android

See also: Android

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Alternative forms

• androides (dated)

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈænˌdɹɔɪd/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪd

Noun

android (plural androids)

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

Hypernyms

• robot

Hyponyms

• gynoid, fembot

Derived terms

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

Translations

robot with human form

Arabic: أَنْدْرُويِد m (ʔandrōyid) Armenian: անդրոիդ (android) Basque: please add this translation if you can Belarusian: андро́ід m (andróid) Bulgarian: андрои́д m (androíd) Catalan: androide (ca) m Chinese: Cantonese: 仿生人 (fong2 sang1 jan4), 人造人 (jan4 zou6 jan4), 人形機械人 / 人形机械人 (jan4 jing4 gei1 haai3 jan4) Mandarin: 人形機器人 / 人形机器人 (rénxíng jīqìrén), 仿生人 (fǎngshēngrén), 人造人 (rénzàorén) Czech: android (cs) m Danish: androide (da) c Dutch: androïde (nl) m Esperanto: homaŭtomato, androido Estonian: android (et) Finnish: androidi (fi) French: androïde (fr) m Georgian: ანდროიდი (androidi) German: Android (de) m, Androide (de) m Greek: ανδροειδές (el) n (androeidés) Hebrew: אַנְדְּרוֹאִיד m Ido: androido (io) Italian: androide (it) m Japanese: 人造人間 (ja) (じんぞうにんげん, jinzō ningen), アンドロイド (ja) (andoroido), ロボット (ja) (robotto) Korean: 안드로이드 (andeuroideu), 로봇 (ko) (robot), 인조인간(人造人間) (ko) (injoin'gan) Latvian: androīds m Lithuanian: androidas m Macedonian: андроид m (android) Navajo: béésh hináanii Persian: اندروید (andrôyed) Polish: android (pl) m Portuguese: androide (pt) m Romanian: android (ro) m Russian: андро́ид (ru) m (andróid), ро́бот (ru) m (róbot) Slovak: android m Slovene: android m Spanish: androide (es) m Swedish: android (sv) c Tamil: ஆணொன்றி (āṇoṉṟi); அலைபேசி இயங்குதளம் (alaipēci iyaṅkutaḷam) (Mobile Operating System) Thai: แอนดรอยด์ (th) (ɛɛn-drɔɔi) Turkish: android (tr) Ukrainian: андро́їд m (andrójid) Vietnamese: người máy (vi)

See also

• cyborg

Adjective

android (comparative more android, superlative most android)

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

   Antonym: gynoid

   an android fat distribution

Translations

possessing human qualities

Danish: android Dutch: androïde (nl) m Finnish: ihmismäinen (fi) French: androïde (fr) m Galician: androide (gl) m or f Norwegian: Bokmål: androide m Portuguese: androide (pt) m or f Russian: человекоподо́бный (ru) (čelovekopodóbnyj) Swedish: android (sv)

Anagrams

• Dinardo, Dorinda