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android en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˈænˌdɹɔɪd/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin androides, from Ancient Greek ἀνδρός (andrós, genitive of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man, human”)) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, itself from εἶδος (eîdos, “form, image, shape, appearance, look”)). By surface analysis, andr- + -oid.

Meanings

  1. Possessing human qualities.
  2. (in pelvimetry) Of the pelvis, having a narrow anterior segment and a heart-shaped brim, typically found in the male.
  3. Characteristic of men.
    • an android fat distribution

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more android Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most android Degree=Sup lexicographic
androides alternative, obsolete lexicographic

Antonyms

gynoid

Translations (9)

nl androïde (possessing human qualities) · sv android (possessing human qualities) · gl androide (possessing human qualities) · pt androide (possessing human qualities) · da android (possessing human qualities) · ru человекоподо́бный (possessing human qualities) · fi ihmismäinen (possessing human qualities) · fr androïde (possessing human qualities) · nb androide (possessing human qualities)

android en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˈænˌdɹɔɪd/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin androides, from Ancient Greek ἀνδρός (andrós, genitive of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man, human”)) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, itself from εἶδος (eîdos, “form, image, shape, appearance, look”)). By surface analysis, andr- + -oid.

Meanings

  1. A robot that is designed to look and act like a human being (not necessarily a male one).
  2. An artificial human.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
androids Number=Plur lexicographic
androides alternative, obsolete lexicographic

Deriveds

femoid · andy · androidism · droid · androidlike · actroid · Randroid · bioroid

Hypernyms

robot

Hyponyms

fembot · gynoid

Relateds

cyborg

Translations (52)

el ανδροειδές (robot with human form) · ca androide (robot with human form) · ru андро́ид (robot with human form) · fr androïde (robot with human form) · it androide (robot with human form) · ar أَنْدْرُويِد (robot with human form) · vi người máy (robot with human form) · fi androidi (robot with human form) · pt androide (robot with human form) · fa اندروید (robot with human form) · sl android (robot with human form) · be андро́ід (robot with human form) · mk андроид (robot with human form) · de Androide (robot with human form) · eo homaŭtomato (robot with human form) · nl androïde (robot with human form) · ja 人造人間 (robot with human form) · uk андро́їд (robot with human form) · tr android (robot with human form) · de Android (robot with human form) · hy անդրոիդ (robot with human form) · he אַנְדְּרוֹאִיד (robot with human form) · ja アンドロイド (robot with human form) · ko 안드로이드 (robot with human form) · yue 人造人 (robot with human form) · yue 人形機械人 /人形机械人 (robot with human form) · cmn 人形機器人 /人形机器人 (robot with human form) · yue 仿生人 (robot with human form) · sk android (robot with human form) · cmn 仿生人 (robot with human form) · ru ро́бот (robot with human form) · pl android (robot with human form) · ko 인조인간 (robot with human form) · es androide (robot with human form) · ka ანდროიდი (robot with human form) · io androido (robot with human form) · lt androidas (robot with human form) · lv androīds (robot with human form) · sv android (robot with human form) · ro android (robot with human form) · cs android (robot with human form) · ja ロボット (robot with human form) · eo androido (robot with human form) · cmn 人造人 (robot with human form) · bg андрои́д (robot with human form) · th แอนดรอยด์ (robot with human form) · ta அலைபேசி இயங்குதளம் (robot with human form) · ta ஆணொன்றி (robot with human form) · nv béésh hináanii (robot with human form) · ko 로봇 (robot with human form) · et android (robot with human form) · da androide (robot with human form)