Standard Lemma guide

cyborg

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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  • UK: /ˈsaɪ.bɔː(ɹ)ɡ/
  • General-American: /ˈsaɪ.boɹɡ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: S AY1 B AO0 R G Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A being which is part machine and part organic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A human, animal or other being with electronic or bionic prostheses.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To convert (something) into a cyborg.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cyborgize

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a human being whose body has been taken over in whole or in part by electromechanical devices

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a cyborg is a cybernetic organism

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bionic man, bionic woman

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: machine

History

Etymology

Blend of cybernetic + organism. Coined by Austrian neuroscientist Manfred Clynes in 1960.

Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سَايْبُورْغ (sāybūrḡ) — person who is part machine
  • Belarusian: кі́барг (kíbarh) — person who is part machine
  • Bulgarian: ки́борг (kíborg) — person who is part machine
  • Catalan: ciborg — person who is part machine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 賽博格 /赛博格 (sàibógé) — person who is part machine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 生化人 (shēnghuàrén) — person who is part machine
  • Czech: kyborg — person who is part machine
  • Danish: cyborg — person who is part machine
  • Dutch: cyborg — person who is part machine
  • Esperanto: kiborgo — person who is part machine
  • Esperanto: ciborgo — person who is part machine
  • Finnish: kyborgi — person who is part machine
  • French: cyborg — person who is part machine
  • Georgian: კიბორგი (ḳiborgi) — person who is part machine
  • German: Kyborg — person who is part machine
  • German: Cyborg — person who is part machine
  • Greek: σάιμποργκ (sáimporgk) — person who is part machine
  • Greek: άνθρωπος ρομπότ (ánthropos rompót) — person who is part machine
  • Hebrew: קיבורג (kiborg) — person who is part machine
  • Hindi: सायबॉर्ग (sāybŏrg) — person who is part machine
  • Hungarian: kiborg — person who is part machine
  • Italian: cyborg — person who is part machine
  • Japanese: サイボーグ (saibōgu) — person who is part machine
  • Korean: 사이보그 (saibogeu) — person who is part machine
  • Lao: ຊາຍບອກ (sāi bǭk) — person who is part machine
  • Lithuanian: kiborgas — person who is part machine
  • Macedonian: ки́борг (kíborg) — person who is part machine
  • Marathi: साय्बॉर्ग (sāybŏrga) — person who is part machine
  • Persian: سایبورگ (sâyborg) — person who is part machine
  • Polish: cyborg — person who is part machine
  • Portuguese: ciborgue — person who is part machine
  • Romanian: cyborg — person who is part machine
  • Russian: ки́борг (kíborg) — person who is part machine
  • Serbo-Croatian: киборг — person who is part machine
  • Serbo-Croatian: kiborg — person who is part machine
  • Slovak: kyborg — person who is part machine
  • Slovene: kiborg — person who is part machine
  • Spanish: ciborg — person who is part machine
  • Thai: ไซบอร์ก (sai-bɔ̀ɔk) — person who is part machine
  • Ukrainian: кі́борг (kíborh) — person who is part machine
  • Urdu: سایبارگ (sāybārg) — person who is part machine
  • Vietnamese: người máy — person who is part machine
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