Standard Lemma guide

iPod

noun · 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

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: AY1 P AA2 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A portable music player made by Apple.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: trademark

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any portable personal MP3 player or similar device.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Misspelling of iPod.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, misspelling

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

(trademark) a pocket-sized device used to play music files

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: stereo, stereophony, stereo system, stereophonic system

Narrower terms: video iPod

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English internetwork English Internet English i- English pod English iPod Coined (and trademarked) by Apple, from i- + pod, suggesting a small place to keep things. Inspired by the space shuttles in 2001: A Space Odyssey and the quote, "Open the pod bay doors, Hal."

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: آي بُود (ʔāy pud) — device
  • Dutch: iPod — device
  • French: iPod — device
  • German: iPod — device
  • Hawaiian: iPoka — device
  • Hebrew: אייפוד (aypod) — device
  • Hindi: आइपॉड (āipŏḍ) — device
  • Japanese: iPod (Aipoddo) — device
  • Korean: 아이팟 (Aipat) — device
  • Lithuanian: aipòdas — device
  • Navajo: hiTSʼezh — device
  • Persian: آیپاد (ây-pâd) — device
  • Polish: iPod — device
  • Portuguese: iPod — device
  • Russian: айпо́д (ajpód) — device
  • Spanish: iPod — device
  • Swedish: iPod — device
  • Swedish: ipod — device
  • Turkish: iPod — device