FAQ

FAQ

See also: faq

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English

Alternative forms

• faq

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of frequently asked questions.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˌɛf.eɪˈkjuː/, /fæk/
• Rhymes: -uː or Rhymes: -æk

• Audio (CA)

  (file)

Noun

FAQ (plural FAQs)

1. (Internet) A list of questions said to be frequently asked, and their answers.

   This site's FAQ says you should log in to access some pages.

Translations

acronym for Frequently Asked Questions

Armenian: ՀՏՀ (HTH) Catalan: PMF (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 常見問題／常见问题 (zh) (chángjiàn wèntí), 問答集／问答集 (wèndájí) Czech: ČKD (cs), ČKO (cs) Esperanto: OD Estonian: KKK Finnish: UKK (fi) French: FAQ (fr) f Galician: preguntas frecuentes Georgian: ხ.დ.კ. (x.d.ḳ.), ხშირად დასმული შეკითხვები (xširad dasmuli šeḳitxvebi) German: FAQ (de) f (pl. FAQ, FAQs), HGF (häufig gestellte Fragen) Hungarian: GYIK (hu) Japanese: よくあるご質問 (yoku aru go-shitsumon) Macedonian: ЧПП (mk) (ČPP) Portuguese: FAQ (pt) m Russian: ЧаВо́ (ru) m pl (ČaVó), ча́сто задава́емые вопро́сы (částo zadavájemyje voprósy), вопро́сы и отве́ты (voprósy i otvéty) Scottish Gaelic: CÀBHA Spanish: PUF f pl, FAQ Tamil: விவிமா (vivimā), வினா விடை மாலை (ta) (viṉā viṭai mālai) Tigrinya: ብሕ (bəḥ) Turkish: SSS (tr)

See also

• RTFM

Etymology 2

From a mishearing of fuck you by livestreamer Sakura Miko.

Interjection

FAQ

1. (humorous, Internet slang) Fuck you.

Anagrams

• qāf

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French

Etymology

English FAQ, then backronymed to French foire aux questions.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ.fa.ky/, /e.fa.ky/, /fak/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

FAQ f (plural FAQ)

1. FAQ (foire aux questions)

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English FAQ.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfak/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfak/

Noun

FAQ m (plural FAQs)

1. (Internet) FAQ (webpage containing questions and answers about the website)