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How to Use Google Images to Identify Unfamiliar and Foreign Words
Have you ever asked someone to tell you what a certain word meant, only to be as clueless as you were before you heard their explanation? Google Images can help.
When I was in high school, I was trying to describe an armoire to one of my friends. She didn’t really understand the concept of a closet that wasn’t built into a wall. If only Google Images had existed ten years ago! All you have to do is type in the word that you aren’t sure about at the Google Images Homepage (opens in new window). Below, I typed in the word armoire.
From these photos, you can clearly tell what an armoire is. Perhaps my friend would have instantly realized what an armoire is if I could have used Google Images back then…
There are a variety of uses for this tool. For example, let’s suppose you get invited over to your new neighbor’s house for dinner and they tell you that you will be eating artichokes. If you’ve never heard of that vegetable, you can quickly get a view of it on Google Images.
Sounds like a tasty dinner!
Searching for Foreign Words
You can also find a variety of foreign words. Let’s say you are fluent in Spanish and are trying to decipher something written in Portuguese, a language very similar to Spanish. Everything is going fine and then you stumble upon the word abacaxi. All you have to do is type it into a Google Images search box, and voila:
You can be fairly certain that abacaxi means pineapple. A pretty far stretch from the spanish word piña that you are used to!
If you have any questions or comments about using Google Images to find words that you are unfamiliar with, please leave your comments below.
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