adj
Meaning 1
Having the form of a human.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: anthropomorphous
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
anthropomorphic
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌænθɹəʊpəʊˈmɔːfɪk/
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US: ăn'thrə-pə-môr′fĭk
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US: /ˌænθɹəpəˈmɔɹfɪk/
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)fɪk
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CMU ARPABET: AE2 N TH R AH0 P AH0 M AO1 R F IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Having ascribes, attributes or characteristics of a human being.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
An anthropomorphized animal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, slang
Topics: lifestyle
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
suggesting human characteristics for animals or inanimate things
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: anthropomorphous, humanlike
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́νθρωπος (ắnthrōpos)der. English anthropo- Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -morphic English anthropomorphic From anthropo- + -morphic.
Across languages
Translations
52 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Azerbaijani: antropomorf — having the form of a person
- Catalan: antropomorf — having the form of a person
- Catalan: antropomòrfic — having the form of a person
- Chinese Mandarin: 拟人的 — having the form of a person
- Czech: antropomorfní — having the form of a person
- Danish: antropomorf — having the form of a person
- Dutch: antropomorfisch — having the form of a person
- Esperanto: homforma — having the form of a person
- Finnish: antropomorfinen — having the form of a person
- Finnish: antropomorfistinen — having the form of a person
- French: anthropomorphe — having the form of a person
- Galician: antropomorfo — having the form of a person
- German: anthropomorph — having the form of a person
- Greek: ανθρωπόμορφος (anthropómorfos) — having the form of a person
- Ancient Greek: ἀνθρωπόμορφος (anthrōpómorphos) — having the form of a person
- Indonesian: antropomorfis — having the form of a person
- Kazakh: адам пішінді (adam pışındı) — having the form of a person
- Kazakh: адам тәріздес (adam tärızdes) — having the form of a person
- Malay: antropomorfik — having the form of a person
- Manx: antrapoamorfagh — having the form of a person
- Portuguese: antropomórfico — having the form of a person
- Romanian: antropomorf — having the form of a person
- Russian: антропомо́рфный (antropomórfnyj) — having the form of a person
- Serbo-Croatian: антропомо̀рфан — having the form of a person
- Serbo-Croatian: antropomòrfan — having the form of a person
- Slovak: antropomorfný — having the form of a person
- Slovak: antropomorfický — having the form of a person
- Spanish: antropomorfo — having the form of a person
- Swedish: antropomorf — having the form of a person
- Turkish: antropomorf — having the form of a person
- Turkish: insansı — having the form of a person
- Catalan: antropomòrfic — given human attributes
- Danish: antropomorf — given human attributes
- Dutch: antropomorfisch — given human attributes
- Esperanto: homforma — given human attributes
- Finnish: antropomorfinen — given human attributes
- Finnish: antropomorfistinen — given human attributes
- French: anthropomorphe — given human attributes
- German: anthropomorph — given human attributes
- German: vermenschlicht — given human attributes
- Greek: ανθρωπομορφικός (anthropomorfikós) — given human attributes
- Indonesian: antropomorfis — given human attributes
- Italian: antropomorfo — given human attributes
- Malay: antropomorfik — given human attributes
- Manx: antrapoamorfagh — given human attributes
- Occitan: antropomorfic — given human attributes
- Polish: antropomorficzny — given human attributes
- Portuguese: antropomórfico — given human attributes
- Russian: антропомо́рфный (antropomórfnyj) — given human attributes
- Serbo-Croatian: антропомо̀рфан — given human attributes
- Serbo-Croatian: antropomòrfan — given human attributes
- Spanish: antropomorfo — given human attributes
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