Go

See also: Appendix:Variations of "go"

English

Etymology 1

Noun

Go (uncountable)

1. Alternative letter-case form of go (“strategic board game”)

Etymology 2

From go, likely with reference to the first two letters of Google.

Proper noun

Go

2. (computer languages) A compiled, garbage-collected, concurrent programming language developed by Google.
   • 2021, Jon Bodner, Learning Go, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 327:

     Despite the lower priority placed on features, Go isn't a static, unchanging language. New features are adopted slowly, after much discussion and experimentation. Since the initial release of Go 1.0, there have been significant changes to the patterns that define idiomatic Go.

Derived terms

• goroutine

Anagrams

• 'og, O&G, O.G., OG, Og, og

Cebuano

Etymology

From Hokkien 吳／吴 (Gô͘, Ngô͘) or 伍 (Gó͘, Ngó͘).

Proper noun

Go

1. a surname

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡo/

• Audio:

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Symbol

Go

1. Abbreviation of gigaoctet; GB (gigabyte)

German

Go

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡoː/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oː

Noun

Go n

1. go (board game)

Declension

Declension of Go [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Go
genitive	eines	des	Gos, Go
dative	einem	dem	Go
accusative	ein	das	Go

Further reading

• “Go” in Duden online
• “Go” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Go” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 吳／吴 (Gô͘, Ngô͘) or 伍 (Gó͘, Ngó͘). Doublet of Ngo, Goh, Cinco, Ng, and Wu.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɡo/ [ˈɡo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: Go

Proper noun

Go (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓ)

1. a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien