-oid
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs), -οειδής (-oeidḗs) (the ο being the last vowel of the stem to which the suffix is attached); from εἶδος (eîdos, “form, likeness”).
PronunciationEdit
SuffixEdit
-oid
- Resembling; having the likeness of (usually including the concept of not being the same despite the likeness, but counterexamples exist).
- (less commonly) Of, pertaining to, or related to.
- 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.
Usage notesEdit
- “-oid” may be suffixed to nouns and adjectives to form nouns and adjectives.
SynonymsEdit
- (resembling): quasi-, para-, -form/-iform, -esque, -ish, -ly, -some, -y, (restricted to casual registers) -ass, (forms adjectives from nouns only) -like
Coordinate termsEdit
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
suffix meaning similar but not the same
AnagramsEdit
GermanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin -oīdēs, from Ancient Greek -οειδής (-oeidḗs), from εἶδος (eîdos).
PronunciationEdit
SuffixEdit
-oid
- -oid (adjective or substantive)
Usage notesEdit
- 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:
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
- 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:
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Derived from Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs).
PronunciationEdit
SuffixEdit
-oid m
DeclensionEdit
Declension of -oid
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Declension of -oid
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- -oid in Polish dictionaries at PWN