web browser

See also: web-browser and Web browser

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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

Noun

web browser (plural web browsers)

(Internet) A computer program used to navigate the internet, 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, Windows Internet Explorer; 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 (zh), 浏览器 (zh) (liúlǎnqì)
Czech: webový prohlížeč m, prohlížeč m
Danish: browser, webbrowser
Dutch: webbrowser (nl) m, bladerprogramma (nl) n (dated)
Esperanto: retumilo (eo)
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
Greek: περιηγητής (el) m (periigitís), φυλλομετρητής 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)
Icelandic: vafri (is) m
Indonesian: penjelajah web, peramban web
Italian: browser (it) m
Japanese: ブラウザ (brauza), ウェブブラウザ (webu brauza)
Kazakh: шолғыш (kk) (şolğış), браузер (brawzer)
Khmer: កម្មវិធីរុករកបណ្ដាញ (kamvi’tʰii ruk rɔɔk bɑndaaɲ)
Korean: 웹 브라우저 (wep beuraujeo), 브라우저 (ko) (beuraujeo)
Kyrgyz: браузер (brauzer)

Lao: ເວັບເບຣົາວ໌ເຊີຣ໌ (wep bē ruau sœ̄n)
Lithuanian: naršyklė f
Macedonian: прели́стувач m (prelístuvač), прегледувач m (pregleduvač)
Malay: pelayar web, penyemak imbas
Maori: pūtirotiro, pūmanawa tirotiro, mata ipurangi
Mongolian: цахим хөтөч (tsahim hötöč)
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 (veb b‍ravsara)
Slovak: webový prehliadač m, prehliadač m
Slovene: spletni brskalnik m, brskalnik m
Spanish: navegador (es) m, navegador web m
Swedish: webbläsare (sv)
Tagalog: panginain
Tajik: мурургар (mururgar), браузер (brauzer)
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
Yiddish: בלעטערער‎ (bleterer)

References

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