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png¹

  • /pɪŋ/
  • /ˌpiːɛnˈd͡ʒiː/

Rhymes with -ɪŋ, -iː

noun pngs

  1. Alternative letter-case form of PNG; Portable Network Graphics, an open protocol for digital images.

PNG²

  • /ˌpiː ɛn ˈd͡ʒiː/
  • /ˈpɪŋ/

noun PNGs

  1. A Portable Network Graphics file.
  2. A spritesheet, in PNG (Portable Network Graphics) format, containing all sprites used for a VTuber's avatar.
  3. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of persona non grata

verb PNGs · PNGing · PNGed

  1. transitive To declare someone a persona non grata. After my cover blew up I was PNGed.

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Portable Network Graphics
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Papua New Guinea It is a great honour and privilege for me to address the participants of this conference – a landmark event taking place in PNG this month.

Png³

Where it comes from

From Hokkien 方 (Png).

proper noun

  1. A surname from Hokkien.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: pst, country, papua, pngtuber, pictel, packet, piccy, portlet, nerd pole, peet, popinjay, pickle, posterette, dickpic, poon, pong

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"png." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/png. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

png. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/png

Chicago

"png." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/png.

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@misc{png_2026,
  title = {png},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/png},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}