English Explanatory Dictionary

hashtag

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A metadata tag, signaled by a preceding hash sign (#), used to label content.
  2. The hash sign itself, especially when used as part of a hashtag.
verb
  1. To label (a message) with a hashtag.

Pronunciation

/ˈhæʃˌtæɡ/ hăsh'tăg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hashtag.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-hashtag.wav

Word forms

hashtag hashtags hashtagging hashtagged

Etymology

From earlier hash tag, from hash (sign) + tag. The hash sign # was initially proposed as tag hash by Chris Messina to create groups on Twitter, modeled after the IRC channel prefix. First published use as hash tag by Stowe Boyd in 2007.

Derived words

bashtag blacktag cashtag hashflag hashtivism hashtaggable hashtagger

Translations

Afrikaans: hutsmerk Arabic: وَسْم Arabic: هَاشْتَاق Arabic: هَاشْتَاغ Arabic: هاشْتاق Armenian: հեշթեգ Chinese Mandarin: 井號標籤 /井号标签 Czech: hashtag Czech: heštek Danish: hashtag Dutch: hashtag Esperanto: kradvorto Estonian: hashtag Estonian: räsimärk Estonian: teemaviide Finnish: aihetunniste Finnish: hashtag Finnish: hästäkki French: mot-clic French: mot-dièse French: hashtag Galician: cancelo Georgian: ჰეშტეგი Georgian: ჰეშთეგი German: Hashtag Hungarian: hashtag Icelandic: myllumerki Icelandic: kassamerki Indonesian: tagar Indonesian: tanda pagar Italian: hashtag Japanese: ハッシュタグ Korean: 해시태그 Malay: tanda pagar Māori: tohumarau Norwegian: emneknagg Occitan: etiqueta Persian: هشتگ Polish: hashtag Polish: hasztag Portuguese: marcador Portuguese: hashtag Russian: ме́тка Russian: хэште́г Russian: хеште́г Slovak: hashtag Spanish: hashtag Spanish: etiqueta Spanish: almohadilla Swedish: hashtag Thai: แฮชแท็ก Turkish: etiket Ukrainian: геште́ґ Ukrainian: хеште́г Welsh: hashnod
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