android
//ˈænˌdɹɔɪd//
Forms
- Plural
- androids
- Comparative
- more android
- Superlative
- most android
Definitions
1.A robot that is designed to look and act like a human being (not necessarily a male one).
2.An artificial human.
3.A mobile phone running on Android OS.
- Both Androids and iPhones have a timer that can delay taking a photo by up to 10 seconds.
1.Possessing human qualities.
2.Of the pelvis, having a narrow anterior segment and a heart-shaped brim, typically found in the male.
3.Characteristic of men.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4485
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Word family
Etymology
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.