different between dorsal vs google

English

Etymology

From Middle English dorsal, dorsale, from Medieval Latin dors?lis (“of or relating to the back”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d??s?l/
• Rhymes: -??(?)s?l

Adjective

dorsal (comparative more dorsal, superlative most dorsal)

1. (anatomy) With respect to, or concerning the side in which the backbone is located, or the analogous side of an invertebrate.
2. (of a knife) Having only one sharp side.
3. (anatomy) Relating to the top surface of the foot or hand.
4. (linguistics, of a sound) Produced using the dorsum of the tongue.
5. (botany) Relating to the surface naturally inferior, as of a leaf.
6. (botany) Relating to the surface naturally superior, as of a creeping hepatic moss.

Antonyms

• ventral

Coordinate terms

• (human anatomy direction adjectives) anterior,? distal,? dorsal,? lateral,? medial,? posterior,? proximal,? ventral ^{(Category: en:Medicine) [edit]}
• (linguistics): labial, coronal, radical, laryngeal

Derived terms

• dorsal fin
• dorsally
• dorsal root
• lumbodorsal

Related terms

• endorse, indorse

Translations

Noun

dorsal (plural dorsals)

1. (art) A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, altar, etc.

1. In snakes, any of the longitudinal series of plates that encircle the body, excluding the ventral scales.
2. (linguistics) A sound produced using the dorsum of the tongue.

Anagrams

• lardos

Catalan

Adjective

dorsal (masculine and feminine plural dorsals)

1. dorsal

Derived terms

• aleta dorsal

French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin dorsum with adjective-forming suffix -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??.sal/

Adjective

dorsal (feminine singular dorsale, masculine plural dorsaux, feminine plural dorsales)

1. dorsal

Descendants

• ? Dutch: dorsaal

Further reading

• “dorsal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d???za?l/
• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

dorsal (not comparable)

1. dorsal

Declension

Interlingua

Adjective

dorsal (not comparable)

1. dorsal

Portuguese

Adjective

dorsal m or f (plural dorsais, comparable)

1. (anatomy) dorsal (of the back)
2. (anatomy) dorsal (of the top surface of a hand or foot)

Romanian

Etymology

From French dorsal

Adjective

dorsal m or n (feminine singular dorsal?, masculine plural dorsali, feminine and neuter plural dorsale)

1. dorsal

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dors?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /do??sal/, [d?o??sal]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

dorsal (plural dorsales)

1. (anatomy) dorsal

Derived terms

• aleta dorsal
• espina dorsal
• toracodorsal

Noun

dorsal m (plural dorsales)

1. ridge

Derived terms

• dorsal ancho

Related terms

• dorso

Further reading

• “dorsal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: go?o'g?l, IPA^(key): /??u???l/
• Homophones: Google, googol, gugel

Etymology 1

From googly.

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.

Alternative forms

• Google

Noun

google (plural googles)

1. (Internet, informal) An Internet search, such as those performed on the Google search engine.
2. (Internet, informal) A match obtained by a query in the Google search engine.

Derived terms

Related terms

• googol

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.
2. (transitive, by extension) To search for (something) on the Internet using any comprehensive search engine.

3. (intransitive, Internet) To be locatable in a search of the Internet.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 3

Numeral

google

1. Misspelling of googol.

Danish

Etymology

From Google, from English google (the verb).

Verb

google

1. to google; to search on an Internet search engine, especially Google

Conjugation

References

• “google” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Verb

google

1. first-person singular present indicative of googlen
2. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of googlen
3. imperative of googlen

French

Verb

google

1. inflection of googler:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

German

Pronunciation

Verb

google

1. inflection of googeln:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative
   3. 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 googl)

1. Alternative form of googla

Portuguese

Verb

google

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of googlar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of googlar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of googlar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of googlar