Android

See also: android

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Android (operating system)

Wikipedia

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Smartphones running Android OS

Etymology

See android.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Android

1. (computing, mobile telephony) A mobile operating system currently developed by Google.
   • 2010 July 17, “PHP development comes to Google Android”, in Reuters‎:

     SL4A brings scripting languages to Android by allowing developers to edit and execute scripts and interactive interpreters directly on the Android device, according to Google Labs.

Translations

mobile operating system

Arabic: أندرويد Assamese: এণ্ড্ৰৈড (endroid) Bulgarian: Андрои́д (Androíd) Chinese: Mandarin: Android (zh), 安卓 (zh) (Ānzhuó) (unofficial) Hindi: एंड्रॉइड (eṇḍrŏiḍ) Indonesian: Android Japanese: アンドロイド (ja) (Andoroido) Korean: 안드로이드 (Andeuroideu) Portuguese: Android m Punjabi: ਐਂਡਰਾਇਡ (aiṇḍarāiḍa) Russian: Андро́ид m (Andróid) Spanish: Android m Swedish: Android (sv) Turkish: Android

Noun

Android (plural Androids)

1. (computing, mobile telephony) A mobile phone running on Android OS.
   • 2016, Technology Made Easy: Simple Ways to Use Your Computer, Phone, and Other Electronic Devices, Peachtree City, Ga.: FC&A Publishing, →ISBN, page 317:

     Both Androids and iPhones have a timer that can delay taking a photo by up to 10 seconds.

Anagrams

• Dinardo, Dorinda

German

German Wikipedia has an article on:

Android

Wikipedia ^de

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• Androide

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /andʁoˈiːt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio (Austria):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: An‧d‧ro‧id

Noun

Android m (weak, genitive Androiden, plural Androiden, feminine Androidin)

1. android

Declension

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Android	die	Androiden
genitive	eines	des	Androiden	der	Androiden
dative	einem	dem	Androiden	den	Androiden
accusative	einen	den	Androiden	die	Androiden

Declension of Android [masculine, weak]

Etymology 2

Unadapted borrowing from English android.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛndʁɔɪ̯t/
• Hyphenation: An‧d‧ro‧id

Proper noun

Android n (proper noun, strong, genitive Androids or Android)

1. (computing, mobile telephony) Android (operating system)

Declension

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

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

Further reading

• “Android” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Android” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Android (künstlicher Mensch)” in Duden online
• “Android (Betriebssystem)” in Duden online

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

Android

Wikipedia ^id

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /anˈdroid/ [anˈdro.ɪt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -oid
• Syllabification: An‧droid
• Homophone: android

Proper noun

Android

1. (computing, mobile telephony) Android: a mobile operating system currently developed by Google.

Further reading

• “Android” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Android

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology

Borrowed from English Android.

Proper noun

Android ?

1. (computing, mobile telephony) Android: a mobile operating system developed by Google.
   • 2021 July 21, Juan Garzon, “Los mejores celulares Android de 2021”, in CNN en Español‎:

     Comprar un celular no es fácil, al menos considerando que lo ideal es comprar el mejor para cada uno de nosotros porque no todos tenemos las mismas necesidades, ni le damos el mismo uso, ni podemos pagar el mismo precio, ni tenemos las mismas preferencias. Sin embargo, aquí recopilo los mejores celulares Android de 2021, teniendo en cuenta estos aspectos para ayudarte a determinar cuál podría ser mejor opción para ti.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)