google

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: go͞o'g(ə)l, IPA(key): /ˈɡuː.ɡəl/ Homophones: Google, googol, gugel Rhymes: -uːɡəl Hyphenation: goog‧le === Etymology 1 === Back-formation from googly + -le (frequentative suffix (indicating continuousness or repetition) forming verbs). ==== Verb ==== google (third-person singular simple present googles, present participle googling, simple past and past participle googled) (cricket) (transitive) To bowl (a cricket ball) so that it performs a googly (“a ball by a leg-break bowler that spins from off to leg (to a right-handed batsman), unlike a normal leg-break delivery”). (intransitive) Of a bowler: to bowl or deliver a googly. Of a cricket ball: to move as in a googly. ===== Derived terms ===== googler ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Google (“search engine operated by Google LLC”). ==== Noun ==== google (plural googles) (Internet, informal) An Internet search, such as one performed on the Google search engine. (dated) A match obtained by a query in the Google search engine. Synonyms: Google hit, ghit Hypernyms: hit, result ===== Alternative forms ===== Google ===== Derived terms ===== googlebomb googlewhack googlish ===== Related terms ===== googol ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== google (third-person singular simple present googles, present participle googling, simple past and past participle googled) (Internet) (transitive) To search for (something) on the Internet using the Google search engine. (by extension) To search for (something) on the Internet using any comprehensive search engine. (intransitive) To be locatable in a search of the Internet. ===== Alternative forms ===== Google ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === See googol. ==== Numeral ==== google Misspelling of googol. === References === === Further reading === Google Search on Wikipedia.Wikipedia google (verb) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia googly on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Danish == === Etymology === From Google, from English google (the verb). === Verb === google to google; to search on an Internet search engine, especially Google ==== Conjugation ==== === References === “google” in Den Danske Ordbog == Dutch == === Verb === google inflection of googlen: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive == French == === Verb === google inflection of googler: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative == German == === Pronunciation === === Verb === google inflection of googeln: first-person singular present singular imperative first/third-person singular subjunctive I == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Verb === google (present tense googlar, past tense googla, past participle googla, passive infinitive googlast, present participle googlande, imperative google/googl) alternative form of googla == Portuguese == === Verb === google inflection of googlar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative