Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 91037 6920553 2009-07-02T18:40:38Z SemperBlotto 3336 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/207.236.90.177|207.236.90.177]] ([[User_talk:207.236.90.177|Talk]]); changed back to last version by [[User:Atitarev|Atitarev]] ==English== ===Alternative forms=== * [[MicroSoft]] {{italbrac|obsolete}} * [[Micro-Soft]] {{italbrac|obsolete}} * [[Micro$oft]] {{italbrac|pejorative}} ===Etymology=== From ''[[w:Microsoft|Microsoft]]'', the computing company; a {{blend|microcomputer|software|nocap=1}} ===Pronunciation=== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/maɪk.ɹə.sɒft/}}, {{SAMPA|/maIk.r@.sQft/}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # {{figurative}} a company whose products are [[ubiquitous]] #* '''2001''', Daniel Charles, ''Lords of the Harvest: Biotech, Big Money, and the Future of Food'' (ISBN 0738202916), page 110: #*: Similarly, said Fraley, farmers were going to demand Bt cotton or Roundup-resistant soybean plants no matter where they went shopping for seeds. Monsanto would be the '''Microsoft''' of agriculture. #* '''2005''', Merrill Goozner, ''The $800 Million Pill: The Truth Behind the Cost of New Drugs'' (ISBN 0520246705), page 64: #*: The company wanted to turn Celera into the '''Microsoft''' of the gene-hunting world, selling its version of the human genome to private or public gene hunters through a proprietary computer program. #* '''2006''', Andrew Beaujon, ''Body Piercing Saved My Life: Inside the Phenomenon of Christian Rock'' (ISBN 0306814579), page 232: #*: Shepherding is more or less gone (though there’s an interesting move back toward discipleship in today’s church especially among those influenced by Rick Warren’s blockbuster book ''The Purpose-Driven Life''), but Integrity remains as sort of the '''Microsoft''' of worship music. ====Translations==== {{trans-top|Transliterations and translations}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[مايكروسوفت]]}} (Maikrosoft) {{m}} or '''Microsoft''' {{m}} * Chinese: *: Mandarin: [[微軟]], [[微软]] (Wēiruǎn) or '''Microsoft''' {{trans-mid}} * Japanese: [[マイクロソフト]] (Maikurosofuto) or '''Microsoft''' * [[Macedonian]]: {{t+|mk|Микрософт|m|tr=Míkrosoft|sc=Cyrl}} or '''Microsoft''' * Russian: {{t+|ru|Майкрософт|m|tr=Majkrosóft, Májkrosoft|sc=Cyrl}} or '''Microsoft''' {{trans-bottom}} ====External links==== * {{pedialite}} ===Verb=== {{en-verb}} # {{context|transitive|slang}} to [[Microsoftify]]. [[Category:Portmanteaus|microsoft]] [[Category:Trademarks]] [[de:Microsoft]] [[hu:Microsoft]]