android

See also: Android

English

Alternative forms

• androides (dated)

Etymology

From New Latin androides, from Ancient Greek ἀνδρός (andrós) (genitive of ἀνήρ (anḗr), “man”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs), itself from εἶδος (eîdos, “form, image, shape, appearance, look”). Note the form ἀνδρώδης (andrṓdēs, “manly”) already existed in Ancient Greek. Surface analysis, andr- +‎ -oid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈænˌdɹɔɪd/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

android (plural androids)

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

Hypernyms

• robot

Hyponyms

• gynoid, fembot

Derived terms

• droid

Translations

robot with human form

• Arabic: أَنْدْرُويِد m (ʾandrōyid)
• 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, 人形机械人 (jan⁴ jing⁴ gei¹ haai³ jan⁴)

  Mandarin: 人形機器人／人形机器人, 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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: androide (it) m
• Japanese: 人造人間 (じんぞうにんげん, jinzō ningen), アンドロイド (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
• Thai: แอนดรอยด์ (ɛɛn-drɔɔi)
• Turkish: android (tr)
• Ukrainian: андро́їд m (andrójid)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

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.

Translations

possessing human qualities

• Danish: android
• Dutch: androïde (nl) m
• Finnish: ihmismäinen (fi)
• French: androïde (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Galician: androide m or f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: androide m

• Russian: человекоподо́бный (ru) (čelovekopodóbnyj)

Anagrams

• Dinardo, Dorinda

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Czech

Etymology

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.

Noun

1. android

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Polish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”), ἀνδρός (andrós), + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “form, appearance”). By surface analysis, andro- +‎ -id.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈdrɔ.it/

• Audio:

  (file)

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

Noun

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

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Romanian

Etymology

From French androïde.

Noun

android m (plural androizi)

1. android

Declension

Declension of android

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) android	androidul	(niște) androizi	androizii
genitive/dative	(unui) android	androidului	(unor) androizi	androizilor
vocative	androidule		androizilor