web

/ˈw̝eb/ · B1 · noun · mf

world wide web

web — world wide web

🕸️🌐 Borrowed from English web, short for World Wide Web

Spanish took the English word whole: la web means the internet or a website. It keeps the English w sound, which is rare in Spanish. A spider's web became the image of linked pages.

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