Google

See also: google and googlé

English

the logo of Google

Etymology

Misspelling 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/
    • (file)
  • Rhymes: -uːɡəl
  • Homophones: google, googol

Proper noun

Google

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

Derived terms

Translations

See also

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


Finnish

Etymology

From English Google.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡuːɡle/, [ˈɡuːɡle̞]
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡuːɡl/, [ˈɡuːɡl]
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡoːɡle/, [ˈɡo̞ːɡle̞]

Proper noun

Google

  1. Google (trademark)
  2. Google (search engine)

Declension

Inflection of Google (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative Google
genitive Googlen
partitive Googlea
illative Googleen
singular plural
nominative Google
accusative nom. Google
gen. Googlen
genitive Googlen
partitive Googlea
inessive Googlessa
elative Googlesta
illative Googleen
adessive Googlella
ablative Googlelta
allative Googlelle
essive Googlena
translative Googleksi
instructive
abessive Googletta
comitative
Possessive forms of Google (type nalle)
possessor singular plural
1st person Googleni Googlemme
2nd person Googlesi Googlenne
3rd person Googlensa

Derived terms


French

Pronunciation

  • (France) IPA(key): /ɡu.ɡœl/

Proper noun

Google ?

  1. Google

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?
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Derived terms


Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Google.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡuːɡl̩], [ˈɡuːɡəl]
  • Hyphenation: Google
  • Rhymes: -əl

Proper noun

Google

  1. Google (search engine or company)

Usage notes

Due to the difficulty posed by its word-final consonant cluster, it is sometimes localized informally (and somewhat jocularly) as gugli and this latter variant may serve as a basis for further derivations.

Declension

The Hungarian version of Google uses suffixes with -o- in Google’s Chrome browser.[1]

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Google
accusative Google-t
dative Google-nak
instrumental Google-lal
causal-final Google-ért
translative Google-lá
terminative Google-ig
essive-formal Google-ként
essive-modal
inessive Google-ban
superessive Google-on
adessive Google-nál
illative Google-ba
sublative Google-ra
allative Google-hoz
elative Google-ból
delative Google-ról
ablative Google-tól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Google-é
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Google-éi
Possessive forms of Google
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Google-om
2nd person sing. Google-od
3rd person sing. Google-ja
1st person plural Google-unk
2nd person plural Google-otok
3rd person plural Google-juk

or

Inflection (stem in -ö-, front rounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative Google
accusative Google-t
dative Google-nek
instrumental Google-lel
causal-final Google-ért
translative Google-lé
terminative Google-ig
essive-formal Google-ként
essive-modal
inessive Google-ben
superessive Google-ön
adessive Google-nél
illative Google-be
sublative Google-re
allative Google-höz
elative Google-ből
delative Google-ről
ablative Google-től
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Google-é
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Google-éi
Possessive forms of Google
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Google-öm
2nd person sing. Google-öd
3rd person sing. Google-je
1st person plural Google-ünk
2nd person plural Google-ötök
3rd person plural Google-jük

or

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative Google
accusative Google-t
dative Google-nek
instrumental Google-lel
causal-final Google-ért
translative Google-lé
terminative Google-ig
essive-formal Google-ként
essive-modal
inessive Google-ben
superessive Google-en
adessive Google-nél
illative Google-be
sublative Google-re
allative Google-hez
elative Google-ből
delative Google-ről
ablative Google-től
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Google-é
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Google-éi
Possessive forms of Google
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Google-em
2nd person sing. Google-ed
3rd person sing. Google-je
1st person plural Google-ünk
2nd person plural Google-etek
3rd person plural Google-jük

Derived terms

  • guglizható (googleable)
  • guglizhatatlan (ungoogleable)
  • (gugliz →) kigugliz, meggugliz, rágugliz (to google up, approximately)
  • guglizik (to google)

References

  1. Text in the empty search field in a new page opened in Chrome: Keressen a Google-on, vagy írjon be egy URL-t (Search Google or type a URL).

Further reading


Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Google.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡu.ɡol/[1]
  • Rhymes: -uɡol

Proper noun

Google m

  1. Google (search engine or company)

Derived terms

References

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

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Google.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡuɡl/
  • Rhymes: -uɡl
  • Syllabification: Google

Proper noun

Google m inan

  1. Google

Declension

or

Indeclinable.

Derived terms

verb

Further reading

  • Google in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Google in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Google.

Pronunciation

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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