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See also: google and googlé

English

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Logo of Google

Etymology

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

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    Google

    1. (Should we delete(+) this sense?) (trademark) A particular Internet company.
    2. (computing, trademark) A search engine that popularized the company of the same name.

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    • In other scripts, the trademark may also be written in Roman letters.

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    Verb

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

    1. Alternative letter-case form of google
      • 2003, William Gibson, Pattern Recognition (Bigend cycle; book 1), New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 2:
        Google Damien and you will find a director of music videos and commercials. Google Cayce and you will find “coolhunter,” and if you look closely you may see it suggested that she is a “sensitive” of some kind, a dowser in the world of global marketing.
      • 2005, Pari Noskin Taichert, The Belen Hitch, Albuquerque, N.M.: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 33:
        Eventually, I found myself surfing the web, Google-ing the names of former boyfriends.
      • 2007, Linda O. Johnston, The Fright of the Iguana, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Prime Crime, →ISBN, page 29:
        I watched as she Googled, Yahooed, Asked, and used a couple of search engines I’d never heard of.
      • 2008, Jerry Langton, Rage: The True Story of a Sibling Murder, John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd., →ISBN, page 133:
        Trying to be helpful, he told Lenzin that he could get most of the information by Googleing Ashley.
      • 2008, Carol Adams, Douglas Buchanan, Kelly Gesch, quoting Anne Timmons, “Northanger Abbey: The Graphic Novel”, in The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Jane Austen, New York, N.Y., London: The Continuum International Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 92, column 1:
        I did quite a bit of research by Google-ing a lot of the costume websites.
      • 2008 July 16, David Gratzer, “Statement of David Gratzer, M.D., Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research”, in Getting Better Value in Health Care: Hearing Before the Committee on the Budget House of Representatives; [] (Serial No. 110–37), Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, page 23:
        We are not super-tech-savvy people because we would have Googled, I suspect, but we Yahooed, and the top 10 sites were pornographic.
      • 2009, Lloyd Kaufman with Sara Antill and Kurly Tlapoyawa, Direct Your Own Damn Movie!, Burlington, Mass., Abingdon, Oxon: Focal Press, published 2013, →ISBN:
        There are several film festivals going on all over the world at any one time. Do some creative Google-ing and start sending your film out.
      • 2010, Michael Schneider, “Companies and Airlines: Negotiation Positions – Negotiation Options”, in Roland Conrady, Martin Buck, editors, Trends and Issues in Global Tourism 2010, Springer, →ISBN, page 211:
        Googleing the name of your counterpart will most likely tell you even more: Facebook and the like will tell about hobbies, family etc. and hence give you valuable information on the motivational set of the person.
      • 2011, Trevor Linsley, Basic Electrical Installation Work, 6th edition, Newnes, →ISBN, page 479:
        Rainwater harvesting guidance and products can be found in abundance by Googleing “rainwater-harvesting”.
      • 2011, Melinda Wells [pen name]: Linda Palmer, Pie à la Murder, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Prime Crime, →ISBN, page 113:
        He must have Googled or Binged me and found out about one of Phil Logan’s early publicity stunts where he had me suited up like a Los Angeles Dodger so his photographer could take a picture of me holding a baseball bat.
      • 2013, Alan Corey, “Career Test Drive”, in The Subversive Job Search: How to Overcome a Lousy Job, Sluggish Economy, and Useless Degree to Create a Six-Figure Career, Pompton Plains, N.J.: Career Press, →ISBN, page 75:
        I Googled the company (then Binged it just to be sure), searched their job listings online, and tried to remember what job I actually applied for that generated this response.
      • 2014, Lutishia Lovely, The Perfect Affair, New York, N.Y.: Dafina Books, Kensington Publishing Corp., →ISBN, page 212:
        So here she sat, having Googled and Binged and called former associates to try to get a bead on the education climate today.
      • 2014, Ellen J. Prager, “Behind the Jungle Wall”, in The Shark Whisperer, Minneapolis, Minn.: Scarletta Junior Readers, →ISBN, page 12:
        He Googled, Binged, and Yahooed sharks, shark life, shark types, shark history, shark food, and anything else shark-related.
      • 2015, Sarah Weeks, Honey, New York, N.Y.: Scholastic Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 53:
        “I’ve Googled it, Binged it, and Asked Jeeves. They all say the same thing, but I’m not convinced.”

