iPod

American  

[ahy-pod] / ˈaɪˌpɒd /

Digital Technology, Trademark.

1. a brand of portable digital media player.

   These instructions tell you how to download or transfer songs to your iPod.

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iPod British  

/ ˈaɪˌpɒd /

noun

1. a small portable digital audio player capable of storing thousands of tracks downloaded from the internet or transferred from a CD

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Other Word Forms

• iPodder
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of iPod

Coined in 2000 by an unknown person as the name of a type of internet kiosk; independently coined in 2001 by Vincent (Vinnie) Chieco, U.S. freelance copywriter, as the name of the digital media player; i(Mac), the name of a computer model + pod ¹ ( def. )

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

iPod

For his encore performance, he oversaw the launch of the colorful, see-through iMacs and eventually started three new product categories—the iPod in 2001, the iPhone in 2007 and the iPad in 2010.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Apple stores struggled until the release of the iPod music player, which made even Windows users curious enough to wander inside.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

And I was downloading podcasts in 15-minute increments to my iPod Nano.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

In contrast, when you choose to turn on a digital camera and play with its settings or add an album to your iPod library "you move towards something you want versus it coming at you".

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

She was stuck with whatever was on her dad’s iPod, which shuffled between slightly dated and extremely ancient.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson

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