android
/ˈænˌdɹɔɪd/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.42 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A robot that is designed to look and act like a human being (not necessarily a male one).
noun
An artificial human.
adj
adj
Of the pelvis, having a narrow anterior segment and a heart-shaped brim, typically found in the male.
adj
Characteristic of men.
name
noun
A mobile phone running on Android OS.
Example Sentences
- "an android fat distribution"
- "SL4A brings scripting languages to Android by allowing developers to edit and execute scripts and interactive interpreters directly on the Android device, according to Google Labs."
- "Both Androids and iPhones have a timer that can delay taking a photo by up to 10 seconds."
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: -
Inflected Forms
androids (plural)
androides (alternative, obsolete)
more android (comparative)
most android (superlative)