humanoid

humanoid

English

Etymology

human +‎ -oid

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhjuːmənɔɪd/

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Adjective

humanoid (comparative more humanoid, superlative most humanoid)

1. Having the appearance or characteristics of a human; being anthropomorphic under some criteria (physical, mental, genetical, ethological, ethical etc.).
   • 1967, Star Trek, The Alternative Factor, season 1, episode 27:

     That's how I came to be down there, Captain, pursuing the devil's own spawn, a thing I've chased across the universe. He's humanoid outside, but inside, he's a hideous, murdering monster. I'll get him, Captain. I swear it.

Translations

having the appearance or characteristics of a human

Catalan: humanoide (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 類人的／类人的 (lèirén de), 似人的 (sìrén de), 人形的 (rénxíng de) Czech: humanoidní Dutch: humanoïde Esperanto: homforma, homsimila Finnish: ihmismäinen (fi) French: humanoïde (fr) German: menschenähnlich (de), humanoid (de) Greek: ανθρωποειδής (el) (anthropoeidís) Ancient: ἀνθρωποειδής (anthrōpoeidḗs) Hungarian: humanoid (hu), emberszerű (hu) Indonesian: humanoid Interlingua: humanoide Japanese: 人型の (ひとがたの, hitogata no) Kazakh: адамға ұқсас (adamğa ūqsas) Persian: آدمواره‎ (ādamvāre), انسان‌نما‎ (fa) (ensānnemā) Polish: humanoidalny (pl) Portuguese: humanoide Romanian: umanoid (ro) Russian: человекоподо́бный (ru) (čelovekopodóbnyj) Spanish: humanoide (es) Turkish: insansı (tr)

Noun

humanoid (plural humanoids)

1. A being having the appearance or characteristics of a human.

Synonyms

• humaniform

Translations

a being having the appearance or characteristics of a human

Czech: humanoid m Dutch: humanoïde Esperanto: homformulo, homsimilulo Finnish: humanoidi (fi) French: humanoïde (fr) m German: Humanoid m, Humanoide m Greek: ανθρωποειδές (el) n (anthropoeidés) Hungarian: humanoid (hu) Japanese: ヒューマノイド (hyūmanoido) Polish: humanoid (pl) m Russian: гумано́ид (ru) m (gumanóid) Spanish: humanoide (es) m

Related terms

• android
• anthropoid

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦumanoɪt]
• Hyphenation: hu‧ma‧noid

Noun

humanoid m anim

1. humanoid (a being having the appearance or characteristics of a human)
   • 1991, Josef Pecinovský, Abbey Road:

     Rozmnožovací pud byl u tohoto druhu humanoidů neobyčejně silně vyvinut a za ty milióny let, co uplynuly od doby, kdy první z nich použil kyje jako zbraně, proti němu nezmohly nic ani takové zákeřné rány jako epidemie, zemětřesení, [...]

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

   • 1992, Ivan Kmínek, Ústřední kancelář vesmíru se neozývá:

     Mimochodem, nevíte o nějaké planetě humanoidů, kde bych ty krámy udal?

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

Declension

Declension of humanoid

	singular	plural
nominative	humanoid	humanoidové, humanoidi
genitive	humanoida	humanoidů
dative	humanoidovi, humanoidu	humanoidům
accusative	humanoida	humanoidy
vocative	humanoide	humanoidové, humanoidi
locative	humanoidovi, humanoidu	humanoidech
instrumental	humanoidem	humanoidy

Related terms

• See homo

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xu.maˈnɔ.it/

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• Rhymes: -ɔit
• Syllabification: hu‧ma‧no‧id

Noun

humanoid m anim

1. humanoid

Declension

Declension of humanoid

	singular	plural
nominative	humanoid	humanoidy
genitive	humanoida	humanoidów
dative	humanoidowi	humanoidom
accusative	humanoida	humanoidy
instrumental	humanoidem	humanoidami
locative	humanoidzie	humanoidach
vocative	humanoidzie	humanoidy

Derived terms

• humanoidalny

 

Related terms

adjectives

• antyhumanistyczny
• antyhumanitarny
• humanistyczny
• humanitarny
• humanizacyjny

 

adverbs

• humanistycznie
• humanitarnie

 

nouns

• antyhumanizm
• humaniora
• humanista
• humanistka
• humanistyka
• humanitarność
• humanitarysta
• humanitaryzacja
• humanitaryzm
• humanizacja
• humanizator
• humanizm

 

verbs

• humanizować
• odhumanizować
• odhumanizowywać
• zhumanizować

 

Further reading

• humanoid in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• humanoid in Polish dictionaries at PWN