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Japanese
Etymology
Borrowed from English android or Android.
Pronunciation
Noun
アンドロイド • (andoroido)
- (robotics) android (a robot that looks and acts like a human being)
- Synonyms: 人造人間 (jinzō ningen, literally “artificial person”), ヒューマノイド (hyūmanoido), 人間型 (ningen-gata), ロボット (robotto)
Proper noun
アンドロイド • (Andoroido)
- (computing, mobile telephony) Android (an operating system for mobile devices)
References
- ^ “アンドロイド”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN