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English
Etymology
From Latin -oīdēs, from Ancient Greek -ο-ειδής (-o-eidḗs) (the ο being the last vowel of the stem to which the suffix is attached); from εἶδος (eîdos, “form, likeness”).
Pronunciation
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
- 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
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Translations
suffix meaning similar but not the same
Anagrams
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin -oīdēs, from Ancient Greek -οειδής (-oeidḗs), from εἶδος (eîdos).
Pronunciation
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 -s, nominative plural -e, gender n. (e.g. Alkaloid, Metalloid)
Synonyms
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:
Polish
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-oid m
- -oid
- bakteria + -oid → bakteroid
Declension
or
Derived terms
Further reading
- -oid in Polish dictionaries at PWN