ipod

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noun

A portable music player made by Apple.

OriginEnglish pod ← Middle English *pod? ← Old English pād? →
Very commonScrabble 7
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Meanings

ipod1

noun
  1. misspellingMisspelling of iPod.

iPod2

nouniPod (plural iPods)

plural iPods

  1. trademarkA portable music player made by Apple.

    […] It's like my iPod stuck on replay

    2009, “Replay”, performed by Iyaz
    2 more examples

    Britain's twenty-somethings have become iPod-carrying Dick Whittingtons, drawn to London by the prospect of large salaries and hopes of a vibrant social life.

    2009, What's Up, Britain?, page 42

    Like most people I know, I almost always listen to music while I walk. But I don't own an iPod. I don't own a Zune. And I don't own a Walkman (they finally stopped making those last week).

    2010 October 26, Derek Thompson, “The iPod Is Dead to Me”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2013
  2. broadlyAny portable personal MP3 player or similar device.

IPoD3

proper noun
  1. USabbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of Independent Party of Delaware.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Proto-Germanic*natją
  8. Proto-West Germanic*nati
  9. Old Englishnett
  10. Middle Englishnet
  11. Englishnet
  12. Proto-Indo-European*werǵ-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*wérǵom
  14. Proto-Germanic*werką
  15. Proto-West Germanic*werk
  16. Old Englishweorc
  17. Middle Englishwerk
  18. Englishwork
  19. Englishnetwork
  20. Englishinternetwork
  21. EnglishInternet
  22. Englishi-
  23. Proto-Germanic*paidō
  24. Old Englishpād?
  25. Middle English*pod?
  26. Englishpod
  27. EnglishiPod

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."

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Translations

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

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Dioppoid
Cite this entry
APA

ipod. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ipod

MLA

“ipod.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ipod. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ipod,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ipod.

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