Definify.com

Definition 2024


Google

Google

See also: google and googlé

English

the logo of Google

Proper noun

Google

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

Usage notes

This term may have trademark status.

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

German

Etymology

Borrowing from English Google.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Google

  1. Google (search engine)

Usage notes

  • This noun has no gender and no plural form.[1]

Derived terms

References

  1. Google in Duden online

Italian

Etymology

Borrowing 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”, DiPI Online

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from English Google.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡu.ɡoɫ/

Proper noun

Google m, 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

google

google

See also: Google and googlé

English

Verb

google (third-person singular simple present googles, present participle googling, simple past and past participle googled)

  1. (intransitive, cricket) To deliver googlies.
  2. (intransitive, cricket) To move as a ball in a googly.

Etymology 2

From Google.

Noun

google (plural googles)

  1. An internet search, such as that which is performed on the Google search engine.
  2. (Internet) A match obtained by a query in the Google search engine.
    The word "oceanfront" has 6,150,000 googles, so I think it must be a real word.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations

Verb

google (third-person singular simple present googles, present participle googling, simple past and past participle googled)

  1. (transitive) To search for (something) on the Internet using the Google search engine.
    Tom googles all of his prospective girlfriends.
  2. (transitive, by extension) To search for (something) on the Internet using any comprehensive search engine.
    I googled him but there were no references to him on the Internet.
  3. (intransitive, Internet) To be locatable in a search of the Internet.
    His name googles.
Translations

See also

External links

Etymology 3

Numeral

google (plural googles)

  1. Misspelling of googol.

Danish

Verb

google (imperative googl, infinitive at google, present tense googler, past tense googlede, perfect tense har googlet)

  1. to google, to search on the Internet using the Google search engine.

French

Verb

google

  1. first-person singular present indicative of googler
  2. third-person singular present indicative of googler
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of googler
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of googler
  5. second-person singular imperative of googler

German

Verb

google

  1. First-person singular present of googeln.
  2. Imperative singular of googeln.
  3. First-person singular subjunctive I of googeln.
  4. Third-person singular subjunctive I of googeln.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

google (present tense googlar, past tense googla, past participle googla, passive infinitive googlast, present participle googlande, imperative google/googl)

  1. Alternative form of googla

Portuguese

Verb

google

  1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of googlar
  2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of googlar
  3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of googlar
  4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of googlar