-oid
See also: oíd, öid, and o.i.d.
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs), -οειδής (-oeidḗs) (the ο being the last vowel of the stem to which the suffix is attached); from εἶδος (eîdos, “form, likeness”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /-ɔɪd/
Suffix
-oid
- Resembling; having the likeness of (usually including the concept of not being the same despite the likeness, but counterexamples exist).
- human + -oid → humanoid
- sterol + -oid → steroid
- (less commonly) Of, pertaining to, or related to.
- lympho- + -oid → lymphoid
- myelo- + -oid → myeloid
- The word myeloid usually means "bone marrow–related" rather than "bone marrow–like," despite that the suffix -oid usually means "-like" rather than "-al/-ar/-ate/-ian/-ic".
- Added to nouns to create derogatory terms, typically referring to a particular ideology or group of people, by means of analogy to psychological classifications such as schizoid.
- waste + -oid → wastoid
- female + -oid → femoid
- left + -oid → leftoid
- right + -oid → rightoid
Usage notes
- “-oid” may be suffixed to nouns and adjectives to form nouns and adjectives.
Synonyms
- (resembling): quasi-, para-, -form/-iform, -esque, -ish, -ly, -some, -y, (restricted to casual registers) -ass, (forms adjectives from nouns only) -like
Coordinate terms
- -al
- -an
- -ar
- -ate
- -ese
- -ian
- -ic
- -id
- -ish
- -ory
- -ous
- quasi-
- -y
Derived terms
English terms suffixed with -oid
- usneoid
Translations
suffix meaning similar but not the same
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Anagrams
- -iod-, DIO, DOI, I do, IOD, Ido, ODI, iod-
German
Alternative forms
- -oide, -oides (sometimes for substantives)
- -id
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin -oīdēs, from Ancient Greek -οειδής (-oeidḗs), from εἶδος (eîdos).
Pronunciation
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Suffix
-oid
- -oid (adjective or substantive)
Usage notes
- The gender of nouns in -oid often is the same as the one from the basic word: Asteroid is masculine like ἀστήρ (astḗr) and also like Stern, Metalloid is neuter like metallum and Metall. However, Ellipsoid is neuter while ellipsis and Ellipse are feminine, yet Ellipsoide is feminine too.
- Common declensions of substantives are:
- genitive singular -en, nominative plural -en, gender m. (e.g. Android, Asteroid, Meteoroid)
- genitive singular -[e]s, nominative plural -e, gender n. (e.g. Alkaloid, Metalloid)
Synonyms
- -ähnlich, -artig, -förmig, -oidisch (adjectives)
Derived terms
- adjectives: adenoid, albuminoid, amöboid, amygdaloid, amyloid, anthropoid, arachnoid, australoid, brakteoid, bulboid, diphtheroid, ellipsoid, epileptoid, grippoid, histioid & histoid, humanoid, hyaloid, hypnoid, hysteroid, indigoid, kretinoid, lichenoid, lipoid, lymphoid, mastoid, mongoloid, negroid, organoid, osteoid, ovoid, petaloid, pithekoid, polypoid, präfixoid, rheumatoid, rhizoid, rhomboid, sarkoid, schimpansoid, schizoid, suffixoid, systemoid, tigroid, zykloid
- masculine substantives: Android, Anthropoid, Asteroid, Humanoid, Meteoroid, Parasitoid, Planetoid, Rhomboid
- masculine or neuter substantives: Porphyroid
- neuter substantives: Affixoid, Albuminoid, Alkaloid, Amyloid, Bakterioid, Dermoid, Desmoid, Digitaloid, Ekzematoid, Ellipsoid, Eutektoid, Feldspatoid, Flavonoid, Globoid, Gruppoid, Haloid, Hyperboloid, Karotinoid (Carotinoid), Kankroid, Karzinoid, Keloid, Kolloid, Konoid, Kristalloid, Lanthanoid, Lipoid, Metalloid, Nukleoid, Opioid, Organoid, Paraboloid, Phelloid, Platinoid, Präfixoid, Prismatoid & Prismoid, Psychoid, Pyrenoid, Pyrethroid, Resinoid, Rheumatoid, Rhizoid, Rhomboid, Sigmoid, Solenoid, Sphäroid, Sphenoid, Suffixoid, Syphiloid, Systemoid, Toxoid, Trapezoid, Typhoid, Viroid, Zebroid, Zelluloid (Celluloid)
- adjectives suffixed with -oid or -id: myeloid, paranoid, schizoid
- neuter substantives with -oid or -id: Dermoid, Desmoid, Haloid, Pinakoid, Steroid
- adjectives suffixed with -id: australid, europid, mongolid, negrid
- neuter substantives suffixed with -id: Amid, Geoid, Halogenid, Ureid
See also:
German terms suffixed with -oid
Polish
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔ.it/
- Rhymes: -ɔit
- Syllabification: o‧id
Suffix
-oid m
- -oid
- bakteria + -oid → bakteroid
Declension
Declension of -oid
singular | plural | |
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nominative | -oid | -oidy |
genitive | -oidu | -oidów |
dative | -oidowi | -oidom |
accusative | -oid | -oidy |
instrumental | -oidem | -oidami |
locative | -oidzie | -oidach |
vocative | -oidzie | -oidy |
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Declension of -oid
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | -oid | -oidy |
genitive | -oida | -oidów |
dative | -oidowi | -oidom |
accusative | -oida | -oidy |
instrumental | -oidem | -oidami |
locative | -oidzie | -oidach |
vocative | -oidzie | -oidy |
Derived terms
Polish terms suffixed with -oid
Further reading
- -oid in Polish dictionaries at PWN