steroid

English

Etymology

From sterol +‎ -oid.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔɪd
• IPA^(key): /ˈstɛɹɔɪd/, /ˈstɪəɹɔɪd/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

steroid (plural steroids)

1. (biochemistry, organic chemistry) A class of organic compounds having a structure of 17 carbon atoms arranged in four rings; they are lipids, and occur naturally as sterols, bile acids, adrenal and sex hormones, and some vitamins; many drugs are synthetic steroids.
2. (bodybuilding, sports) Any anabolic hormone used to promote muscle growth or athletic performance.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:steroid

Derived terms

• aminosteroid
• anabolic steroid
• antisteroid
• azasteroid
• corticosteroid
• cyclosteroid
• furanosteroid
• horse steroid
• hydroxysteroid
• isosteroid
• ketosteroid
• neuroactive steroid
• neurosteroid
• nonsteroid
• norsteroid
• oxosteroid
• phytosteroid
• poststeroid
• roid
• secosteroid
• sex steroid
• steroidal
• steroidally
• steroidlike
• steroidogenesis
• steroidogenetic
• steroidogenic
• steroidome
• steroidphobia

 

Translations

class of organic compounds

• Catalan: esteroide m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 類固醇／类固醇 (leoi⁶ gu³ seon⁴), 甾 (zoi¹)

  Mandarin: 類固醇／类固醇 (zh) (lèigùchún), 甾 (zh) (zāi), 甾體／甾体 (zāitǐ)

• Czech: steroid m
• Finnish: steroidi (fi)
• French: stéroïde (fr) m
• German: Steroid (de) n
• Greek: στεροειδές (el) n (steroeidés)
• Hindi: सांद्राभ (sāndrābh)
• Hungarian: szteroid (hu)
• Icelandic: steri m
• Irish: stéaróideach m
• Italian: steroide (it) m
• Japanese: ステロイド (suteroido)
• Kazakh: стероид (steroid)
• Khmer: ស្តេរ៉ូអ៊ីត (steerouʼiit)
• Korean: 스테로이드 (seuteroideu)
• Kyrgyz: стероид (steroid)
• Maori: pūtaiaki
• Persian: استروئید (estero'id)
• Polish: steroid (pl) m
• Portuguese: esteroide (pt) m
• Romanian: steroid (ro) m
• Russian: стеро́ид (ru) m (steróid)
• Spanish: esteroide m
• Swedish: steroid (sv)
• Turkish: steroid
• Ukrainian: стеро́їд m (sterójid)
• Vietnamese: xteoit
• Welsh: steroid m

Anagrams

• destroi, oestrid, roisted, trideos, editors, ostreid, triodes, tie rods, sortied, doiters, tierods, storied

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstɛroɪt]

Noun

steroid m inan

1. steroid

Declension

Declension of steroid (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	steroid	steroidy
genitive	steroidu	steroidů
dative	steroidu	steroidům
accusative	steroid	steroidy
vocative	steroide	steroidy
locative	steroidu	steroidech
instrumental	steroidem	steroidy

Further reading

• “steroid”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “steroid”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• steroid in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English steroid. Doublet of steryd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɛˈrɔ.it/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔit
• Syllabification: ste‧ro‧id

Noun

steroid m inan (related adjective steroidowy)

1. (biochemistry) steroid (class of organic compounds)

   Synonym: steryd

2. (bodybuilding) steroid (any anabolic hormone used to promote muscle growth or athletic performance)

   Synonym: steryd

Declension

Declension of steroid

	singular	plural
nominative	steroid	steroidy
genitive	steroidu	steroidów
dative	steroidowi	steroidom
accusative	steroid	steroidy
instrumental	steroidem	steroidami
locative	steroidzie	steroidach
vocative	steroidzie	steroidy

Further reading

• steroid in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• steroid in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French stéroïde.

Noun

steroid m (plural steroizi)

1. steroid

Declension

Declension of steroid

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) steroid	steroidul	(niște) steroizi	steroizii
genitive/dative	(unui) steroid	steroidului	(unor) steroizi	steroizilor
vocative	steroidule		steroizilor

Swedish

Noun

steroid c

1. (usually in the plural) a steroid

Declension

Declension of steroid
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	steroid	steroiden	steroider	steroiderna
Genitive	steroids	steroidens	steroiders	steroidernas

Derived terms

• anabol steroid (“anabolic steroid”)

References

• steroid in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• steroid in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• steroid in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Turkish

Etymology

From French stéroïde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s(i)te.ɾo.it/

Noun

steroid (definite accusative steroidi, plural steroidler)

1. steroid

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	steroid
Definite accusative	steroidi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	steroid	steroidler
Definite accusative	steroidi	steroidleri
Dative	steroide	steroidlere
Locative	steroidde	steroidlerde
Ablative	steroidden	steroidlerden
Genitive	steroidin	steroidlerin