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    Danish

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    Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia da

    Etymology

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    From English Google.

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    Google (genitive Googles)

    1. Google

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    Finnish

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    Etymology

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    From English Google.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈɡuːɡle/, [ˈɡuːɡle̞]
    • IPA(key): /ˈɡuːɡəl/, [ˈɡuːɡəl]
    • IPA(key): /ˈɡoːɡle/, [ˈɡo̞ːɡle̞]
    • Rhymes: -uːɡle

    Proper noun

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    Google

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

    Declension

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    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
    abessive Googletta
    instructive
    comitative See the possessive forms below.
    Possessive forms of Google (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
    first-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative Googleni
    accusative nom. Googleni
    gen. Googleni
    genitive Googleni
    partitive Googleani
    inessive Googlessani
    elative Googlestani
    illative Googleeni
    adessive Googlellani
    ablative Googleltani
    allative Googlelleni
    essive Googlenani
    translative Googlekseni
    abessive Googlettani
    instructive
    comitative
    second-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative Googlesi
    accusative nom. Googlesi
    gen. Googlesi
    genitive Googlesi
    partitive Googleasi
    inessive Googlessasi
    elative Googlestasi
    illative Googleesi
    adessive Googlellasi
    ablative Googleltasi
    allative Googlellesi
    essive Googlenasi
    translative Googleksesi
    abessive Googlettasi
    instructive
    comitative
    first-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative Googlemme
    accusative nom. Googlemme
    gen. Googlemme
    genitive Googlemme
    partitive Googleamme
    inessive Googlessamme
    elative Googlestamme
    illative Googleemme
    adessive Googlellamme
    ablative Googleltamme
    allative Googlellemme
    essive Googlenamme
    translative Googleksemme
    abessive Googlettamme
    instructive
    comitative
    second-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative Googlenne
    accusative nom. Googlenne
    gen. Googlenne
    genitive Googlenne
    partitive Googleanne
    inessive Googlessanne
    elative Googlestanne
    illative Googleenne
    adessive Googlellanne
    ablative Googleltanne
    allative Googlellenne
    essive Googlenanne
    translative Googleksenne
    abessive Googlettanne
    instructive
    comitative
    third-person possessor
    singular plural
    nominative Googlensa
    accusative nom. Googlensa
    gen. Googlensa
    genitive Googlensa
    partitive Googleaan
    Googleansa
    inessive Googlessaan
    Googlessansa
    elative Googlestaan
    Googlestansa
    illative Googleensa
    adessive Googlellaan
    Googlellansa
    ablative Googleltaan
    Googleltansa
    allative Googlelleen
    Googlellensa
    essive Googlenaan
    Googlenansa
    translative Googlekseen
    Googleksensa
    abessive Googlettaan
    Googlettansa
    instructive
    comitative

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    French

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    French Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia fr

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    Google ?

    1. Google

    German

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    German Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia de

    Etymology

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    Borrowed from English Google.

    Pronunciation

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

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    Google n (genitive Googles)

    1. Google (search engine)
      • 2004, Thomas Köhre, Google: Alles finden und viele Tricks, page 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 quotation)

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    Hungarian

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     Google (company) on Hungarian Wikipedia
     Google (search engine) on Hungarian Wikipedia

    Etymology

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    Borrowed from English Google.

    Pronunciation

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

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    Google

    1. Google (search engine or company)

    Usage notes

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    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.

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    References

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    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).

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    Italian

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    Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia it

    Etymology

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    Borrowed from English Google.

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    Google m

    1. Google (search engine or company)

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    References

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

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    Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia pl

    Etymology

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    Unadapted borrowing from English Google.

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

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    Google m inan

    1. Google

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    or

    Indeclinable.

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    verb

    Further reading

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    • Google in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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    Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia pt

    Etymology

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    Unadapted borrowing from English Google.

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    Google m or f

    1. Google (search engine or company)

    Usage notes

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

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    References

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    1. ^ Qual a diferença entre “o Google” e “a Google”?”, in Portuguese Language Stack Exchange, 2015 November 5 (last accessed)