The policy mainly discouraged the jerks who liked to hang out at the consuite and hit on the women. We did that for one year and happily went back to serving beer and blog.

   • 1995 September 4, Lindsay Crawford, “Re: Intersection”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom‎^[7] (Usenet), message-ID <9509042250393785@emerald.com>:

     I can't speak for Faye as ed of FHAPA, but it would be really swell of someone could send us a set of Intersection daily newszines, plus any con flyers or other fannish papers that were there to had for the picking up: fannish things, you know, not including media, gaming, filking or costuming, fine fun but not my cup of blog, thank you.

Etymology 4

Verb

blog (third-person singular simple present blogs, present participle blogging, simple past and past participle blogged)

1. (obsolete, West Country) To look sullen or sulky
   • 1746, Exmoor Courtship‎^[8], published 1879, page 58:

     […] Thee be olweys wother egging or yeaking […] blogging or glumping, rearing or snapping […]

Further reading

• blog on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• GLBO, LGBO, glob

Catalan

Alternative forms

• bloc (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from English blog.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈblɔk]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Noun

blog m (plural blogs)

1. blog

Further reading

• “blog”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “blog”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English blog.

Noun

blog

1. a blog

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English blog.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈblok]

Noun

blog m inan

1. blog

Declension

Declension of blog (velar masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	blog	blogy
genitive	blogu	blogů
dative	blogu	blogům
accusative	blog	blogy
vocative	blogu	blogy
locative	blogu	blozích
instrumental	blogem	blogy

Further reading

• “blog”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “blog”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English blog. (2000).

Noun

blog c (singular definite bloggen, plural indefinite blogs)

1. blog

Derived terms

• blogge
• blogger

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English blog.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blɔx/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: blog
• Rhymes: -ɔx

Noun

blog m or n (plural blogs, diminutive blogje n)

1. blog

   Synonym: weblog

   Coordinate term: vlog

Derived terms

• bloggen

Related terms

• blogger

French

Alternative forms

• blogue (Canada)

Etymology

Borrowed from English blog.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blɔɡ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔɡ

Noun

blog m (plural blogs)

1. (Internet) blog

Derived terms

• bloguer
• blogueur
• blogosphère
• vidéoblog

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English blog.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbloɡ]
• Hyphenation: blog
• Rhymes: -oɡ

Noun

blog (plural blogok)

1. blog

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	blog	blogok
accusative	blogot	blogokat
dative	blognak	blogoknak
instrumental	bloggal	blogokkal
causal-final	blogért	blogokért
translative	bloggá	blogokká
terminative	blogig	blogokig
essive-formal	blogként	blogokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	blogban	blogokban
superessive	blogon	blogokon
adessive	blognál	blogoknál
illative	blogba	blogokba
sublative	blogra	blogokra
allative	bloghoz	blogokhoz
elative	blogból	blogokból
delative	blogról	blogokról
ablative	blogtól	blogoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	blogé	blogoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	blogéi	blogokéi

Possessive forms of blog

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	blogom	blogjaim
2nd person sing.	blogod	blogjaid
3rd person sing.	blogja	blogjai
1st person plural	blogunk	blogjaink
2nd person plural	blogotok	blogjaitok
3rd person plural	blogjuk	blogjaik

Derived terms

• blogol
• blogos

Compound words

• divatblog
• fotóblog
• gasztroblog
• mikroblog

Related terms

• blogger

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English blog.

Noun

blog m (invariable)

1. (Internet) blog

Derived terms

• bloggare
• blogger
• blogosfera
• fotoblog

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English blog. First attested in 2001.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɔk/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔk
• Syllabification: blog
• Homophones: blok, Blok

Noun

blog m animal or m inan (related adjective blogowy)

1. (blogging) blog (website that allows users to reflect, share opinions, and discuss various topics in the form of an online journal, sometimes letting readers comment on their posts)

Declension

Declension of blog

	singular	plural
nominative	blog	blogi
genitive	bloga	blogów
dative	blogowi	blogom
accusative	bloga/blog	blogi
instrumental	blogiem	blogami
locative	blogu	blogach
vocative	blogu	blogi

