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Proto-Germanic *natją

Proto-West Germanic *nati

Old English nett

Middle English net

English net

Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom

Proto-Germanic *werką

Proto-West Germanic *werk

Old English weorc

Middle English werk

English work

English network

From net +‎ work; the nonliteral sense and its subsenses are extended from the literal sense; they are now the dominant senses. Cognate with German Netzwerk.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛt.wɜːk/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛt.wɝk/
- Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ɛtwɜː(ɹ)k

Noun

network (countable and uncountable, plural networks)

Any interconnected group or system.
A network of roads crisscrossed the country.

The many species that live in the forest canopy constitute a network of life via their complex interactions.
1. A set of people with sociocultural connections to one another; especially, such a set consisting of occupational or business connections.
  To get a job in today's economy, it is important to have a strong network.
  
  For people with mental health challenges, having a support network of family and friends can improve the chances of maintaining successful mental health care.
3. (broadcasting) A group of affiliated television stations that broadcast common programs from a parent company.
  - 2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xi
    TV back then was five channels (three networks, PBS, and an independent station that ran I Love Lucy reruns), […]
5. (computing, Internet) A computer network: multiple computers and other devices connected together to share information.
  The copy machine is connected to the network so it can now serve as a printer.
(literal) A fabric or structure of fibrous elements attached to each other at regular intervals; the act or process of making such an object.
- 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 9, page 287:
  He wore a mantle of network.

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Derived terms

Translations

fabric or structure of fibrous elements

Albanian: rrjetë (sq) f
Arabic: شَبَكَة (ar) f (šabaka)
Armenian: ցանց (hy) (cʻancʻ)
Belarusian: се́тка f (sjétka), сець f (sjecʹ), мярэ́жа f (mjaréža)
Bengali: জাল (bn) (jal)
Bulgarian: мре́жа (bg) f (mréža)
Catalan: xarxa (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 網 / 网 (zh) (wǎng)
Czech: síť (cs) f
Danish: net n
Finnish: verkko (fi)
French: tissus (fr) m
Galician: rede (gl) f
Georgian: ქსელი (ka) (kseli)
German: Netz (de) n
Greek: σύμπλεγμα (el) n (sýmplegma), πλέγμα (el) n (plégma)
Hindi: जाल (hi) m (jāl)
Hungarian: hálózat (hu)
Icelandic: net (is) n
Italian: rete (it) f, reti (it) f pl
Japanese: 編 (ja) (あみ, ami), メッシュ (ja) (messhu)
Korean: 그물 (ko) (geumul)
Macedonian: мре́жа (mk) f (mréža)
Malay: rangkaian (ms), jaringan
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nett (no) n

Nynorsk: nett n
Old English: nett n
Persian:
Dari: شَبَکَه (šabaka)

Iranian Persian: شَبَکِه (šabake)
Polish: sieć (pl) f
Portuguese: rede (pt) f
Romanian: rețea (ro) f, rețele f pl
Russian: сеть (ru) f (setʹ), се́тка (ru) f (sétka)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: мре̏жа f

Latin: mrȅža (sh) f
Slovak: sieť f
Slovene: mreža (sl) f
Spanish: red (es) f
Swedish: nätverk (sv) n, nät (sv) n
Tagalog: kabalagan, kalambatan
Tajik: шабака (tg) (šabaka)
Tamil: உறி (ta) (uṟi)
Turkish:
Ottoman Turkish: شبكه (şebeke)
Ukrainian: мере́жа f (meréža), сіть f (sitʹ), сі́тка f (sítka)
Urdu: جال m (jāl), شَبَکَہ m (śabaka), جالی f (jālī), جالا m (jālā)
Vietnamese: mạng (vi) (𦀴)
Welsh: gweadwaith m, rhwydwaith (cy) m
Yiddish: נעץ f (nets)

interconnected group or system

Arabic: شَبَكَة (ar) f (šabaka)
Armenian: ցանց (hy) (cʻancʻ)
Azerbaijani: şəbəkə (az)
Belarusian: се́тка f (sjétka), сець f (sjecʹ), мярэ́жа f (mjaréža)
Bulgarian: мре́жа (bg) f (mréža)
Catalan: xarxa (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 網絡 / 网络 (mong⁵ lok³ / mong⁵ lok⁶), 網路 / 网路 (mong⁵ lou⁶)

