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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
The company was named for a misspelling of googol, or one followed by a hundred zeros, alluding to the site's purpose of providing easy access to vast amounts of information.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
- a particular Internet company
- (computing) a search engine that popularized the company of the same name
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Usage notes[edit]
This term may have trademark status.
Derived terms[edit]
terms derived from Google
Translations[edit]
Google (in other scripts, the trademark may also be written in Roman letters)
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See also[edit]
Verb[edit]
Google (third-person singular simple present Googles, present participle Googling, simple past and past participle Googled)
- Alternative letter-case form of google
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from English Google.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
- Google (search engine)
Usage notes[edit]
- This noun has no gender and no plural form.[1]
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowing from English Google.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Google m, f
- Google (search engine or company)
Usage notes[edit]
When referring to the search engine the noun is often treated as masculine, when referring to the company itself as feminine[1].
References[edit]
- ^ "Qual a diferença entre “o Google” e “a Google”?", URL accessed on November 05, 2015.
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