hyperlink - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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From hyper- + link, or a blend of hypertext + link.
hyperlink (plural hyperlinks) (dated)
- (Internet) Some text or a graphic in an electronic document that can be activated to display another document or trigger an action.
- (by extension) The URL or other address that defines a hyperlink's target or function.
Copy the hyperlink and paste it into an email.
- → Danish: hyperlink
link from one electronic document to another — see also link
- Albanian: tejlidhje f, lidhje (sq) f
- Arabic: اِرْتِبَاط تَشَعُّبِيّ m (irtibāṭ tašaʕʕubiyy)
- Armenian: հիպերհղում (hiperhġum), հղում (hy) (hġum)
- Bashkir: һылтанма (hıltanma)
- Belarusian: гіперспасы́лка f (hipjerspasýlka), лінк m (link), спасы́лка (be) f (spasýlka)
- Bengali: হাইপারলিংক (bn) (haiparliṅk)
- Bulgarian: хипервръзка f (hipervrǎzka), хиперлинк m (hiperlink), линк m (link), връзка (bg) f (vrǎzka)
- Chinese:
- 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 (hu)
- Icelandic: tengill (is) m
- Ido: hiperligilo
- Irish: hipearnasc m
- Japanese: 超連結子 (ちょうれんけつし, chōrenketsushi), ハイパーリンク (ja) (haipārinku), リンク (ja) (rinku)
- Kazakh: гиперсілтеме (gipersılteme)
- 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
- Ojibwe: aanikegamaa
- 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:
- Slovak: hyperlink m
- Slovene: hiperpovezava f
- Spanish: hiperenlace (es) m, hipervínculo (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
Translations to be checked
hyperlink (third-person singular simple present hyperlinks, present participle hyperlinking, simple past and past participle hyperlinked)
- (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.
- To add a hyperlink to a document.
2004 April 15, Gregory M. Lamb, “Blogs: Here to Stay - With Changes”, in Christian Science Monitor[1]:
One valuable thing a blogger often does is hyperlink to magazine and newspaper stories or other interesting blogs, she says.
- 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.
to point to another document by a hyperlink
to use a hyperlink to jump to a document
hyperlink n (definite singular hyperlinket, indefinite plural hyperlinks or hyperlink, definite plural hyperlinkene)