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webinar

web·i·nar/ˈwɛb.əˌnɑɹ/noun

webinar is spelled W-E-B-I-N-A-R: 7 letters and 3 syllables (web·i·nar). It appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,906th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, webinar means “An interactive seminar conducted via Internet. Usually a live presentation, lecture or workshop that happens in real time, as users participate…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of webinar is webinars.

How many letters and syllables are in webinar?

Letters7: W-E-B-I-N-A-R
Syllables3: web·i·nar
In writing1.8 times per million words; the 20,906th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is webinar?

Webinar appears 1.8 times per million words in written English, the 20,906th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce webinar?

  • UK /ˈwɛb.əˌnɑː/
  • US /ˈwɛb.əˌnɑɹ/
  • Australia /ˈweb.əˌnɐː/

Webinar has 3 syllables, split web·i·nar in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-webinar.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of webinar

  • webinars plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does webinar mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    An interactive seminar conducted via Internet. Usually a live presentation, lecture or workshop that happens in real time, as users participate through text-based chat, voice, video, or file-sharing.

    I just got an email invitation to a webinar on the value of primary sources.

noun

as Webinar
  1. 1

    Alternative spelling of webinar.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Webinar in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

In the sense interactive seminar conducted via Internet:

LanguageWords
Frenchwebinaire
GermanWebinar
Portuguesewebinário
Spanishwebinar, webinario, seminario web

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does webinar come from?

Blend of Web + seminar.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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