humanoid

English

Etymology

human +‎ -oid

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhjuːmənɔɪd/
• Rhymes: -ɔɪd

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, Robert Brown, Star Trek, The Alternative Factor, season 1, episode 27:

     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.

Translations

having the appearance or characteristics of a human

• Catalan: humanoide (ca)
• Czech: humanoidní
• Dutch: humanoïde
• Finnish: ihmismäinen (fi)
• French: humanoïde (fr)
• German: menschenähnlich (de), humanoid (de)
• Greek: ανθρωποειδής (el) (anthropoeidís)

  Ancient: ἀνθρωποειδής (anthrōpoeidḗs)

• Indonesian: humanoid

• Interlingua: humanoide
• Japanese: 人型の (ひとがたの, hitogata no)
• Persian: آدمواره‎ (ādamvāre), انسان‌نما‎ (fa) (ensānnemā)
• Polish: humanoidalny (pl)
• Portuguese: humanoide
• Romanian: umanoid (ro)
• Russian: человекоподо́бный (ru) (čelovekopodóbnyj)
• Spanish: humanoide
• Turkish: insansı (tr)

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Translations to be checked

• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 擬人化 (ja) (ぎじんか, gijinka)

Noun

humanoid (plural humanoids)

1. A being having the appearance or characteristics of a human.

Translations

a being having the appearance or characteristics of a human

• Czech: humanoid m
• 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)
• Polish: humanoid (pl) m
• Russian: гумано́ид (ru) m (gumanóid)
• Spanish: humanoide m

Synonyms

• humaniform

See also

• anthropoid

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Czech

Noun

humanoid m

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, [...]

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

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

Related terms

• See homo

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xu.maˈnɔ.it/

Noun

humanoid m anim

1. humanoid

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

Derived terms

• humanoidalny

Further reading

• humanoid in Polish dictionaries at PWN