blog

B1 Topic:Media & Publishing

US /blɔɡ/ UK /blɒɡ/ See IPA manual

Freq #8412

Meanings

1

noun
A website where someone regularly posts articles, opinions, or personal entries.

She writes a popular travel blog about her trips around Asia.
2

noun
A single article posted on a blog.

His latest blog explains how to grow vegetables on a balcony.
3

verb
To write entries for a blog.

He blogs about technology in his spare time.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a website where someone... web log

Word family

Derived forms audioblogbiblioblogblagblahgblamblargonblawgblegblidgetblogaholicblogathonblogazine

Simplified etymology

Blog arose in the 1990s from weblog, among the computer-related formations discussed in the passage.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós Proto-Germanic *weraz Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi Proto-Germanic *alaną Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Germanic *-þiz Proto-Germanic *aldiz Proto-Germanic *weraldiz Proto-West Germanic *weraldi Old English weorold Middle English world English world Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *wīdaz Old English wīd English wide English -wide English worldwide Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *web…

Topics

Media & Publishing

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# blog

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /blɔɡ/
**IPA (UK):** /blɒɡ/
**Frequency rank:** 8412

## Meanings
1. A website where someone regularly posts articles, opinions, or personal entries.
2. A single article posted on a blog.
3. To write entries for a blog.

## Examples
- She writes a popular travel blog about her trips around Asia.
- His latest blog explains how to grow vegetables on a balcony.
- He blogs about technology in his spare time.

## Derived Forms
- audioblog
- biblioblog
- blag
- blahg
- blam
- blargon
- blawg
- bleg
- blidget
- blogaholic
- blogathon
- blogazine

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós Proto-Germanic *weraz Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi Proto-Germanic *alaną Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Germanic *-þiz Proto-Germanic *aldiz Proto-Germanic *weraldiz Proto-West Germanic *weraldi Old English weorold Middle English world English world Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *wīdaz Old English wīd English wide English -wide English worldwide Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *web…

## Topics
- Media & Publishing

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