hashtag

== English == === Etymology === From earlier hash tag, from hash (sign) +‎ tag. The hash sign # was initially proposed as tag hash by Chris Messina to create groups on Twitter, modeled after the IRC channel prefix. First published use as hash tag by Stowe Boyd in 2007. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˈhæʃˌtæɡ/, enPR: hăsh'tăg === Noun === hashtag (plural hashtags) (Internet) A metadata tag, signaled by a preceding hash sign (#), used to label content. [from 2007] 2007 Aug 25, Stowe Boyd, tweet, https://twitter.com/stoweboyd/status/226570552 (Internet, metonymic, informal) The hash sign itself, especially when used as part of a hashtag. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Appendix:American Dialect Society words of the year === Verb === hashtag (third-person singular simple present hashtags, present participle hashtagging, simple past and past participle hashtagged) (ambitransitive, Internet) To label (a message) with a hashtag. ==== Derived terms ==== hashtaggable hashtagger === References === === Further reading === hashtag on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Danish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English hashtag. === Noun === hashtag (Internet) hashtag ==== Declension ==== == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English hashtag. === Pronunciation === (aspirated h) IPA(key): /aʃ.taɡ/ === Noun === hashtag m (plural hashtags) (Internet) hashtag Synonyms: mot-clic, mot-dièse ==== Derived terms ==== hashtaguer ==== Related terms ==== croisillon === Further reading === “hashtag”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Hungarian == === Etymology === From English hashtag. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈhɛʃtɛɡ] Hyphenation: hash‧tag === Noun === hashtag (plural hashtagek) (Internet) hashtag ==== Declension ==== == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English hashtag. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxaʂ.tak/ Rhymes: -aʂtak Syllabification: hash‧tag === Noun === hashtag m inan (Internet) alternative spelling of hasztag ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === hashtag in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN hashtag in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English hashtag. === Pronunciation === === Noun === hashtag f or m (plural hashtags) (Internet) hashtag (a tag with a hash sign) ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “hashtag”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English hashtag. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxaʃtaɡ/ [ˈxaʃ.t̪aɣ̞] Rhymes: -aʃtaɡ === Noun === hashtag m (plural hashtags) hashtag ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. === Further reading === “hashtag”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025