Derived terms

nouns

• blogowicz
• blogowiczka

verbs

• blogować impf

Related terms

adjectives

• blogerski

nouns

• bloger
• blogerka

Collocations

Collocations

• autorski blog ― an authorial blog
• dobry blog ― a good blog
• fascynujący blog ― a fascinating blog
• internetowy blog ― an internet blog
• naukowy blog ― a scientific blog
• prywatny blog ― a private blog
• blog fotograficzny ― a photography blog
• blog historyczny ― a history blog
• tematyczny blog ― a thematic blog
• darmowe blogi ― free blogs
• blogi literackie ― literature blogs
• blogi polityczne ― political blogs
• blogi sponsorowane ― sponsored blogs
• blogi dziennikarzy ― journalists' blogs
• blogi polityków ― politicians' blogs
• blog z przepisami kulinarnymi ― a blog with cooking recipes
• blog o e-biznesie ― a blog about e-business
• autor bloga ― the author of a blog
• redakcja bloga ― the editorial staff of a blog
• współautor bloga ― a coauthoer of a blog
• właściciel bloga ― the owner of a blog
• czytelnik bloga ― a reader of a blog
• adres bloga ― blog address
• nazwa bloga ― the name of a blog
• tematyka bloga ― the subject matter of a blog
• zapis bloga ― a blog record
• komentarze do bloga/blogu ― blog comments
• serwisy z blogami ― blog services
• wpis na blogu/w blogu ― a blog entry
• tworzenie bloga/blogu ― blog creation
• zakładanie bloga/blogu ― (the act of) setting up a blog
• czytać bloga/blog ― to read a blog
• odwiedzać bloga/blog ― to visit a blog
• przeglądać bloga/blog ― to browse a blog
• komentować bloga/blog ― to comment on a blog
• pisać bloga/blog ― to write a blog
• prowadzić bloga/blog ― to run a blog
• publikować teksty na blogach ― to publish text on blogs
• publikować zdjęcia na blogach ― to publish images on blogs
• zarabiać na blogach ― to make money on blogs

Further reading

• blog in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• blog in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• blog in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English blog.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈblɔ.ɡi/, /ˈblɔɡ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈblɔ.ɡi/, /ˈblɔɡ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈblɔɡ/, /ˈblɔ.ɡi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈblɔɡ/

• Hyphenation: blog

Noun

blog m (plural blogs)

1. alternative form of blogue

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English blog.

Noun

blòg m inan (Cyrillic spelling бло̀г)

1. blog

Declension

Declension of blog

	singular	plural
nominative	blog	blogovi
genitive	bloga	blogova
dative	blogu	blogovima
accusative	blog	blogove
vocative	blogu	blogove
locative	blogu	blogovima
instrumental	blogom	blogovima

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from English blog.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [blɔk]

Noun

blog m inan

1. blog

Declension

Declension of blog
(pattern dub)

	singular	plural
nominative	blog	blogy
genitive	blogu	blogov
dative	blogu	blogom
accusative	blog	blogy
locative	blogu	blogoch
instrumental	blogom	blogmi

References

• “blog”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English blog.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbloɡ/ [ˈbloɣ̞]
• Rhymes: -oɡ
• Syllabification: blog

Noun

blog m (plural blogs)

1. (Internet) blog

   Synonym: bitácora

Further reading

• “blog”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from English blog.

Noun

blog (definite accusative blogu, plural bloglar)

1. (Internet) blog

Declension

Declension of blog

singular plural nominative blog bloglar definite accusative blogu blogları dative bloga bloglara locative blogda bloglarda ablative blogdan bloglardan genitive blogun blogların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular blogum bloglarım 2nd singular blogun blogların 3rd singular blogu blogları 1st plural blogumuz bloglarımız 2nd plural blogunuz bloglarınız 3rd plural blogları blogları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular blogumu bloglarımı 2nd singular blogunu bloglarını 3rd singular blogunu bloglarını 1st plural blogumuzu bloglarımızı 2nd plural blogunuzu bloglarınızı 3rd plural bloglarını bloglarını dative singular plural 1st singular bloguma bloglarıma 2nd singular bloguna bloglarına 3rd singular bloguna bloglarına 1st plural blogumuza bloglarımıza 2nd plural blogunuza bloglarınıza 3rd plural bloglarına bloglarına locative singular plural 1st singular blogumda bloglarımda 2nd singular blogunda bloglarında 3rd singular blogunda bloglarında 1st plural blogumuzda bloglarımızda 2nd plural blogunuzda bloglarınızda 3rd plural bloglarında bloglarında ablative singular plural 1st singular blogumdan bloglarımdan 2nd singular blogundan bloglarından 3rd singular blogundan bloglarından 1st plural blogumuzdan bloglarımızdan 2nd plural blogunuzdan bloglarınızdan 3rd plural bloglarından bloglarından genitive singular plural 1st singular blogumun bloglarımın 2nd singular blogunun bloglarının 3rd singular blogunun bloglarının 1st plural blogumuzun bloglarımızın 2nd plural blogunuzun bloglarınızın 3rd plural bloglarının bloglarının

Derived terms

• blogcu

Welsh

Etymology

From English blog.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blɔɡ/

Noun

blog m (plural blogiau)

1. blog

Derived terms

• blogio (“to blog”)
• blogiwr (“blogger”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of blog

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
blog	flog	mlog	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “blog”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies