android English · revision 5333

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1727|origins=grc ἀνήρ, grc εἶδος}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈæn.drɔɪd/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la-new|androides]],^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002)^(NODE 1998) formed from Greek [[grc|ἀνήρ|tr=anḗr|t=man]], stem andr-, and [[m|grc|-ειδής|tr=-eidḗs|t=-like]], from [[m|grc|εἶδος|tr=eîdos|t=form, shape]].^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002)^(NODE 1998) Collins traces it to Late Greek androeidēs “manlike”.^(Collins 2023) It is related to [[-oid]] and [[andro-]].^(SOED 2002)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ An automaton resembling a human being: 1727–51 in the OED, at first in the Latin form androides.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002) The English form is from 1837, often of automated chess players.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The OED's first edition (1879) listed it as rare;^(Etymonline) science-fiction writers made it popular from about 1950, as a synthetic human being.^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002) In anatomy, especially of a pelvis, it means resembling that of a man, from 1886.^(OED 1989) The ''Android'' operating system for smartphones is a trademark.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1727 – Latin androides.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1837 – android, an automaton.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1886 – resembling a male.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1950 – in science fiction.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[robot]] or synthetic being made to look like a human, especially in [[science fiction]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(Android)'' A trademark software system for [[smartphone|alt=smartphones]], or a phone that uses it.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Adjective===

+ # Having human features.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[droid]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[humanoid]]

+ * [[robot]]

+ * [[automaton]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}