Mandarin: 網絡 / 网络 (zh) (wǎngluò), 網路 / 网路 (zh) (wǎnglù)
Czech: síť (cs)
Danish: netværk n, net n
Dutch: netwerk (nl)
Finnish: verkko (fi)
French: réseau (fr) m
Friulian: rêt f
Galician: rede (gl) f
Georgian: ქსელი (ka) (kseli)
German: Netzwerk (de) n, Netz (de) n
Greek: δίκτυο (el) n (díktyo)
Hungarian: hálózat (hu)
Irish: eangach f
Italian: rete (it) f
Japanese: ネットワーク (ja) (nettowāku), 網 (ja) (もう, mō)
Kazakh: тор (tor)
Korean: 네트워크 (ko) (neteuwokeu), 망(網) (ko) (mang)
Ladin: rei f
Latin: reticulum n
Macedonian: мрежа (mk) f (mreža)
Malay: rangkaian (ms), jaringan
Māori: whatunga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nettverk (no) n, nett (no) n
Persian:
Dari: شَبَکَه (šabaka)

Iranian Persian: شَبَکِه (šabake)
Polish: sieć (pl) f, układ (pl) m inan
Portuguese: rede (pt) f
Romanian: rețea (ro) f
Russian: сеть (ru) f (setʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: мре̏жа f

Latin: mrȅža (sh) f
Spanish: red (es) f, entramado (es) m
Sundanese: raramat
Swahili: mtandao (sw)
Swedish: nät (sv) n
Tagalog: kabalagan
Tajik: шабака (tg) (šabaka)
Tamil: அமைப்பு (ta) (amaippu)
Thai: เครือข่าย (th) (krʉʉa-kàai)
Turkish: ağ (tr), şebeke (tr)
Urdu: شَبَکَہ m (śabaka)
Vietnamese: mạng (vi) (𦀴)
Volapük: resod
Welsh: rhwydwaith (cy) m

directory of people

Chinese:
Mandarin: 人脈 / 人脉 (zh) (rénmài)
Danish: netværk n
Dutch: netwerk (nl) n
Finnish: verkosto (fi)
German: Netzwerk (de) n
Greek: δίκτυο (el) n (díktyo), κύκλωμα (el) n (kýkloma)
Japanese: 人脈 (ja) (じんみゃく, jinmyaku)
Korean: 인맥(人脈) (ko) (inmaek)
Macedonian: вр́ски f pl (vŕski)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nettverk (no) n
Polish: układy pl
Russian: свя́зи (ru) f pl (svjázi)
Tamil: தொடர்பு (ta) (toṭarpu)

multiple computers and other devices connected together

Afrikaans: netwerk (af)
Albanian: rrjet (sq) m
Amharic: አውታር (am) (ʾäwtar)
Arabic: شَبَكَة (ar) f (šabaka)
Armenian: ցանց (hy) (cʻancʻ)
Assamese: নেটৱৰ্ক (netowork)
Azerbaijani: şəbəkə (az), tor (az)
Bashkir: селтәр (seltär)
Belarusian: се́тка f (sjétka), сець f (sjecʹ), мярэ́жа f (mjaréža)
Bengali: নেটওয়ার্ক (bn) (neṭōẇark)
Bulgarian: мре́жа (bg) f (mréža)
Burmese: ကွန်ရက် (my) (kwanrak)
Catalan: xarxa (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 網絡 / 网络 (mong⁵ lok³ / mong⁵ lok⁶), 網路 / 网路 (mong⁵ lou⁶)

Mandarin: 網絡 / 网络 (zh) (wǎngluò), 網路 / 网路 (zh) (wǎnglù)
Czech: síť (cs) f
Danish: netværk n
Dutch: netwerk (nl) n
Esperanto: reto (eo)
Estonian: võrk
Finnish: verkko (fi)
French: réseau informatique (fr) m, réseau (fr) m
Galician: rede (gl) f
Georgian: ქსელი (ka) (kseli)
German: Netzwerk (de) n
Greek: δίκτυο (el) (díktyo)
Gujarati: નેટવર્ક (neṭvark)
Hebrew: רֶשֶׁת (he) m (réshet)
Hindi: नेटवर्क m (neṭvark), संजाल m (sañjāl)
Hungarian: hálózat (hu)
Icelandic: net (is) n
Indonesian: jaringan (id)
Irish: eangach f, líonra m
Italian: rete (it) f
Japanese: ネットワーク (ja) (nettowāku), 網 (ja) (もう, mō)
Kazakh: тармақ (tarmaq), желі (kk) (jeli), тор (tor)
Khmer: បណ្ដាញ (km) (bɑndaañ)
Korean: 네트워크 (ko) (neteuwokeu), 망(網) (ko) (mang)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: şebeke (ku), tor (ku)
Kyrgyz: тармак (ky) (tarmak), тор (ky) (tor)
Lao: ເຄືອຂ່າຍ (khư̄a khāi)
Latvian: tīkls (lv) m
Lithuanian: tinklas (lt) m
Macedonian: мрежа (mk) f (mreža)
Malay: rangkaian (ms)
Maltese: xibka f
Māori: tuihononga, whatunga
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: сүлжээ (mn) (sülžee)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nettverk (no) n

