hyperlink

hyperlink

See also: Hyperlink

English

Web browsers traditionally use underlined blue text to mark hyperlinks.

Etymology

hyper- +‎ link, or a blend of hypertext +‎ link

Pronunciation

• enPR: hīʹ-pə(r)-lĭngk' IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪpə(ɹ)ˌlɪŋk/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

hyperlink (plural hyperlinks) (dated)

1. Some text or a graphic in an electronic document that can be activated to display another document or trigger an action.

   Click the hyperlink to go to the next page.

   Synonym: link

   Hypernym: link

   Hyponym: backlink

2. (by extension) The URL or other address that defines a hyperlink's target or function.

   Copy the hyperlink and paste it into an email.

Related terms

• hypertext
• linkify

Descendants

• → Danish: hyperlink

Translations

link from one electronic document to another — See also translations at link

Albanian: tejlidhje f, lidhje (sq) f Arabic: اِرْتِبَاط تَشَعُّبِيّ‎ m (irtibāṭ tašaʿʿubiyy) Armenian: հիպերհղում (hiperhłum), հղում (hy) (hłum) Bashkir: һылтанма (hıltanma) Belarusian: гіперспасы́лка f (hipjerspasýlka), лінк m (link), спасы́лка (be) f (spasýlka) Bengali: হাইপারলিংক (haiparlingk) Bulgarian: хипервръзка f (hipervrǎzka), хиперлинк m (hiperlink), линк m (link), връзка (bg) f (vrǎzka) Chinese: Cantonese: 超連結, 超连结 (ciu1 lin4 git3) Mandarin: 超鏈接／超链接 (zh) (chāoliànjiē), 超連結／超连结 (zh) (chāoliánjié) Czech: hyperlink m Danish: hyperlink n Dutch: hyperlink (nl) m Esperanto: ligilo Estonian: hüperlink Finnish: hyperlinkki (fi) French: hyperlien (fr) m Georgian: ჰიპერბმული (hiṗerbmuli), ჰიპერლინკი (hiṗerlinḳi) (colloquial), ბმული (bmuli), ლინკი (linḳi) (colloquial) German: Hyperlink (de) m, Hypertextlink m, Querverweis (de) m, Weblink (de) m Greek: υπερσύνδεσμος (el) m (ypersýndesmos), υπερζεύξη f (yperzéfxi) Hebrew: קישור \\ קִשּׁוּר‎ (he) m (ki'shur) Hindi: हाइपरलिंक (hāiparliṅk) Hungarian: hiperhivatkozás Icelandic: tengill (is) m Ido: hiperligilo Irish: hipearnasc m Japanese: 超連結子 (きょうれんけつし, kyōrenketsushi), ハイパーリンク (ja) (haipārinku), リンク (ja) (rinku) Khmer: តំណភ្ជាប់ (km) (tom-nor-phorb) Korean: 하이퍼링크 (haipeoringkeu), 링크 (ko) (ringkeu) Latvian: hipersaite f Lithuanian: hipersaitas m Macedonian: хиперврска (mk) f (hipervrska) Malay: hiperpautan Maori: honongaitua Norwegian: Bokmål: hyperlenke m or f Nynorsk: hyperkopling f, hyperlenke f, hyperlenkje f Persian: ابرپیوند‎ (fa) (abarpeyvand) Polish: link (pl) m, łącze (pl) n, hiperłącze (pl) n, odnośnik (pl) m Portuguese: hiperlink (pt) m, hiperligação (pt) f Romanian: hiperlink n Russian: гиперссы́лка (ru) f (giperssýlka), гиперли́нк m (giperlínk), линк (ru) m (link), ссы́лка (ru) f (ssýlka) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: хипервеза f, повезница f, хиперлинк m Roman: hiperveza (sh) f, poveznica (sh) f, hiperlink m Slovak: hyperlink m Slovene: hiperpovezava f Spanish: hiperenlace (es) m Swedish: hyperlänk (sv) c Tagalog: kawingan Thai: ไฮเปอร์ลิงก์ (th) (hai-bpəə-líng), ลิงก์ (th) (líng) Turkish: hiper bağ, üst bağ, hyperlink (tr) Ukrainian: гіперпосила́ння n (hiperposylánnja), гіперлі́нк m (hiperlínk), лінк (uk) m (link), посила́ння (uk) n (posylánnja) Urdu: ہائپرلنکس‎ (hāiparliṅk) Vietnamese: siêu liên kết, siêu đường dẫn

