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# How to pronounce "insectoid" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/ɪnsɛktɔɪd/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **in·sec·toid**

## Meaning & Usage

### ADJECTIVE
- Insect-like.
  - *Example*: "Living beyond the Omega-4 mass relay in the Terminus Systems, the mysterious Collector species is glimpsed so rarely as to be taken for a myth by most in galactic society. In reality, Collectors are human-sized insectoid bipeds and can resemble massive winged beetles. They are a terrifying force in the galaxy, responsible for the murder of hundreds of thousands."

### NOUN
- An insect-like creature.
  - *Example*: "Two hundred Earth years earlier, a race of Insectoids discovered them as the Squishys were sending their first probes to other planets in their own star system."

### Example Sentences
- "Living beyond the Omega-4 mass relay in the Terminus Systems, the mysterious Collector species is glimpsed so rarely as to be taken for a myth by most in galactic society. In reality, Collectors are human-sized insectoid bipeds and can resemble massive winged beetles. They are a terrifying force in the galaxy, responsible for the murder of hundreds of thousands."
- "Two hundred Earth years earlier, a race of Insectoids discovered them as the Squishys were sending their first probes to other planets in their own star system."
- "And I remember standing there behind the podium as I could hear that little insectoid thumb clicking."

### Common Phrases
- little insectoid
- insectoid thumb

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (3 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "insectoid" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "I don't want to spoil it, if you still have this sitting on your DVR, but Watson won handily. And I remember standing there behind the podium as I could hear that little insectoid thumb clicking. It had a robot thumb that was clicking on the buzzer."
- **Watch at 7:23**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2M-SeKey4o&t=443s)

### Example 2
> "Until now, the man was inspired just by man or the animals in producing a robot. We have the animaloid -- and the normal robots inspired by animals, insectoid, so on. We have the androids that are inspired by man."
- **Watch at 12:03**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIfwFLDXFyQ&t=723s)

### Example 3
> "these evolved prohibitions, or limits, to violence out of the system, and instead we imbued robots with a sort of an insectoid, or a colony brain--"
- **Watch at 41:15**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deoi50AQEUE&t=2475s)


## How to Pronounce "insectoid"

- **Syllables**: in · sec · toid
- **IPA**: `/ɪnsɛktɔɪd/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Words

### Word Forms
[insectoidal](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/insectoidal)


## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “insectoid”?
“insectoid” is pronounced /ɪnsɛktɔɪd/ (in · sec · toid). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “insectoid”?
“insectoid” has 3 syllables: in · sec · toid.

### What does “insectoid” mean?
Insect-like.

### How can I hear “insectoid” used in real sentences?
This page has 3 real-world video examples of “insectoid” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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