android

See also: Android

English

Alternative forms

• androides (dated)

Etymology

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”)). Note the form ἀνδρώδης (andrṓdēs, “manly”) already existed in Ancient Greek. 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 m or f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: androide m

• Portuguese: androide (pt) m or f
• Russian: человекоподо́бный (ru) (čelovekopodóbnyj)
• Swedish: android (sv)

Anagrams

• Dinardo, Dorinda

Czech

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀνδρός (andrós, “man”) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs, “form, appearance”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈandroɪt]

Noun

android m anim

1. android

Declension

Declension of android (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	android	androidi, androidové
genitive	androida	androidů
dative	androidovi, androidu	androidům
accusative	androida	androidy
vocative	androide	androidi, androidové
locative	androidovi, androidu	androidech
instrumental	androidem	androidy

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”), ἀνδρός (andrós), + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “form, appearance”). By surface analysis, andro- +‎ -id. First attested in 1830.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈdrɔ.it/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔit
• Syllabification: an‧dro‧id

Noun

android m animal

1. android

Declension

Declension of android

	singular	plural
nominative	android	androidy
genitive	androida	androidów
dative	androidowi	androidom
accusative	androida	androidy
instrumental	androidem	androidami
locative	androidzie	androidach
vocative	androidzie	androidy

Further reading

• android in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• android in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “android”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 35
• android in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French androïde. Equivalent to andro- +‎ -oid.

Noun

android m (plural androizi)

1. android

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	android	androidul		androizi	androizii
genitive-dative	android	androidului		androizi	androizilor
vocative	androidule			androizilor