Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ANDROID

n.[Gr. man and form. ] A machine, in the human form, which, by certain springs, performs some of the natural motions of a living man. One of these machines, invented by M. Vaucanson, appeared at Paris is 1738, representing a flute player.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ANDROID

ANDROID An "droid, a.

 

Defn: Resembling a man.

 

ANDROID; ANDROIDES

An "droid, An *droi "des, n. Etym: [Gr.

 

Defn: A machine or automaton in the form of a human being.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

android

an droid |ˈanˌdroid ˈænˌdrɔɪd | ▶noun (in science fiction ) a robot with a human appearance. ORIGIN early 18th cent. (in the modern Latin form ): from modern Latin androides, from Greek anēr, andr- ‘man ’ + -oid .

 

Oxford Dictionary

android

android |ˈandrɔɪd | ▶noun (in science fiction ) a robot with a human appearance. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from modern Latin androides, from andro- + -oid .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

android

android noun a space station run by androids: robot, automaton, cyborg, droid, bot.

 

Duden Dictionary

Androide

An d ro i de , An dro i de Substantiv, maskulin , der |Andro i de |der Androide; Genitiv: des Androiden, Plural: die Androiden zu griechisch anḗr (Genitiv: andrós ) = Mann, Mensch und -id < griechisch -eidḗs = -förmig, zu: eĩdos, Eidos (besonders in der futuristischen Literatur ) menschenähnliche Maschine; künstlicher Mensch

 

French Dictionary

androïde

androïde n. m. nom masculin Robot à forme humaine.

 

Spanish Dictionary

androide

androide nombre masculino Robot con aspecto, movimientos y algunas funciones propias de un ser humano :al principio de la película, el capitán de la nave descubre que un miembro de la tripulación es en realidad un androide .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

android

an droid /ǽndrɔɪd /〖語源は 「人間のような 」〗名詞 C アンドロイド, 人造人間 .形容詞 アンドロイドのような .