מנוע חיפוש

Hebrew

Etymology

Roots
נ־ו־ע (n-w-ʿ)
ח־פ־שׂ (kh-p-s)

From מְנוֹעַ־ (m'nóa-, “engine of”) + חיפוש / חִפּוּשׂ (khipús, “search”), hence literally “an engine of search”. It is a calque of English search engine.

Noun

מנוע חיפוש / מְנוֹעַ חִפּוּשׂ • (m'nóa' khipús) m

1. search engine: a website that allows one to search the Internet