Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-28023827-20180401083948/@comment-53539-20180401091841

A Vocaloid is a vocaloid, a UTAU a UTAU, a CeVIO is a CeVIO, etc.

Pretty much the "loid" thing is mostly related to Vocaloid.

"Loid" is short for "Android" in the name "Vocaloid" and plays on the "l" from "Vocal" and the "r" from "android". Being Japanese has a "r/l" problem. In other words. All they do is remove the "and" from "Android".

The word for them all is "vocal synthesizer".