# Microsoft
## English
### Etymology

From Microsoft, name of the computing company; a blend of microcomputer +‎ software. See -soft.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈmaɪkɹəˌsɒft/
* (US) IPA: /ˈmaɪkɹəˌsɔft/, /ˈmaɪkɹəˌsɑft/, /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌsɔft/, /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌsɑft/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)

### Proper noun

Microsoft
* (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
### Noun

Microsoft (plural Microsofts)
* (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)
* (transitive, slang) To Microsoftify.
* (transitive, slang) To make 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: [ˈmikrosoft], [ˈmaːjkrosoft]
* Hyphenation: Mic‧ro‧soft
* Rhymes: -oft

### Proper noun

Microsoft
* Microsoft

#### Derived terms

* microsoftos
* Microsoft-termék

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Microsoft.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmaj.krɔ.sɔft/
* Rhymes: -ajkrɔsɔft
* Syllabification: Mi‧cro‧soft

### Proper noun

Microsoft m inan
* Microsoft (American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington)

#### Declension
### Further reading

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

## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

* Màjkrosoft (Montenegro, Serbia)

### Etymology

English Microsoft.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mǎjkrosoft/

### Proper noun

Microsoft m (Cyrillic spelling Ма̀јкрософт)
* (uncountable) Microsoft

#### Declension
### References

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