web browser

See also: Web browser and Webbrowser

English

Alternative forms

Web browser

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /wɛb.bɹaʊ.zə(ɹ)/
Hyphenation: web brows‧er
Audio (CA) (file)

Noun

web browser (plural web browsers)

(Internet) A computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web, chiefly by viewing web pages and following hyperlinks.

Usage notes

The relevant sense of web is often capitalized, especially in more formal usage; hence, the capitalization Web browser may often be found.

Hypernyms

user agent

Hyponyms

Examples
Google Chrome, Internet Explorer; Microsoft Edge; Mozilla Firefox; Opera; Safari

Translations

a computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web

Afrikaans: webblaaier
Arabic: مُتَصْفَح وِب‎ m (mutaṣfaḥ web)
Armenian: դիտարկիչ (ditarkičʿ)
Azerbaijani: brauzer, səyyah (az)
Belarusian: бра́ўзэр m (bráŭzer)
Bengali: ব্রাউজার (braujar)
Bulgarian: бра́узър m (bráuzǎr), уе́б бра́узър m (uéb bráuzǎr), уе́б навига́тор m (uéb navigátor)
Burmese: ရှောက်ကြည့်ရာတွင် သုံးသည့်တန်ဆာ (hraukkrany.ra-twang sum:sany.tanhca)
Catalan: navegador m, navegador web m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 瀏覽器／浏览器 (zh) (liúlǎnqì)
Czech: webový prohlížeč m, prohlížeč m
Danish: browser, webbrowser
Dutch: webbrowser (nl) m, bladerprogramma (nl) n (dated), bladeraar (nl)
Esperanto: retumilo (eo), foliumilo (eo), krozilo, TTT-legilo
Estonian: brauser
Faroese: kagari m
Finnish: selain (fi), verkkoselain (fi), www-selain
French: navigateur web (fr) m, navigateur (fr), butineur (fr) m
Galician: navegador (gl) m, navegador web (gl) m
Georgian: ბრაუზერი (brauzeri), ვებ-ბრაუზერი (veb-brauzeri)
German: Browser (de) m, Webbrowser (de) m
Greek: περιηγητής (el) m (periigitís), φυλλομετρητής (el) m (fyllometritís) (formally), πρόγραμμα περιήγησης n (prógramma periígisis)
Hebrew: דפדפן‎ (he) m (dafdefán)
Hindi: विचरक m (vicrak), जाल विचरक m (jāl vicrak), ब्राउज़र (brāuzar)
Hungarian: böngésző (hu), webböngésző (hu), böngészőprogram, internetböngésző
Icelandic: vafri (is) m
Indonesian: penjelajah web, peramban web
Italian: browser (it) m
Japanese: ブラウザ (ja) (burauza), ウェブブラウザ (ja) (webu burauza)
Kazakh: веб шолғыш (veb şolğyş)
Khmer: កម្មវិធីរុករកបណ្ដាញ (kamvi’tʰii ruk rɔɔk bɑndaaɲ)
Korean: 웹 브라우저 (wep beuraujeo), 브라우저 (ko) (beuraujeo)
Kurdish: gerok (ku) f
Kyrgyz: браузер (brauzer)
Lao: ເວັບເບຣົາວ໌ເຊີຣ໌ (wep bē ruau sœ̄n)
Lithuanian: naršyklė f
Low German:
Dutch Low Saxon: webkyker, netkyker
German Low German: webkyker, netkyker
Macedonian: прели́стувач m (prelístuvač), прегледувач m (pregleduvač)
Malay: pelayar web, penyemak imbas
Maori: pūtirotiro, pūmanawa tirotiro, mata ipurangi, mata ipurangi
Mongolian: цахим хөтөч (caxim xötöč)
Navajo: bee haʼnitá
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nettleser (no) m
Nynorsk: nettlesar m
Persian: مرورگر‎ (morurgar)
Polish: przeglądarka internetowa f
Portuguese: navegador (pt) m, navegador web m, browser (pt) m, navegador de Internet m
Romanian: browser, navigator web m
Russian: бра́узер (ru) m (bráuzɛr), веб-обозрева́тель (ru) m (vɛb-obozrevátelʹ), обозрева́тель (ru) m (obozrevátelʹ), веб-навигатор m (veb-navigator)
Scottish Gaelic: brabhsair m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: прегледач m, прегледник m
Roman: pregledač (sh) m, preglednik (sh) m
Sinhalese: වෙබ් බ්‍රව්සර (web brawsara)
Slovak: webový prehliadač m, prehliadač (sk) m
Slovene: spletni brskalnik m, brskalnik m
Spanish: navegador (es) m, navegador web m
Swedish: webbläsare (sv)
Tagalog: panginain
Tajik: мурургар (mururgar), браузер (brauzer)
Tamil: உலாவி (ta) (ulāvi), மேலோடி (ta) (mēlōṭi)
Tatar: гизгеч (gizgeç)
Thai: เบราว์เซอร์ (brao-sə̂ə)
Turkish: ağ tarayıcısı, göz atıcı, İnternet tarayıcısı, tarayıcı (tr), Web göz atıcısı, Web tarayıcısı (tr), gözatıcı (tr)
Ukrainian: бра́узер m (bráuzer), веб-оглядач m (veb-ohljadač), веб-переглядач m (veb-perehljadač), веб-навигатор m (veb-navyhator)
Urdu: براؤزر‎ (brā'uzar)
Uzbek: brauzer
Vietnamese: trình duyệt (vi)
Yiddish: בלעטערער‎ (bleterer)

References

web browser on Wikipedia.Wikipedia