humanoid

English

Etymology

From human +‎ -oid from Latin hūmānus m (“of or belonging to a man, human, humane”, adjective).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhjuːmənɔɪd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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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, Robert Brown (actor):

     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 (âdamvâre), انسان‌نما (fa) (ensân-nemâ)
• Polish: humanoidalny (pl)
• Portuguese: humanoide (pt)
• 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

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 quotation)

   • 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 quotation)

Declension

Declension of humanoid (hard masculine animate)

	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

Polish

humanoidy

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English humanoid, French humanoïde, German Humanoid, ultimately from Latin hūmānus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xu.maˈnɔ.it/

• Audio:

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

Noun

humanoid m animal (related adjective humanoidalny)

1. (robotics, science fiction) humanoid (being having the appearance or characteristics of a human)

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

Further reading

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