Google

See also: google and googlé

English

the logo of Google

Etymology

An alteration of googol (one followed by a hundred zeros), alluding to the site's purpose of providing easy access to vast amounts of information.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡuːɡəl/
  • Rhymes: -uːɡəl
  • Homophones: google, googol

Proper noun

Google

  1. A particular Internet company.
  2. (computing) A search engine that popularized the company of the same name.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

Google (third-person singular simple present Googles, present participle Googling, simple past and past participle Googled)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of google

Translations


Danish

Etymology

From English Google.

Proper noun

Google (genitive Googles)

  1. Google

Derived terms


German

Etymology

Borrowed from English Google.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡuːɡəl/, [ˈɡuːɡəl], [ˈɡuːɡl̩]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Goo‧gle

Proper noun

Google n (genitive Googles)

  1. Google (search engine)
    • 2004, Thomas Köhre, Google: Alles finden und viele Tricks, p. 9;
      Sicher haben Sie schon einmal den Ausspruch »Frag doch Google!« gehört und sich gefragt, was dieses Google eigentlich ist?

Derived terms


Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Google.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡu.ɡol/[1], [ˈɡuːɡol]

Proper noun

Google m

  1. Google (search engine or company)

Derived terms

References

  1. Google in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Google.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡu.ɡoɫ/, /ˈɡu.ɡow/

Proper noun

Google m or f

  1. Google (search engine or company)

Usage notes

When referring to the search engine the noun is often treated as masculine, when referring to the company itself as feminine.[1]

Derived terms

References

  1. “Qual a diferença entre “o Google” e “a Google”?”, in Portuguese Language Stack Exchange, accessed November 05, 2015
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