Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

faang

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English

Syllables: faang
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One or more of the technology companies Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The stock of one or more of these technology companies.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"But a deeper reason is that the media-tech frontier has closed, and many investors are looking for the next mountain to scale. In the past two years, the so-called FAANGs— Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google—have seen their price-earnings ratios collapse by more than 60 percent; big tech companies are now trading near their lowest multiples in history."

Usage

Inflected Forms

FAANGs (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

FANG FAAMG MAMAA

Questions

What does faang mean?: One or more of the technology companies Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google.

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