Meanings
nounhome page (plural home pages)
plural home pages · alternative Home page · alternative homepage
- InternetThe main or first page of a website or set of hyperlinked documents.
Creating Your Own Home Page The home page provided by CERN is a good entry point into the Web; it points you to a lot of resources fairly quickly.
1992, Ed Krol, The Whole Internet: User's Guide & Catalog, page 240 - InternetThe default page set to open in a web browser or hypertext system when it starts up, or when its home function is invoked.
A computer virus kept changing my home page to a site full of adware.
1 more example
When you first launch Netscape, it will load your predefined home page. To change Netscape's home page, select Edit, Preferences.
2001, Michael Miller, Using the Internet and Web, special edition, Que Publishing, →ISBN, page 103 - InternetSomeone's public personal home page/site on the World Wide Web.
My home page is www.example.com/~user.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe opening page of a web site; also, the first page opened when a web browser is launched (default or start-up page)
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Origin
From home + page. First attested in 1992.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans tuisblad, tuisblad
- tuisbladmain or first page of a website
- tuisbladweb page set to open in a web browser
Arabic صَفْحَة رَئِيسِيَّة, صَفْحَة رَئِيسِيَّة
- صَفْحَة رَئِيسِيَّةmain or first page of a website
- صَفْحَة رَئِيسِيَّةweb page set to open in a web browser
Catalan pàgina d'inici
- pàgina d'inicimain or first page of a website
Chinese Mandarin 主頁 /主页, 首頁 /首页
- 主頁 /主页 (zhǔyè)main or first page of a website
- 首頁 /首页 (shǒuyè)main or first page of a website
- 起始頁 /起始页 (qǐshǐyè)main or first page of a website
- 主頁 /主页 (zhǔyè)web page set to open in a web browser
- 首頁 /首页 (shǒuyè)web page set to open in a web browser
- 起始頁 /起始页 (qǐshǐyè)web page set to open in a web browser
Czech hlavní stránka, domovská stránka
- hlavní stránkamain or first page of a website
- domovská stránkamain or first page of a website
- domovská stránkaweb page set to open in a web browser
Danish hjemmeside
- hjemmesidemain or first page of a website
Dutch homepage, startpagina
- homepagemain or first page of a website
- startpaginamain or first page of a website
- hoofdpaginamain or first page of a website
- onthaalpaginamain or first page of a website
Esperanto hejmpaĝo
- hejmpaĝomain or first page of a website
Estonian koduleht, kodulehekülg
- kodulehtmain or first page of a website
- kodulehekülgmain or first page of a website
- esilehtmain or first page of a website
- esilehekülgmain or first page of a website
Finnish etusivu, kotisivu
- etusivumain or first page of a website
- kotisivuweb page set to open in a web browser
- kotisivupublic personal home page
French page d'accueil, accueil
- page d'accueilmain or first page of a website
- accueilmain or first page of a website
- indexmain or first page of a website
- page de démarragemain or first page of a website
- page d'accueilweb page set to open in a web browser
- page de démarrageweb page set to open in a web browser
German Startseite, Homepage
- Startseitemain or first page of a website
- Homepagemain or first page of a website
- Hauptseitemain or first page of a website
- Homepageweb page set to open in a web browser
- Startseiteweb page set to open in a web browser
Greek αρχική σελίδα
- αρχική σελίδα (archikí selída)main or first page of a website
Hindi मुख पृष्ठ, मुखपृष्ठ
- मुख पृष्ठ (mukh pŕṣṭh)main or first page of a website
- मुखपृष्ठ (mukhpŕṣṭh)main or first page of a website
- होम पेज (hom pej)main or first page of a website
Hungarian honlap, kezdőlap
- honlapmain or first page of a website
- kezdőlapmain or first page of a website
- főoldalmain or first page of a website
Icelandic heimasíða
- heimasíðamain or first page of a website
Indonesian beranda, laman
- berandamain or first page of a website
- lamanmain or first page of a website
- berandaweb page set to open in a web browser
- halaman awalweb page set to open in a web browser
Irish leathanach baile, leathanach baile
- leathanach bailemain or first page of a website
- leathanach baileweb page set to open in a web browser
Italian pagina iniziale, portale
- pagina inizialemain or first page of a website
- portalemain or first page of a website
- pagina inizialeweb page set to open in a web browser
Japanese ホームページ, メインページ
- ホームページ (hōmu pēji)main or first page of a website
- メインページ (mein pēji)main or first page of a website
