Android

See also: android

English

Official logo
Smartphones running Android OS

Etymology

See android.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (US):(file)

Proper noun

Android

  1. (computing, mobile telephony) A mobile operating system currently developed by Google.
    • 2010 July 17, “PHP development comes to Google Android”, in Reuters[1]:
      SL4A brings scripting languages to Android by allowing developers to edit and execute scripts and interactive interpreters directly on the Android device, according to Google Labs.

Translations

Noun

Android (plural Androids)

  1. (computing, mobile telephony) A mobile phone running on Android OS.
    • 2016, Technology Made Easy: Simple Ways to Use Your Computer, Phone, and Other Electronic Devices, Peachtree City, Ga.: FC&A Publishing, →ISBN, page 317:
      Both Androids and iPhones have a timer that can delay taking a photo by up to 10 seconds.

Anagrams

German

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /andʁoˈiːt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Audio (Austria):(file)
  • Hyphenation: An‧d‧ro‧id

Noun

Android m (weak, genitive Androiden, plural Androiden, feminine Androidin)

  1. android
Declension

Etymology 2

Unadapted borrowing from English android.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛndʁɔɪ̯t/
  • Hyphenation: An‧d‧ro‧id

Proper noun

Android n (proper noun, strong, genitive Androids or Android)

  1. (computing, mobile telephony) Android (operating system)
Declension

Further reading

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Android

  1. (computing, mobile telephony) Android: a mobile operating system currently developed by Google.

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Android.

Proper noun

Android ?

  1. (computing, mobile telephony) Android: a mobile operating system developed by Google.
    • 2021 July 21, Juan Garzon, “Los mejores celulares Android de 2021”, in CNN en Español[2]:
      Comprar un celular no es fácil, al menos considerando que lo ideal es comprar el mejor para cada uno de nosotros porque no todos tenemos las mismas necesidades, ni le damos el mismo uso, ni podemos pagar el mismo precio, ni tenemos las mismas preferencias. Sin embargo, aquí recopilo los mejores celulares Android de 2021, teniendo en cuenta estos aspectos para ayudarte a determinar cuál podría ser mejor opción para ti.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)