android

Meanings

1. A robot that is designed to look and act like a human being (not necessarily a male one).
2. An artificial human.

1. Possessing human qualities.
2. Of the pelvis, having a narrow anterior segment and a heart-shaped brim, typically found in the male.
3. Characteristic of men.

1. A mobile operating system currently developed by Google.

1. A mobile phone running on Android OS.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin androides, from Ancient Greek ἀνδρός (andrós, genitive of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man, human”)) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, itself from εἶδος (eîdos, “form, image, shape, appearance, look”)). By surface analysis, andr- + -oid.