English pronunciation · Words Starting with A
Android Pronunciation
Android is pronounced AN-droyd, IPA /ˈænˌdrɔɪd/.
AN-droyd
US /ˈænˌdrɔɪd/ · UK /ˈændrɔɪd/
Syllables: AN · droyd (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: A robot built to look and move like a human being, and the name of a phone operating system.
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Android in a Sentence
- The film opens with an android waking up on a freighter.
- The app works on Android but not on older phones.
- Nobody in the room could tell the android from the crew.
Common Mispronunciations of Android
Not an-DROYD
Asteroid and celluloid keep their weight at the front, and this word keeps its own on AN.
Not AN-dro-id
Void and avoid treat oid as a single sliding vowel, so droyd here is one beat and not two.
Tip: The Greek parts are andros, meaning a man, and the eides ending, meaning in the shape of.
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