How to say "Search Engine" in other languages

Nov 27, 2006 15:20 GMT  ·  By

Search engine is a phrase that tends to be more and more popular every day, representing a vital service for using the Internet.

According to dictionary.com, a search engine is a "remotely accessible program that lets you do keyword searches for information on the Internet. There are several types of search engine; the search may cover titles of documents, URLs, headers, or the full text."

Being a very popular phrase, I was really curious about how I can say "search engine" in other languages than English. So, I started looking for dictionaries that provide multiple translations for "search engine". According to SearchEngineWatch, these are the translations:

- Afrikaans: Soekenjin/Soekstasie/Snuffelgids - Arabic: Moherk Baheth/Moharrek al-bahth (classical)/Moaleg al-bahth - Czech: Vyhledavac - Danish: Sxgemaskine - Dutch: Zoekmachines - Finnish: Hakukone/Hakukoneet - French: Moteurs de recherch?/Engin de recherche/Outils de recherche/Metamoteur - German: Suchmaschinen - Hungarian: kerest - Icelandic: Leitarvil - Italian: Motore di ricerca - Norwegian: Sxkemotor - Polish: Wyszukiwarka - Portuguese: Motores de busca/Ferramentas de procura - Romanian: Motor de cautare/Motoare de cautare - Russian: Poiskovaya Mashina/Poiskovaya Sistema - Slovak: Vyhladavac - Slovenian: iskalnik - Spanish: Buscador/Motores de bzsqueda/metabuscador - Swedish: Svkmotorer - Turkish: Arama Motoru

I hope you'll find this information very useful for your all-round education and have fun learning foreign languages!