-oid

oid OID o.i.d. oíd -óid öid ɔid English Etymology en resembling :lbor la:-oīdēs<id:-oid> en la -oīdēs, from en grc -ο-ειδής (the ο being the last vowel of the stem to which the suffix is attached); from grc εἶδος form, likeness. The sense for derogatorily naming groups of people comes from a (originally satirical) reapplication from the usage of the suffix in phrenological and early anthropological terminology (e.g., Mongoloid, Caucasoid, etc.). While often viewed as offensive today, these ethnic terms were not meant to be derogatory inside these fields themselves, but were rather reapplications of the usage found in other scientific settings. Pronunciation -oid en /-ɔɪ̯d/ RP,GenAm,CanE,ScE en /-oɪ̯d/ AuE,NZE en /-ɔ(ː)jɖ/ InE en -oid Suffix adjective-forming suffixes noun-forming suffixes resembling; having the likeness of (usually including the concept of not being the same despite the likeness, but counterexamples exist). en human humanoid en sterol steroid en ellipse ellipsoid en geo- geoid en less commonly Of, pertaining to, or related to. en lympho- lymphoid en myelo- myeloid en aster- asteroid en derogatory Added to nouns to create derogatory terms, typically referring to a particular ideology or group of people. en waste wastoid en west westoid en left leftoid en right rightoid en goblin goblinoid en category theory en category theory Added typically to the name of an algebraic structure, to denote the horizontal categorification of that structure. en group groupoid en ring ringoid en Lie algebra Lie algebroid en monoid monoidoid Usage notes “-oid” may be suffixed to nouns and adjectives to form nouns and adjectives. Synonyms resembling en quasi-, en para-, en -form/en -iform, en -esque, en -ish, en -ly, en -some, en -y, en restricted to casual registers en -ass resembling, en -like forms adjectives from nouns only Coordinate terms en -al -an -ar -ate -ese -ian -ic -id -ish -ory -ous quasi- -y Derived terms en Translations suffix meaning similar but not the same Catalan: ca -oide Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 類 prefix Dutch: nl -oïde Esperanto: eo -oido Finnish: fi -oidi, fi -mainen French: fr -oïde Greek: el -ειδής m f -eidḗs, el -ειδές n (-eidés), el -ειδείς m-p f-p (-eidís) Ancient Greek: grc -ειδής Ido: io -oido Interlingua: ia -oide Italian: it -oide Latin: la -oīdēs Old English: ang -hīwe, ang -hīwed, ang -hīwede Polish: pl -oid m-an m-in, pl -oida f Portuguese: pt -oide Spanish: es -oide Ukrainian: uk -оїд m Volapük: vo Anagrams en dio -iod- DIO DOI I do IOD Ido ODI iod- en productive suffixes German Alternative forms de -oide -oides sometimes for substantives de -id Etymology de resembling :lbor la:-oīdēs<id:-oid> de la -oīdēs, from de grc -οειδής, from grc εἶδος. Pronunciation de LL-Q188 (deu)-Frank C. Müller--oid.wav de De--oid.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Suffix de suffix adjective-forming suffixes -oid (adjective or substantive) Usage notes The gender of nouns in -oid often is the same as the one from the basic word: de Asteroid is masculine like grc ἀστήρ and also like de Stern, de Metalloid is neuter like la metallum and de Metall. However, de Ellipsoid is neuter while la ellipsis and de Ellipse are feminine, yet de Ellipsoide is feminine too. Common declensions of substantives are: genitive singular -en, nominative plural -en, gender m. (e.g. de Android, de Asteroid, de Meteoroid) genitive singular -[e]s, nominative plural -e, gender n. (e.g. de Alkaloid, de Metalloid) Synonyms de -ähnlich, de -artig, de -förmig, de -oidisch adjectives Derived terms de 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 de masculine substantives Android Anthropoid Asteroid Humanoid Meteoroid Parasitoid Planetoid Rhomboid Porphyroid<g:m,n> de 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 de adjectives suffixed with -oid or -id: myeloid paranoid schizoid de neuter substantives with -oid or -id: Dermoid Desmoid Haloid Pinakoid Steroid de adjectives suffixed with -id: australid europid mongolid negrid de neuter substantives suffixed with -id: Amid Geoid Halogenid Ureid See also: de Further reading Polish Etymology pl resembling :der grc:-ειδής<id:adjectival> 1 pl grc -ειδής. Pronunciation Suffix pl suffix m -oid pl bakteria bakteroid Declension or Derived terms pl Further reading