area on a Web page

Bashkir: һылтанма (hıltanma) Finnish: hyperlinkki (fi) French: lien (fr) m, lien hypertexte (fr), hyperlien (fr) m German: Hyperlink (de) m, Hypertextlink m, Querverweis (de) m Greek: υπερσύνδεσμος (el) m (ypersýndesmos), υπερζεύξη f (yperzéfxi) Ido: hiperligilo Irish: hipearnasc m Italian: collegamento ipertestuale Korean: 하이퍼링크 (haipeoringkeu) Macedonian: хиперврска (mk) f (hipervrska) Portuguese: hiperligação (pt) f, hiperlink (pt) m Swedish: hyperlänk (sv) c Thai: ไฮเปอร์ลิงก์ (th) (hai-bpəə-líng), ลิงก์ (th) (líng) Turkish: hiper bağ, üst bağ

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Translations to be checked

German: (please verify) Hypertext-Link m, (please verify) Hyperlink (de) m Spanish: (please verify) hipervínculo (es) m

Verb

hyperlink (third-person singular simple present hyperlinks, present participle hyperlinking, simple past and past participle hyperlinked)

1. (of a hypertext document) To point to another document by a hyperlink.
   • 2001, Barbara Notarius; Gail Sforza Brewer, Open Your Own Bead & Breakfast, 4th edition, John Wiley and Sons, page 165:

     Their Web page hyperlinks to your Web site.

2. To add a hyperlink to a document.
   • 2004 April 15, Gregory M. Lamb, “Blogs: Here to Stay - With Changes”, in Christian Science Monitor‎:

     One valuable thing a blogger often does is hyperlink to magazine and newspaper stories or other interesting blogs, she says.

3. To use a hyperlink to jump to a document.
   • 1999, John Graubert; Jill Coleman, “Consumer Protection and Antitrust Enforcement at the Speed of Light: The FTC Meets the Internet”, in Canada–United States Law Journal, volume 25, page 275:

     Indeed, what consumers will see on a Web site is likely to vary depending on the point or Web page at which they access the Web site, how many pages they “hyperlink” through when reviewing the site, and how much of the page containing the disclosure is displayed by consumers' Web browsers without requiring additional scrolling.

Derived terms

• hyperlinkable

Translations

to point to another document by a hyperlink

French: (please verify) être lié (à) (fr), (please verify) pointer (sur) (fr), (please verify) contenir un lien (vers) m, (please verify) être hyperlié (à) (fr) Greek: υπερσυνδέω (ypersyndéo) Ido: hiperligar Irish: hipearnasc Polish: linkować Swedish: länka (sv) Vietnamese: liên kết (vi)

to add a hyperlink to a document

French: (please verify) lier (à) (fr), (please verify) ajouter un lien (vers), (please verify) hyperlier (à) (fr) Greek: υπερσυνδέω (ypersyndéo) Irish: hipearnasc Japanese: ハイパーリンク (ja) (haipārinku) Spanish: hipervincular Swedish: länka (sv) Vietnamese: đặt siêu liên kết

to use a hyperlink to jump to a document

Greek: υπερσυνδέομαι (ypersyndéomai) Ido: hiperligilar Irish: hipearnasc Vietnamese: mở siêu liên kết, truy cập siêu liên kết

Further reading

• hyperlink on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Danish

Etymology

From English hyperlink.

Noun

hyperlink n (definite singular hyperlinket, indefinite plural hyperlinks or hyperlink, definite plural hyperlinkene)

1. (computing, Internet) a hyperlink

Further reading

• “hyperlink” in Den Danske Ordbog