offline

== English == === Alternative forms === off-line off line (rare) === Etymology === From off- +‎ line. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɒfˈlaɪn/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɔfˈlaɪn/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ɑfˈlaɪn/ Rhymes: -aɪn === Adjective === offline (not comparable) Of a system, currently not connected (generally electrically) to a larger network. For example, a power plant which is not connected to the grid, or a computer which is not connected to the Internet or to any other communications service. Antonym: online (by extension) Happening in the physical world (the real world) as opposed to on the internet. Synonyms: IRL, meatspace Antonym: online ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adverb === offline (not comparable) While offline; with an offline system. Antonym: online (business slang) Outside the current meeting, in a more private setting. === Verb === offline (third-person singular simple present offlines, present participle offlining, simple past and past participle offlined) (computing, transitive) To take (a system, etc.) offline; to demote from an active or online state. (video games, Rust) To raid another player's base while that player is not currently playing. == German == === Etymology === Borrowed from English offline. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔflaɪ̯n/ === Adjective === offline (indeclinable, predicative only) offline Antonym: online === Further reading === “offline” in Duden online “offline” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache == Polish == === Alternative forms === off-line, off line, offlajn === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English offline. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔfˈlajn/ Rhymes: -ajn Syllabification: off‧line === Adjective === offline (not comparable, no derived adverb) (Internet) offline (available outside the Internet) Coordinate term: online === Adverb === offline (not comparable) (Internet) offline (with an offline system) Coordinate term: online === Noun === offline m inan (colloquial, Internet) offline (mode of operation outside the Internet) Coordinate term: online ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === offline in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN offline in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English offline. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /oˈflain/ [oˈflãĩn] Rhymes: -ain === Adjective === offline (invariable) offline ==== 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.