WhatsApp

See also: whatsapp

English

Alternative forms

• Whatsapp, whatsapp

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.
   • 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.

Synonyms

• (abbreviation): (Hong Kong) WTS

Derived terms

• WhatsApper
• WhatsApp University

Translations

messaging service

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瓦次艾普 (wǎcì àipǔ), 瓦次普 (wǎcìpǔ)

• Persian: واتس‌اپ (vâts-ap), وات (fa) (vât) (informal)
• Russian: ватсап m (vatsap)

Noun

WhatsApp (plural WhatsApps)

1. A message sent by WhatsApp.

Translations

message

• Dutch: WhatsAppbericht (nl) n, whatsappbericht n, whatsapp (nl) m or f, appje (nl) n
• German: WhatsApp-Nachricht f
• Indonesian: WA
• Japanese: ワッツアップ (wattsuappu)
• Korean: 왓츠앱 (watcheuaep)
• Portuguese: whatsapp m
• Spanish: guasap (es) m, guásap (es) m, was (es) m, wasap (es) m, wásap (es) m, whatsapp m

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To contact via WhatsApp.
2. (transitive) To send via WhatsApp.
   • 2018, Alex Blasdel, “Bowel movement: the push to change the way you poo”, in Guardian‎^[2]:

     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.

Translations

to contact via WhatsApp

• Dutch: whatsappen (nl), appen (nl)
• German: whatsappen
• Indonesian: WA
• Spanish: guasapear (es), wasapear (es), whatsappear

German

Alternative forms

• Whatsapp

Etymology

Short for WhatsApp-Nachricht

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɔt͡s(ʔ)ɛp/

• Audio:

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Noun

WhatsApp f (genitive WhatsApp, plural WhatsApps)

1. (Internet) WhatsApp (message)

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

• “WhatsApp” in Duden online
• “WhatsApp” in Duden online

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English WhatsApp.

Pronunciation

 

• (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/

• (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/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /u.at͡ʃˈza.pi/ [ʊ.at͡ʃˈza.pi], (faster pronunciation) /wat͡ʃˈza.pi/

Proper noun

WhatsApp m (invariable)

1. WhatsApp

   Synonym: (Brazil) zap

Derived terms

• zap
• zapzap