"Android" meaning in English

See Android in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: See android. Etymology templates: {{m|en|android}} android Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Android
  1. (computing, mobile telephony) A mobile operating system currently developed by Google. Categories (topical): Computing, Mobile phones, Google Translations (mobile operating system): أندرويد (Arabic), এণ্ড্ৰৈড (endroid) (Assamese), Android (Chinese Mandarin), 安卓 (Ānzhuó) [colloquial] (Chinese Mandarin), एंड्रॉइड (eṇḍrŏiḍ) (Hindi), アンドロイド (Andoroido) (Japanese), 안드로이드 (Andeuroideu) (Korean), Android [masculine] (Portuguese), ਐਂਡਰਾਇਡ (aiṇḍarāiḍa) (Punjabi), Андро́ид (Andróid) [masculine] (Russian), Android [masculine] (Spanish), Android (Swedish), Android (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-Android-en-name-hZV~33EL Disambiguation of Google: 64 36 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 45 55 Topics: communications, computing, electrical-engineering, engineering, mathematics, mobile-telephony, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, telecommunications, telephony

Noun

Forms: Androids [plural]
Etymology: See android. Etymology templates: {{m|en|android}} android Head templates: {{en-noun}} Android (plural Androids)
  1. (computing, mobile telephony) A mobile phone running on Android OS. Categories (topical): Computing, Mobile phones
    Sense id: en-Android-en-noun-f95f22La Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 45 55 Topics: communications, computing, electrical-engineering, engineering, mathematics, mobile-telephony, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, telecommunications, telephony

Inflected forms

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