noun

android

AN-droyd

noun

A robot built to look and move like a human.

"The film features an android that can pass for a real person."

name

Android, a mobile operating system developed by Google, used on many smartphones and tablets.

"She switched from an iPhone to an Android phone last year."

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In plain EnglishEither a humanlike robot in fiction, or the Google-made operating system that competes with Apple's iOS.

Easily confused with

droid →

Common pairings

android phone android app humanoid android

more android comparative, androids plural, Androids plural, most android superlative

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From New Latin androides, built from Greek andros ("man") plus a suffix meaning "form" or "shape" — literally "man-shaped."

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