-oid

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing 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 === (UK, US, Canada) IPA(key): /-ɔɪd/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /-oɪd/ === Suffix === -oid Resembling; having the likeness of (usually including the concept of not being the same despite the likeness, but counterexamples exist). ‎human + ‎-oid → ‎humanoid ‎sterol + ‎-oid → ‎steroid ‎ellipse + ‎-oid → ‎ellipsoid ‎geo- + ‎-oid → ‎geoid (less commonly) Of, pertaining to, or related to. ‎lympho- + ‎-oid → ‎lymphoid ‎myelo- + ‎-oid → ‎myeloid ‎aster- + ‎-oid → ‎asteroid Added to nouns to create derogatory terms, typically referring to a particular ideology or group of people. ‎waste + ‎-oid → ‎wastoid ‎west + ‎-oid → ‎westoid ‎left + ‎-oid → ‎leftoid ‎right + ‎-oid → ‎rightoid (category theory) Added typically to the name of an algebraic structure, to denote the horizontal categorification of that structure. ‎group + ‎-oid → ‎groupoid ‎ring + ‎-oid → ‎ringoid ‎Lie algebra + ‎-oid → ‎Lie algebroid ‎monoid + ‎-oid → ‎monoidoid ==== Usage notes ==== “-oid” may be suffixed to nouns and adjectives to form nouns and adjectives. ==== Synonyms ==== (resembling): quasi-, para-, -form/-iform, -esque, -ish, -ly, -some, -y, (restricted to casual registers) -ass, (forms adjectives from nouns only) -like ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === -iod-, DIO, DOI, I do, IOD, Ido, ODI, iod- == German == === Alternative forms === -oide, -oides (sometimes for substantives) -id === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin -oīdēs, from Ancient Greek -οειδής (-oeidḗs), from εἶδος (eîdos). === Pronunciation === === Suffix === -oid -oid (adjective or substantive) ==== Usage notes ==== 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: genitive singular -en, nominative plural -en, gender m. (e.g. Android, Asteroid, Meteoroid) genitive singular -[e]s, nominative plural -e, gender n. (e.g. Alkaloid, Metalloid) ==== Synonyms ==== -ähnlich, -artig, -förmig, -oidisch (adjectives) ==== Derived terms ==== See also: == Polish == === Etymology === Derived from Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔ.it/ Rhymes: -ɔit Syllabification: -o‧id === Suffix === -oid m -oid ‎bakteria + ‎-oid → ‎bakteroid ==== Declension ==== or ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === -oid in Polish dictionaries at PWN