Microsoft

See also: Micro$oft

English

Etymology

A blend of microcomputer +‎ software. See -soft.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪkɹəˌsɒft/
• (General American, without the cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪkɹəˌsɔft/, /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌsɔft/
• (General American, cot–caught merger, dialects of Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪkɹəˌsɑft/, /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌsɑft/
• (Canada, dialects of the US) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪkɹəˌsɒft/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑekɹəˌsɔft/

  • Audio (Queensland):

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• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪkɹəˌsɒft/

Proper noun

Microsoft

1. (trademark) Microsoft Corporation.

   Synonyms: (initialism) MS, (Nasdaq symbol, abbreviation) MSFT

Derived terms

• anti-Microsofter
• GAFAM
• M$
• M$FT
• MCP
• MCSD
• MCSE
• MDAC
• MDI
• MFC
• MIC
• Mickeysoft
• Micro$oft
• Microhoo
• Microshaft
• Microsofter
• Microsoftian
• Microsoftie
• Microsoftify
• Microsoft minute
• Microsoft tax
• Microspeak
• Microsuck
• Micros~1
• MOSS
• MS
• MSDN
• MS-DOS
• MSF
• MSFT
• MSI
• MSIE
• MSIL
• MSN
• MSNBC
• MSRPC
• MSS
• MSU
• Softie

Translations

Transliterations and translations

Arabic: مَايْكْرُوسُوفْت m (maykrusuft) Belarusian: Майкрасо́фт m (Majkrasóft) Bengali: মাইক্রোসফট (maikrōśophoṭ) Bulgarian: Ма́йкрософт m (Májkrosoft) Chinese: Cantonese: 微軟 / 微软 (mei4 jyun5) Mandarin: 微軟 / 微软 (zh) (Wēiruǎn, Wéiruǎn) Finnish: Microsoft Georgian: მაიკროსოფტი (maiḳrosopṭi) German: Winzigweich (humorous) Hebrew: מיקרוסופט Hindi: माइक्रोसॉफ़्ट (māikrosŏfṭ) Hungarian: Microsoft (hu) Japanese: マイクロソフト (Maikurosofuto) Korean: 마이크로소프트 (Maikeurosopeuteu) Macedonian: Микрософт m (Mikrosoft) Marathi: माय्क्रोसॉफ्ट f (māykrosŏphṭa) Persian: مایکروسافت (fa) (mâykrosoft) Polish: Microsoft m Portuguese: Microsoft f Romanian: Microsoft m Russian: Майкросо́фт m (Majkrosóft), Ма́йкрософт m (Májkrosoft) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Мицрософт m, Ма̀јкрософт m Roman: Microsoft (sh) m, Màjkrosoft m Spanish: Microsoft (máikrosoft) Thai: ไมโครซอฟท์ (maikrohsôf) Tigrinya: ማይክሮሶፍት (maykərosoft) Ukrainian: Майкросо́фт m (Majkrosóft), Ма́йкрософт m (Májkrosoft) Urdu: مائیکروسافٹ (māīkrosāfṭ) Uyghur: مىكروسوفت (mikrosoft)

Noun

Microsoft (plural Microsofts)

1. (figuratively) A company whose products are widespread.
   • 1995 August 21, Robert Metcalfe, “Microsoft and Netscape open some new fronts in escalating Web Wars”, in InfoWorld, volume 17, number 34, page 35:

     After its phenomenal stock offering two weeks ago, Netscape Communications Corp. is well on its way to becoming the Microsoft of the Internet.

   • 2001, Daniel Charles, Lords of the Harvest: Biotech, Big Money, and the Future of Food, →ISBN, 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, 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, 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.

Verb

Microsoft (third-person singular simple present Microsofts, present participle Microsofting, simple past and past participle Microsofted)

1. (slang, transitive) To Microsoftify.
2. (slang, transitive) To render more like Microsoft with regards to business practices and tactics.
   • 2003, Wine Enthusiast, volume 16, numbers 2-8, page 122:

     You could call it the Microsofting of the wine industry. Of course, wine is unlikely to be dominated by one producer or one distributor.

See also

• Category:Microsoft

Further reading

• Microsoft on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• costiform

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmikrosoft], [ˈmaːjkrosoft]
• Hyphenation: Mic‧ro‧soft
• Rhymes: -oft

Proper noun

Microsoft

1. Microsoft

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Microsoft	Microsoftok
accusative	Microsoftot	Microsoftokat
dative	Microsoftnak	Microsoftoknak
instrumental	Microsofttal	Microsoftokkal
causal-final	Microsoftért	Microsoftokért
translative	Microsofttá	Microsoftokká
terminative	Microsoftig	Microsoftokig
essive-formal	Microsoftként	Microsoftokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Microsoftban	Microsoftokban
superessive	Microsofton	Microsoftokon
adessive	Microsoftnál	Microsoftoknál
illative	Microsoftba	Microsoftokba
sublative	Microsoftra	Microsoftokra
allative	Microsofthoz	Microsoftokhoz
elative	Microsoftból	Microsoftokból
delative	Microsoftról	Microsoftokról
ablative	Microsofttól	Microsoftoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	Microsofté	Microsoftoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	Microsoftéi	Microsoftokéi

Possessive forms of Microsoft

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Microsoftom	Microsoftjaim
2nd person sing.	Microsoftod	Microsoftjaid
3rd person sing.	Microsoftja	Microsoftjai
1st person plural	Microsoftunk	Microsoftjaink
2nd person plural	Microsoftotok	Microsoftjaitok
3rd person plural	Microsoftjuk	Microsoftjaik

Derived terms

• microsoftos
• Microsoft-termék

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

Microsoft

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Microsoft.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaj.krɔ.sɔft/
• Rhymes: -ajkrɔsɔft
• Syllabification: Mi‧cro‧soft

Proper noun

Microsoft m inan

1. Microsoft (American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington)

Declension

Declension of Microsoft

	singular
nominative	Microsoft
genitive	Microsoftu
dative	Microsoftowi
accusative	Microsoft
instrumental	Microsoftem
locative	Microsofcie
vocative	Microsofcie

Further reading

• Microsoft in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Microsoft Corporation in PWN's encyclopedia

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• Màjkrosoft (Montenegro, Serbia)

Etymology

Borrowed from English Microsoft.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mǎjkrosoft/

Proper noun

Microsoft m inan (Cyrillic spelling Ма̀јкрософт)

1. (uncountable) Microsoft

Declension

Declension of Microsoft

	singular
nominative	Microsoft
genitive	Microsofta
dative	Microsoftu
accusative	Microsoft
vocative	Microsofte
locative	Microsoftu
instrumental	Microsoftom

References

• “Microsoft”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025