-oide

See also: oide, oíde, -oïde, and -óide

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek -οειδής (-oeidḗs), compound of -ο- (-o-, thematic vowel) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-id”, adjective-forming suffix denoting likeness), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form, shape”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɔj.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈɔj.ðe]

Suffix

-oide m or f (adjective-forming suffix, masculine and feminine plural -oides)

1. -oid

   ‎tifus (“typhus”) + ‎-oide → ‎tifoide (“typhoid”)

   ‎humà (“human”) + ‎-oide → ‎humanoide (“humanoid”)

Derived terms

Catalan terms suffixed with -oide

Related terms

• -oïdeu

Further reading

• “-oide” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Interlingua

Etymology

Borrowed from English -oid, French -oïde, Italian -oide, Portuguese -oide/Spanish -oide, Russian -оид (-oid), all ultimately from Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs), -οειδής (-oeidḗs), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form, likeness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoide/

Suffix

-oide

1. forms nouns and adjectives from nouns, denoting something resembling or having the likeness of the root; -oid

   ‎cellula (“cell”) + ‎-oide → ‎celluloide (“celluloid”)

   ‎delta (“delta”) + ‎-oide → ‎deltoide (“deltoid”)

   ‎human (“human”) + ‎-oide → ‎humanoide (“humanoid”)

Derived terms

Category Interlingua terms suffixed with -oide not found

References

• Alexander Gode, Hugh E. Blair (1955) Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language, →ISBN

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek -οειδής (-oeidḗs), compound of -ο- (-o-, thematic vowel) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-id”, adjective-forming suffix denoting likeness), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form”, “shape”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.i.de/
• Rhymes: -ɔide
• Hyphenation: -ò‧i‧de

Suffix

-oide

1. -oid (both nouns and adjectives)

Derived terms

Italian terms suffixed with -oide

Anagrams

• ideo, ideo-, ideò

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• -óide (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek -οειδής (-oeidḗs), compound of -ο- (-o-, thematic vowel) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-id”, adjective-forming suffix denoting likeness), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form, shape”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔj.d͡ʒi/ [ˈɔɪ̯.d͡ʒi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔj.d͡ʒi/ [ˈɔɪ̯.d͡ʒi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔj.de/ [ˈɔɪ̯.de]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɔj.dɨ/ [ˈɔj.ðɨ]

Suffix

-oide m or f (adjective-forming suffix, plural -oides)
-oide m (noun-forming suffix, plural -oides)

1. -oid

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -oide

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoide/ [ˈoi̯.ð̞e]
• Rhymes: -oide
• Syllabification: -oi‧de

Suffix

-oide m or f (adjective-forming suffix, masculine and feminine plural -oides)

1. -oid

   ‎planeta (“planet”) + ‎-oide → ‎planetoide (“planetoid”)

   ‎humano (“human”) + ‎-oide → ‎humanoide (“humanoid”)

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -oide

Related terms

• -oideo

 

Further reading

• “-oide”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28