-oid
English edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Suffix edit
-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 notes edit
- “-oid” may be suffixed to nouns and adjectives to form nouns and adjectives.
Synonyms edit
- (resembling): quasi-, para-, -form/-iform, -esque, -ish, -ly, -some, -y, (restricted to casual registers) -ass, (forms adjectives from nouns only) -like
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Derived terms edit
Translations edit
suffix meaning similar but not the same
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Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin -oīdēs, from Ancient Greek -οειδής (-oeidḗs), from εἶδος (eîdos).
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-oid
- -oid (adjective or substantive)
Usage notes edit
- 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:
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Derived terms edit
- 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 edit
Etymology edit
Derived from Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs).
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-oid m
Declension edit
Declension of -oid
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Declension of -oid
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- -oid in Polish dictionaries at PWN