Nynorsk: nettverk n
Pashto: شبکه (ps) f (šabaka)
Persian:
Dari: شَبَکَه (šabaka)

Iranian Persian: شَبَکِه (šabake)
Polish: sieć (pl) f
Portuguese: rede (pt) f
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: ਜਾਲ m (jāl)
Romanian: rețea de computere f, rețea (ro) f, rețea de calculatoare
Russian: сеть (ru) f (setʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: lìonra m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: мре̏жа f

Latin: mrȅža (sh) f
Sinhalese: ජාල (jāla)
Slovak: sieť f
Slovene: mreža (sl) f
Spanish: red (es) f, red informática f
Swahili: mtandao (sw)
Swedish: nätverk (sv) n
Tagalog: kabalagan, kalambatan
Tajik: шабака (tg) (šabaka)
Tamil: வலைப்பின்னல் (ta) (valaippiṉṉal), வலையம் (ta) (valaiyam), பிணையம் (ta) (piṇaiyam), வலையமைப்பு (ta) (valaiyamaippu)
Tatar: челтәр (tt) (çeltär)
Thai: เครือข่าย (th) (krʉʉa-kàai)
Turkish: ağ (tr), şebeke (tr)
Turkmen: ulgam, tor
Ukrainian: мере́жа f (meréža), сіть f (sitʹ), сі́тка f (sítka)
Urdu: نیٹ وَرْک m (neṭ vark), نیٹْوَرْک m (neṭvark), شَبَکَہ m (śabaka), جال m (jāl), جال داری f (jāl dārī)
Uyghur: تور (tor)
Uzbek: tarmoq (uz), toʻr (uz)
Vietnamese: mạng lưới (vi) (𦀴䋥), mạng (vi) (𦀴)
Volapük: nünömaresod
Welsh: rhwydwaith (cy) m
Yiddish: נעצווערק n (netsverk)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Romanian: ^{(please verify)} rețea (ro) f
Swedish: (1, 2) ^{(please verify)} ett nätverk (sv)

References

network on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

network (third-person singular simple present networks, present participle networking, simple past and past participle networked)

(intransitive) To interact socially for the purpose of getting connections or personal advancement.
Many people find it worthwhile to network for jobs and information.
- 1997, “Paranoid Android”, in OK Computer, performed by Radiohead:
  The yuppies networking and / The panic, the vomit
(transitive) To connect two or more computers or other computerized devices.
If we network his machine to the server, he will be able to see all the files.
(transitive) To interconnect a group or system.
(transitive, broadcasting) To broadcast across an entire network of stations and affiliates at the same time.

Translations

interact socially

Finnish: verkottua, verkostoitua (fi)
French: réseauter (fr), construire un réseau, établir un réseau
German: ^{(please verify)} sich vernetzen (de)
Greek: δικτυώνομαι (el) (diktyónomai)
Italian: socializzare (it)
Māori: tautūtakitaki
Portuguese: socializar (pt)
Romanian: socializa (ro)
Spanish: conexionarse (es), interconectarse (es), establecer red, hacer red, redear
Welsh: rhwydweithio

to connect two or more computers or other computerized devices

Bulgarian: омрежвам (omrežvam)
Finnish: verkottaa
French: mettre en réseau
German: vernetzen (de)
Greek: δικτυώνω (el) (diktyóno), διασυνδέω (el) (diasyndéo)
Japanese: ネットワークに接続する (nettowāku ni setsuzoku suru)
Korean: 네트워크를 연결하다 (neteuwokeu-reul yeon'gyeolhada)
Macedonian: вмрежува (vmrežuva)
Portuguese: conectar (pt)
Spanish: conexionar (es), interconectar (es)
Turkish: birbirine bağlamak (tr), bağlanmak (tr)
Welsh: rhwydweithio

to interconnect a group or system

Finnish: verkottaa
French: mettre en réseau
German: vernetzen (de)
Greek: δικτυώνω (el) (diktyóno)
Japanese: 系統を組む (keitō o kumu)
Macedonian: вмрежува (vmrežuva)
Spanish: conexionar (es), interconectar (es)
Turkish: birbirine bağlamak (tr)
Welsh: rhwydweithio

to broadcast across a network of stations and affiliates

French: diffuser sur l'ensemble du réseau
Spanish: transmitir (es), emitir (es)
Tamil: ஒளிபரப்பு (ta) (oḷiparappu)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Norman: ^{(please verify)} dranneter (Jersey)

References

“network”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
network in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “network”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

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