Korean 메인 페이지, 홈페이지
- 메인 페이지 (mein peiji)main or first page of a website
- 홈페이지 (hompeiji)main or first page of a website
- 홈페지 (hompeji)main or first page of a website
Malay laman utama
- laman utamamain or first page of a website
Māori haukāinga
- haukāingamain or first page of a website
Norwegian hovedside, startside
- hovedsidemain or first page of a website
- startsidemain or first page of a website
- hjemmesideweb page set to open in a web browser
- startsideweb page set to open in a web browser
Norwegian Bokmål hjemmeside, heimeside
- hjemmesidemain or first page of a website
- heimesidemain or first page of a website
Persian صفحه خانگی, صفحه اصلی
- صفحه خانگی (safhe-ye xânegi)main or first page of a website
- صفحه اصلی (safhe-ye asli)main or first page of a website
- برگه نخست (barge-ye noxost)main or first page of a website
- صفحه خانگی (safhe-ye xânegi)web page set to open in a web browser
Polish strona główna, strona startowa
- strona głównamain or first page of a website
- strona startowamain or first page of a website
- strona domowamain or first page of a website
- strona głównaweb page set to open in a web browser
- strona startowaweb page set to open in a web browser
- strona domowaweb page set to open in a web browser
- strona domowapublic personal home page
Portuguese página principal, página inicial
- página principalmain or first page of a website
- página inicialmain or first page of a website
- página de iníciomain or first page of a website
- página de entradamain or first page of a website
- home pagemain or first page of a website
- home pageweb page set to open in a web browser
Romanian pagină principală, pagină de pornire
- pagină principalămain or first page of a website
- pagină de pornireweb page set to open in a web browser
Russian дома́шняя страни́ца, гла́вная страни́ца
- дома́шняя страни́ца (domášnjaja straníca)main or first page of a website
- гла́вная страни́ца (glávnaja straníca)main or first page of a website
- ста́ртовая страни́ца (stártovaja straníca)main or first page of a website
- заглавная страница (zaglavnaja stranica)main or first page of a website
- ста́ртовая страни́ца (stártovaja straníca)web page set to open in a web browser
Scottish Gaelic prìomh-dhuilleag
- prìomh-dhuilleagmain or first page of a website
Slovak domáca stránka
- domáca stránkamain or first page of a website
Spanish página de inicio, página principal
- página de iniciomain or first page of a website
- página principalmain or first page of a website
- portadamain or first page of a website
Swahili ukurasa wa nyumbani
- ukurasa wa nyumbanimain or first page of a website
Swedish förstasida, hemsida
- förstasidamain or first page of a website
- hemsidamain or first page of a website
- huvudsidamain or first page of a website
- ingångssidamain or first page of a website
- startsidamain or first page of a website
- startsidaweb page set to open in a web browser
- hemsidaweb page set to open in a web browser
Thai โฮมเพจ, หน้าแรก
- โฮมเพจ (hoom-pèet)main or first page of a website
- หน้าแรก (nâa-rɛ̂ɛk)main or first page of a website
Turkish ana sahife, ana sayfa
- ana sahifemain or first page of a website
- ana sayfamain or first page of a website
- ana sahifeweb page set to open in a web browser
- ana sayfaweb page set to open in a web browser
Ukrainian дома́шня сторі́нка, голо́вна сторі́нка
- дома́шня сторі́нка (domášnja storínka)main or first page of a website
- голо́вна сторі́нка (holóvna storínka)main or first page of a website
- ста́ртова сторі́нка (stártova storínka)main or first page of a website
Urdu صفحۂ اوّل, پہلا صفحہ
- صفحۂ اوّل (ṣafḥah-e-avval)main or first page of a website
- پہلا صفحہ (pehlā ṣafḥah)main or first page of a website
- سرورق (sarvaraq)main or first page of a website
Vietnamese trang chủ, trang đầu
- trang chủmain or first page of a website
- trang đầumain or first page of a website
- trang nhàmain or first page of a website
- trang chínhmain or first page of a website
- trang nhấtmain or first page of a website
- trang nhàweb page set to open in a web browser
- trang đầuweb page set to open in a web browser
Welsh hafan
- hafanmain or first page of a website
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APA
home page. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/home%20page
MLA
“home page.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/home%20page. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “home page,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/home%20page.
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