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."

• Audio (US):

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iPod (plural iPods)

1. (trademark) A portable music player made by Apple.
   • 2009, What's Up, Britain?, page 42:

     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, “Replay”, performed by Iyaz:

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

   • 2010 October 26, Derek Thompson, “The iPod Is Dead to Me”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:

     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).

2. (by extension) Any portable personal MP3 player or similar device. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

(Apple):

• Walkman
• Discman

(genericized):

• pocket radio
• walkman
• discman

• iPad
• iMac
• iBook
• iPhone

• Sam Costello (24 June 2019) “How the iPod Got Its Name”, in Lifewire, retrieved 22 August 2019

• Diop, poid

Borrowed from English iPod.

iPod

1. iPod (the Apple iPod)
2. iPod (a generic personal portable MP3 player)

Borrowed from English iPod.

• IPA^(key): /aj.pɔd/

• Audio:

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iPod m (plural iPods)

1. iPod (the Apple iPod)
2. iPod (a generic personal portable MP3 player)

Unadapted borrowing from English iPod.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaj.pɔt/
• Rhymes: -ajpɔt
• Syllabification: i‧Pod

iPod m animal

1. iPod (portable music player made by Apple)

• iPod in Polish dictionaries at PWN

iPod m (plural iPods)

1. iPod (portable music player produced by Apple Inc.)