Meaning

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

    Android, Androide

    андро́идandróid, ро́ботróbot

    андро́їдandrójid

  2. An artificial human.

    an automaton that resembles a human being

Examples

54 sentences
  1. An android is a kind of robot.

    Андроїд - вид робота. — deniko

    ruАндроид - это вид робота. — marafon

  2. Every android is a robot.

    Всі андроїди - роботи. — deniko

    ruВсе андроиды - роботы. — marafon

    deJeder Android ist ein Roboter. — cost

  3. All androids are robots.

    Всі андроїди - роботи. — deniko

    ruВсе андроиды - роботы. — marafon

    deAlle Androiden sind Roboter. — Vortarulo

  4. I love Android phones.

  5. I'm developing an Android application.

    ruЯ разрабатываю приложение для Android. — odexed

    deIch entwickle eine Android-App. — Yorwba

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
robot with human form:
Русский
By meaning 1
robot with human form:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
robot with human form:

Origin

Learned borrowing from New Latin androides, from Ancient Greek ἀνδρός (andrós, genitive of

Learned borrowing 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”)). By surface analysis, andr- + -oid.

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Forms

plural: androids
Singularandroid
Pluralandroids

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an automaton that resembles a human being:humanoidmechanical man

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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