-oid

See also: oíd, öid, and o.i.d.

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs), -οειδής (-oeidḗs) (the ο being the last vowel of the stem to which the suffix is attached); from εἶδος (eîdos, “form, likeness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-ɔɪd/

Suffix

-oid

1. Of similar form to, but not the same as. Having the likeness of. Forms adjectives and nouns.

   ‎human + ‎-oid → ‎humanoid

   ‎sterol + ‎-oid → ‎steroid

Synonyms

• -like

Derived terms

► English words suffixed with -oid

Translations

suffix meaning similar but not the same

• Catalan: -oide (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 类 (zh) (lèi) (prefix)

• Dutch: -oïde (nl)
• Esperanto: -oido (eo)

• Finnish: -oidi (fi), -mainen (fi)
• Italian: -oide (it)
• Old English: -hīwe, -hīwed, -hīwede
• Portuguese: -oide (pt)
• Spanish: -oide (es)

See also

• -al
• -an
• -ar
• -ese
• -ic

• -id
• -ish
• -ory
• -ous
• quasi-
• -y

Anagrams

• DIO, DOI, I do, IOD, Ido, ODI, iod-

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German

Alternative forms

• -oide, -oides (sometimes for substantives)
• -id

Etymology

From Latin -oides, from Greek -οειδής (-oeidḗs), from εἶδος (eîdos)

Pronunciation

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Suffix

-oid

1. -oid (adjective or substantive)

Usage notes

• The gender of nouns in -oid often is the same as the one from the basic word: Asteroid is masculine like ἀστήρ (astḗr) and also like Stern, Metalloid is neuter like metallum and Metall. However, Ellipsoid is neuter while ellipsis and Ellipse are feminine, yet Ellipsoide is feminine too.
• Common declensions of substantives are:

  genitive singular -en, nominative plural -en, gender m. (e.g. Android, Asteroid, Meteoroid)

  genitive singular -[e]s, nominative plural -e, gender n. (e.g. Alkaloid, Metalloid)

Synonyms

• -ähnlich, -artig, -förmig, -oidisch (adjectives)

Derived terms

• adjectives: adenoid, albuminoid, amöboid, amygdaloid, amyloid, anthropoid, arachnoid, australoid, brakteoid, bulboid, diphtheroid, ellipsoid, epileptoid, grippoid, histioid & histoid, humanoid, hyaloid, hypnoid, hysteroid, indigoid, kretinoid, lichenoid, lipoid, lymphoid, mastoid, mongoloid, negroid, organoid, osteoid, ovoid, petaloid, pithekoid, polypoid, präfixoid, rheumatoid, rhizoid, rhomboid, sarkoid, schimpansoid, schizoid, suffixoid, systemoid, tigroid, zykloid
• masculine substantives: Android, Anthropoid, Asteroid, Humanoid, Meteoroid, Parasitoid, Planetoid, Rhomboid
• masculine or neuter substantives: Porphyroid
• neuter substantives: Affixoid, Albuminoid, Alkaloid, Amyloid, Bakterioid, Dermoid, Desmoid, Digitaloid, Ekzematoid, Ellipsoid, Eutektoid, Feldspatoid, Flavonoid, Globoid, Gruppoid, Haloid, Hyperboloid, Karotinoid (Carotinoid), Kankroid, Karzinoid, Keloid, Kolloid, Konoid, Kristalloid, Lanthanoid, Lipoid, Metalloid, Nukleoid, Opioid, Organoid, Paraboloid, Phelloid, Platinoid, Präfixoid, Prismatoid & Prismoid, Psychoid, Pyrenoid, Pyrethroid, Resinoid, Rheumatoid, Rhizoid, Rhomboid, Sigmoid, Solenoid, Sphäroid, Sphenoid, Suffixoid, Syphiloid, Systemoid, Toxoid, Trapezoid, Typhoid, Viroid, Zebroid, Zelluloid (Celluloid)
• adjectives suffixed with -oid or -id: myeloid, paranoid, schizoid
• neuter substantives with -oid or -id: Dermoid, Desmoid, Haloid, Pinakoid, Steroid
• adjectives suffixed with -id: australid, europid, mongolid, negrid
• neuter substantives suffixed with -id: Amid, Geoid, Halogenid, Ureid

See also:

► German words suffixed with -oid