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humanoide

Portuguese, noun/u.mɐ̃ˈnɔj.d͡ʒi/

humanoide is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “humanoid (creature with the appearance or characteristics of a human)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “androide, robot ou atómato que se assemelha a um ser humano”.

What does humanoide mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculinehumanoid (having the appearance or characteristics of a human)

noun

  1. 1

    masculinehumanoid (creature with the appearance or characteristics of a human)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. que é semelhante a um humano

noun: 1. androide, robot ou atómato que se assemelha a um ser humano 2. extraterrestre similar a um humano

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of humanoide

  • humanoides plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce humanoide?

  • Brazil /u.mɐ̃ˈnɔj.d͡ʒi/
  • Brazil [u.mɐ̃ˈnɔɪ̯.d͡ʒi]
  • Portugal /u.mɐˈnɔj.dɨ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to humanoide

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is humanoide in Portuguese?

humanoide appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).