hashtag
See also: Hashtag
English
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[1][2], modeled after the IRC channel prefix. First published use as hash tag by Stowe Boyd in 2007[3].
Pronunciation
- (US) enPR: hăsh'tăg, IPA(key): /ˈhæʃˌtæɡ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun
hashtag (plural hashtags)
- (Internet) A metadata tag, signaled by a preceding hash sign (#), used to label content. [from 2007]
- 2007 Aug 25, Stowe Boyd, tweet, https://twitter.com/stoweboyd/status/226570552
- I support the hash tag convention: http://tinyurl.com/2qttlb #hashtag #factoryjoe #twitter
- 2009, Paul McFedries, Pete Cashmore, Twitter Tips, Tricks, and Tweets
- You can also search for a hashtag by typing a topic (without the #) in the search box and clicking Search.
- 2009, Alistair Croll, Sean Power, Complete Web Monitoring
- While hashtags aren't formally part of Twitter, some clients, such as Tweetdeck, will persist hashtags across replies to create a sort of message threading.
- 2011, Rory Stewart, "Here we go again", London Review of Books, 33.VII:
- The planes are moving into position. The foreign ministers of minor Arab states are taking calls on their cell-phones from Western politicians. Twitter accounts explode around the Libyan hash-tag.
- 2007 Aug 25, Stowe Boyd, tweet, https://twitter.com/stoweboyd/status/226570552
- (Internet, informal) The hash sign itself, when used as part of a hashtag.
- 2016, Giffin, Emily, First Comes Love: A Novel, New York City: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 40:
- I sound like a shitty mother and wife. Or at the very least an inadequate wife and ungrateful mother–which is in stark contrast to the image I try to portray on Instagram. Hashtag happy life. Hashtag beautiful family. Hashtag blessed.
- 2018, Allison, John, By Night, volume 1, Los Angeles, CA: Boom! Box, →ISBN, page n.p.:
- You're perpetually stoned, aren't you? Hashtag four twenty four seven.
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Derived terms
- bashtag
- cashtag
- hashtivism
Descendants
- → German: Hashtag
- → Japanese: ハッシュタグ (hasshutagu)
- → Polish: hashtag
- → Russian: хеште́г (xɛštɛ́g)
- → Ukrainian: геште́ґ (heštég)
Translations
a tag with a hash sign
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See also
- Appendix:American Dialect Society words of the year
Verb
hashtag (third-person singular simple present hashtags, present participle hashtagging, simple past and past participle hashtagged)
- (transitive, Internet) To label (a message) with a hashtag.
Derived terms
- hashtaggable
- hashtagger
References
- Chris Messina (August 23, 2007) Twitter: “how do you feel about using # (pound) for groups. As in #barcamp [msg]?”
- Chris Messina (August 25, 2007), “Groups for Twitter; or A Proposal for Twitter Tag Channels”, in factoryjoe.com, archived from the original on 2007-10-12, retrieved 23 August 2017
- Stowe Boyd (August 26, 2007), “Hash Tags = Twitter Groupings”, in stoweboyd.com
Further reading
hashtag on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English hashtag.
Noun
hashtag
- (Internet) hashtag
Declension
Declension of hashtag
| neuter gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | hashtag | hashtagget | hashtags | hashtaggene |
| genitive | hashtags | hashtaggets | hashtags' | hashtagsenes |
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English hashtag.
Pronunciation
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /aʃ.taɡ/
Noun
hashtag m (plural hashtags)
- (Internet) hashtag
- Synonyms: mot-clic, mot-dièse
Derived terms
- hashtaguer
Related terms
- croisillon
Further reading
- “hashtag”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hungarian
Etymology
From English hashtag.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhɛʃtɛɡ]
- Hyphenation: hash‧tag
Noun
hashtag (plural hashtagek)
- (Internet) hashtag
- 2013 August 18, Dia Sákovics, “Miért osztjuk meg a neten a vacsoránk?”, in Origo, retrieved 2015-02-06:
- Az Instragramon több mint 40 millió fotó található a food hashtag alatt […]
- There are more than 40 million photos under the food hashtag on Instagram […]
- Az Instragramon több mint 40 millió fotó található a food hashtag alatt […]
- 2014 October 2, “Nyolc magyar a legnagyobb újítók között”, in Origo, retrieved 2015-02-06:
- A New Europe 100-as listára bárki jelölhetett embereket a honlapon adott ajánlással vagy Twitteren a #NE100 hashtag használatával.
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Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | hashtag | hashtagek |
| accusative | hashtaget | hashtageket |
| dative | hashtagnek | hashtageknek |
| instrumental | hashtaggel | hashtagekkel |
| causal-final | hashtagért | hashtagekért |
| translative | hashtaggé | hashtagekké |
| terminative | hashtagig | hashtagekig |
| essive-formal | hashtagként | hashtagekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | hashtagben | hashtagekben |
| superessive | hashtagen | hashtageken |
| adessive | hashtagnél | hashtageknél |
| illative | hashtagbe | hashtagekbe |
| sublative | hashtagre | hashtagekre |
| allative | hashtaghez | hashtagekhez |
| elative | hashtagből | hashtagekből |
| delative | hashtagről | hashtagekről |
| ablative | hashtagtől | hashtagektől |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | hashtagé | hashtageké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | hashtagéi | hashtagekéi |
| Possessive forms of hashtag | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | hashtagem | hashtagjeim |
| 2nd person sing. | hashtaged | hashtagjeid |
| 3rd person sing. | hashtagje | hashtagjei |
| 1st person plural | hashtagünk | hashtagjeink |
| 2nd person plural | hashtagetek | hashtagjeitek |
| 3rd person plural | hashtagjük | hashtagjeik |
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English hashtag.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxaʂ.tak/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aʂtak
- Syllabification: hash‧tag
Noun
hashtag m inan
- (Internet) hashtag (tag with a hash sign)
Declension
Declension of hashtag
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hashtag | hashtagi |
| genitive | hashtaga/hashtagu | hashtagów |
| dative | hashtagowi | hashtagom |
| accusative | hashtag | hashtagi |
| instrumental | hashtagiem | hashtagami |
| locative | hashtagu | hashtagach |
| vocative | hashtagu | hashtagi |
Further reading
- hashtag in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- hashtag in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English hashtag.
Noun
hashtag f or m (plural hashtags)
- (Internet) hashtag (a tag with a hash sign)
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English hashtag.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxaʃtaɡ/ [ˈxaʃ.t̪aɣ̞]
- Rhymes: -aʃtaɡ
Noun
hashtag m (plural hashtags)
- hashtag
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.