steroid

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-

Proto-Hellenic *kʰolā́

Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ)

Proto-Indo-European *ster-der.

Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós)

French cholestérine

French cholestérolbor.

English cholesterol

English sterol

Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.

Latin -o-

Proto-Indo-European *weyd-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *wéydos

Proto-Hellenic *wéidos

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 steroid

From sterol + -oid.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔɪd
• IPA^(key): /ˈstɛɹɔɪd/, /ˈstɪəɹɔɪd/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

steroid (plural steroids)

1. (biochemistry, organic chemistry) A class of organic compounds having a structure of seventeen carbon atoms arranged in four rings; they are lipids, and occur naturally as sterols, bile acids, adrenal and sex hormones, and some vitamins; many drugs are synthetic steroids.
2. (bodybuilding, sports) Any anabolic hormone used to promote muscle growth or athletic performance.
   • 2018 June 25, James Roland, “What is Hypergonadism?”, in Healthline‎^[1]:

     Men may also have fertility challenges, especially if their hypogonadism was caused by anabolic steroid use. Anabolic steroids can affect testicular health, including reducing the production of sperm.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:steroid

Derived terms

• aminosteroid
• anabolic steroid
• antisteroid
• azasteroid
• corticosteroid
• cyclosteroid
• furanosteroid
• glucosteroid
• glycosteroid
• homosteroid
• horse steroid
• hydroxysteroid
• immunosteroid
• isosteroid
• ketosteroid
• liposteroid
• neuroactive steroid
• neurosteroid
• nonsteroid
• norsteroid
• oxosteroid
• oxysteroid
• phytosteroid
• poststeroid
• presteroid
• roid
• secosteroid
• sex steroid
• steroidal
• steroidally
• steroid dementia
• steroidlike
• steroidogenesis
• steroidogenetic
• steroidogenic
• steroidome
• steroidphobia

Translations

class of organic compounds

• Catalan: esteroide m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 類固醇 / 类固醇 (leoi⁶ gu³ seon⁴), 甾 (zoi¹)

  Mandarin: 類固醇 / 类固醇 (zh) (lèigùchún), 甾 (zh) (zāi), 甾體 / 甾体 (zāitǐ)

• Czech: steroid m
• Finnish: steroidi (fi)
• French: stéroïde (fr) m
• German: Steroid (de) n
• Greek: στεροειδές (el) n (steroeidés)
• Hindi: सांद्राभ (sāndrābh)
• Hungarian: szteroid (hu)
• Icelandic: steri m
• Irish: stéaróideach m
• Italian: steroide (it) m
• Japanese: ステロイド (ja) (suteroido)
• Kazakh: стероид (steroid)
• Khmer: ស្តេរ៉ូអ៊ីត (steerouʼiit)
• Korean: 스테로이드 (seuteroideu)
• Kyrgyz: стероид (steroid)
• Māori: pūtaiaki
• Persian: استروئید (estero'id)
• Polish: steryd (pl) m, steroid (pl) m
• Portuguese: esteroide (pt) m
• Romanian: steroid (ro) m
• Russian: стеро́ид (ru) m (steróid)
• Spanish: esteroide m
• Swedish: steroid (sv)
• Turkish: steroid
• Ukrainian: стеро́їд m (sterójid)
• Vietnamese: xteoit
• Welsh: steroid m

Anagrams

• destroi, oestrid, roisted, trideos, editors, ostreid, triodes, tie rods, sortied, doiters, tierods, storied

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstɛroɪt]

Noun

steroid m inan

1. steroid

Declension

Declension of steroid (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	steroid	steroidy
genitive	steroidu	steroidů
dative	steroidu	steroidům
accusative	steroid	steroidy
vocative	steroide	steroidy
locative	steroidu	steroidech
instrumental	steroidem	steroidy

Further reading

• “steroid”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “steroid”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “steroid”, in Akademický slovník cizích slov at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz [Academic dictionary of foreign words] (in Czech), 1995

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-

Proto-Hellenic *kʰolā́

Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ)

Proto-Indo-European *ster-der.

Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós)

French cholestérine

French cholestérolbor.

English cholesterol

English sterol

Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.

Latin -o-

Proto-Indo-European *weyd-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *wéydos

Proto-Hellenic *wéidos

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 steroidbor.

Polish steroid

Borrowed from English steroid. Doublet of steryd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɛˈrɔ.it/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔit
• Syllabification: ste‧ro‧id

Noun

steroid m inan (related adjective steroidowy)

1. (biochemistry) steroid (class of organic compounds)

   Synonym: steryd

2. (bodybuilding) steroid (any anabolic hormone used to promote muscle growth or athletic performance)

   Synonym: steryd

Declension

Declension of steroid

	singular	plural
nominative	steroid	steroidy
genitive	steroidu	steroidów
dative	steroidowi	steroidom
accusative	steroid	steroidy
instrumental	steroidem	steroidami
locative	steroidzie	steroidach
vocative	steroidzie	steroidy

Further reading

• “steroid”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “steroid”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French stéroïde.

Noun

steroid m (plural steroizi)

1. steroid

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	steroid	steroidul	steroizi	steroizii
genitive-dative	steroid	steroidului	steroizi	steroizilor
vocative	steroidule		steroizilor

Swedish

Noun

steroid c

1. (usually in the plural) a steroid

Declension

Declension of steroid

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	steroid	steroids
	definite	steroiden	steroidens
plural	indefinite	steroider	steroiders
	definite	steroiderna	steroidernas

Derived terms

• anabol steroid (“anabolic steroid”)

References

• “steroid”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “steroid”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “steroid”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Turkish

Etymology

From French stéroïde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s(i)te.ɾo.it/

Noun

steroid (definite accusative steroidi, plural steroidler)

1. steroid

Declension

Declension of steroid

	singular	plural
nominative	steroid	steroidler
definite accusative	steroidi	steroidleri
dative	steroide	steroidlere
locative	steroidde	steroidlerde
ablative	steroidden	steroidlerden
genitive	steroidin	steroidlerin