humanoid

English

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Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mon-der.

Latin hūmānus

Old French umain

Middle French humainbor.

Middle English humayne

English human

Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.

Latin -o-

Proto-Indo-European *weyd-der.

Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos)

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-ēs

Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)

Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs)

Latin -oīdēslbor.

English -oid

English humanoid

From human (from Latin hūmānus m (“of or belonging to a man, human, humane”, adjective)) +‎ -oid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhjuːmənɔɪd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

humanoid (comparative more humanoid, superlative most humanoid)

1. Having the appearance or characteristics of a human; being anthropomorphic under some criteria (physical, mental, genetical, ethological, ethical etc.).
   • 1967, Star Trek, The Alternative Factor, season 1, episode 27, Robert Brown (actor):

     That's how I came to be down there, Captain, pursuing the devil's own spawn, a thing I've chased across the universe. He's humanoid outside, but inside, he's a hideous, murdering monster. I'll get him, Captain. I swear it.

   • 2025 March 25, John Liu, “Elon Musk thinks robots are a $10 trillion business. He’s got some competition from China”, in CNN‎, archived from the original on 20 June 2025:

     About 56% of the humanoid robot supply chain companies are based in China, according to a Morgan Stanley research report last month.

Synonyms

• anthropoid
• humaniform

Translations

having the appearance or characteristics of a human

Catalan: humanoide (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 類人的 / 类人的 (lèirén de), 似人的 (sìrén de), 人形的 (rénxíng de) Czech: humanoidní Dutch: humanoïde (nl) Esperanto: homforma, homsimila Finnish: ihmismäinen (fi) French: humanoïde (fr) German: menschenähnlich (de), humanoid (de) Greek: ανθρωποειδής (el) (anthropoeidís) Ancient: ἀνθρωποειδής (anthrōpoeidḗs) Hungarian: humanoid (hu), emberszerű (hu) Indonesian: humanoid Interlingua: humanoide Japanese: 人型の (ひとがたの, hitogata no) Kazakh: адамға ұқсас (adamğa ūqsas) Korean: 인간형(人間型)의 (in'ganhyeong-ui) Persian: آدمواره (âdamvâre), انسان‌نما (fa) (ensân-nemâ) Polish: humanoidalny (pl) Portuguese: humanoide (pt) Romanian: umanoid (ro) Russian: человекоподо́бный (ru) (čelovekopodóbnyj) Spanish: humanoide (es) Turkish: insansı (tr)

Noun

humanoid (plural humanoids)

1. A being having the appearance or characteristics of a human.
   • 2025 March 25, John Liu, “Elon Musk thinks robots are a $10 trillion business. He’s got some competition from China”, in CNN‎, archived from the original on 20 June 2025:

     Lowering prices for humanoids would mark a major step to their eventual commercialization and wider adoption.

Synonyms

• anthropoid

Translations

a being having the appearance or characteristics of a human

Catalan: humanoide (ca) m Czech: humanoid m Dutch: humanoïde (nl) Esperanto: homformulo, homsimilulo Finnish: humanoidi (fi) French: humanoïde (fr) m German: Humanoid m, Humanoide m Greek: ανθρωποειδές (el) n (anthropoeidés) Hungarian: humanoid (hu) Japanese: ヒューマノイド (hyūmanoido) Korean: 휴머노이드 (hyumeonoideu) Polish: humanoid (pl) m Russian: гумано́ид (ru) m (gumanóid) Spanish: humanoide (es) m

Derived terms

• nonhumanoid

See also

• android
• dinosauroid
• femoid

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦumanoɪt]
• Hyphenation: hu‧ma‧noid

Noun

humanoid m anim

1. humanoid (a being having the appearance or characteristics of a human)
   • 1991, Josef Pecinovský, Abbey Road:

     Rozmnožovací pud byl u tohoto druhu humanoidů neobyčejně silně vyvinut a za ty milióny let, co uplynuly od doby, kdy první z nich použil kyje jako zbraně, proti němu nezmohly nic ani takové zákeřné rány jako epidemie, zemětřesení, [...]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1992, Ivan Kmínek, Ústřední kancelář vesmíru se neozývá:

     Mimochodem, nevíte o nějaké planetě humanoidů, kde bych ty krámy udal?

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of humanoid (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	humanoid	humanoidi
genitive	humanoida	humanoidů
dative	humanoidovi, humanoidu	humanoidům
accusative	humanoida	humanoidy
vocative	humanoide	humanoidi
locative	humanoidovi, humanoidu	humanoidech
instrumental	humanoidem	humanoidy

Related terms

• See homo

Further reading

• “humanoid”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

humanoid

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English humanoid, French humanoïde, German Humanoid, ultimately from Latin hūmānus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xu.maˈnɔ.it/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔit
• Syllabification: hu‧ma‧no‧id

Noun

humanoid m animal (related adjective humanoidalny)

1. (robotics, science fiction) humanoid (being having the appearance or characteristics of a human)

Declension

Declension of humanoid

	singular	plural
nominative	humanoid	humanoidy
genitive	humanoida	humanoidów
dative	humanoidowi	humanoidom
accusative	humanoida	humanoidy
instrumental	humanoidem	humanoidami
locative	humanoidzie	humanoidach
vocative	humanoidzie	humanoidy

Further reading

• humanoid in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• humanoid in Polish dictionaries at PWN