FAQ
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Initialism of frequently asked questionsCategory:English initialisms#FAQ.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˌɛf.eɪˈkjuː/, /fæk/, /ˈfʌkjuː/Category:English 3-syllable words#FAQCategory:English 1-syllable words#FAQCategory:English 2-syllable words#FAQCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#FAQ
- Rhymes: -uːCategory:Rhymes:English/uː#FAQCategory:Rhymes:English/uː/3 syllables#FAQ or Rhymes: -ækCategory:Rhymes:English/æk#FAQCategory:Rhymes:English/æk/1 syllable#FAQ
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#FAQAudio (Canada): (file)
Noun
FAQ (plural FAQs)Category:English lemmas#FAQCategory:English nouns#FAQCategory:English countable nouns#FAQCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#FAQCategory:Pages with entries#FAQCategory:Pages with 3 entries#FAQ
- (InternetCategory:en:Internet#FAQ) A list of questions said to be frequently asked, and their answers.
- This site's FAQ says you should log in to access some pages.Category:English terms with usage examples#FAQ
- 2023 January, Meg Roser, Charlotte Chalker and Tim Squirrell, “Spitting out the blackpill: Evaluating how incels present themselves in their own words on the incel Wiki”, in Institute for Strategic Dialogue, page 10:
- For example, the FAQ page comments that ‘the term “incel” is an abbreviated version and sniglonym of the term “involuntary celibacy,” whose usage reaches back at least to the 18th century.”’ The term ‘sniglonym’ is itself an example of deploying verbose language. The word refers to a term whose date of coinage postdates the pre-existing concept or object it defines.Category:English terms with quotations#FAQ
- 2025 April 17, Joseph Cox, “Leaked: Palantir’s Plan to Help ICE Deport People”, in 404 Media, archived from the original on 17 April 2025:
- The internal communications also show Palantir leadership preparing for a potential backlash from employees or outsiders, with them writing FAQs that can be sent to friends or family that start to ask about Palantir’s work with ICE. […] In the leaked Slack messages, Jain said that Palantir was working to include updates about this work into an FAQ with the company’s PCL, or Privacy and Civil Liberties team.Category:English terms with quotations#FAQ
- (video gamesCategory:en:Video games#FAQ) A document that details how to play and win a video game; a strategy guide.
Translations
See also
Anagrams
Category:English initialisms#FAQFrench
Etymology
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:French terms borrowed from English#FAQCategory:French terms derived from English#FAQ FAQ, then backronymed to French foire aux questions.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ.fa.ky/ ~ /e.fa.ky/, /fak/Category:French 3-syllable words#FAQCategory:French 3-syllable words#FAQCategory:French 1-syllable words#FAQCategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#FAQ
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#FAQAudio (France (Toulouse)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#FAQAudio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Noun
FAQ f (invariable)Category:French lemmas#FAQCategory:French nouns#FAQCategory:French countable nouns#FAQCategory:French indeclinable nouns#FAQCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#FAQCategory:French feminine nouns#FAQCategory:Pages with entries#FAQCategory:Pages with 3 entries#FAQ
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from EnglishCategory:Portuguese terms borrowed from English#FAQCategory:Portuguese unadapted borrowings from English#FAQCategory:Portuguese terms derived from English#FAQ FAQ.
Pronunciation
Noun
FAQ m (plural FAQs)Category:Portuguese lemmas#FAQCategory:Portuguese nouns#FAQCategory:Portuguese countable nouns#FAQCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#FAQCategory:Portuguese masculine nouns#FAQCategory:Pages with entries#FAQCategory:Pages with 3 entries#FAQ
- (InternetCategory:pt:Internet#FAQ) FAQ (webpage containing questions and answers about the website)
Further reading
- “FAQ”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “FAQ”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
