auto
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɔːtəʊ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔtoʊ/, [ˈɔɾoʊ]
- (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɑtoʊ/, [ˈɑɾoʊ]
- Homophones: Otto, otto (in accents with the cot-caught merger)
- Rhymes: (General American, Canada) -ɑtoʊ
Etymology 1 edit
From Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”), metanalyzed from auto- in words such as automatic, autopilot, and automobile.
Adjective edit
auto (not comparable)
- (automotive) Clipping of automatic. (of a gearbox/transmission)
- It's an auto sedan which we picked up from a wholesaler locally.
Noun edit
auto (countable and uncountable, plural autos)
- (chiefly attributive) An automobile.
- My brother is an auto mechanic.
- (uncountable) A setting for automatic operation.
- (automotive) An automatic gearbox/transmission.
- A body-coloured centre pillar signalled the arrival of an electronic four-speed auto, slight suspension revisions and minor trim changes.
- (automotive) A car with an automatic gearbox/transmission.
- It wasn't too bad but we did hire an auto (couldn't imagine changing gears with my right hand).
Synonyms edit
- (automobile, attributively): automobile, car, motorcar; motor
Derived terms edit
- autobesity
- auto body
- autocade
- autocamp
- autocide
- autocoach
- auto court
- autocrash
- autocrime
- autoette
- autogas
- auto insurance
- autoist
- autoless
- auto loan
- automaker
- automaking
- automan
- automania
- automaniac
- auto mechanic
- auto park
- auto part
- autophobia
- autopia
- auto poker
- auto polo
- auto racing
- autorack
- auto safety seat
- auto sear
- auto shop
- auto show
- autospeak
- autotransporter
- auto transport truck
- autoworker
- full auto, full-auto
- grand theft auto
- nonauto
- philautia
Verb edit
auto (third-person singular simple present autos, present participle autoing, simple past and past participle autoed)
- (intransitive, dated) To travel by automobile.
- 1907, Automotive Industries, volume 16, page 711:
- The food was excellent and well served, and it recalled the Norman cities he had autoed to.
- 1924, The Smith Alumnae Quarterly, volumes 16-17, page 318:
- Christmas Day we decided to spend in snow, in order to feel more at home, and so we autoed up 5000 ft. to Peira Cava and reveled in the winter sports, autoing back to the roses and “summer time” at nightfall.
Etymology 2 edit
Clipping of autorickshaw, from Hindi ऑटो रिक्शा (ŏṭo rikśā).
Noun edit
auto (plural autos)
- (India) An autorickshaw.
- ... users are often unable to note down the number of the taxi or the auto as the driver will just zoom past.
See also edit
Anagrams edit
Basque edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
auto inan
Declension edit
indefinite | singular | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
absolutive | auto | autoa | autoak |
ergative | autok | autoak | autoek |
dative | autori | autoari | autoei |
genitive | autoren | autoaren | autoen |
comitative | autorekin | autoarekin | autoekin |
causative | autorengatik | autoarengatik | autoengatik |
benefactive | autorentzat | autoarentzat | autoentzat |
instrumental | autoz | autoaz | autoez |
inessive | autotan | autoan | autoetan |
locative | autotako | autoko | autoetako |
allative | autotara | autora | autoetara |
terminative | autotaraino | autoraino | autoetaraino |
directive | autotarantz | autorantz | autoetarantz |
destinative | autotarako | autorako | autoetarako |
ablative | autotatik | autotik | autoetatik |
partitive | autorik | — | — |
prolative | autotzat | — | — |
Derived terms edit
- auto-ilara (“traffic jam”)
- autobide (“freeway”)
- autoeskola
- autogile (“car manufacturer”)
- autogintza (“car manufacturing”)
- autozain
- autozale
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
auto m (plural autos)
Further reading edit
- “auto” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “auto”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “auto” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “auto” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Cimbrian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian auto, a clipping of automobile.
Noun edit
auto m
- (Luserna) car, automobile
References edit
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
auto n
Declension edit
Further reading edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French auto, from automobile. Equivalent to a shortened form of automobiel.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
auto m (plural auto's, diminutive autootje n)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
auto (genitive auto, partitive autot)
- car, automobile
- (at second or later mention) any motor vehicle, including trucks, vans, and fire engines.
Declension edit
Declension of auto (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation) | |||
---|---|---|---|
singular | plural | ||
nominative | auto | autod | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | auto | ||
genitive | autode | ||
partitive | autot | autosid | |
illative | autosse | autodesse | |
inessive | autos | autodes | |
elative | autost | autodest | |
allative | autole | autodele | |
adessive | autol | autodel | |
ablative | autolt | autodelt | |
translative | autoks | autodeks | |
terminative | autoni | autodeni | |
essive | autona | autodena | |
abessive | autota | autodeta | |
comitative | autoga | autodega |
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Clipping of automobiili, from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
auto
Declension edit
Inflection of auto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
nominative | auto | autot | ||
genitive | auton | autojen | ||
partitive | autoa | autoja | ||
illative | autoon | autoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | auto | autot | ||
accusative | nom. | auto | autot | |
gen. | auton | |||
genitive | auton | autojen | ||
partitive | autoa | autoja | ||
inessive | autossa | autoissa | ||
elative | autosta | autoista | ||
illative | autoon | autoihin | ||
adessive | autolla | autoilla | ||
ablative | autolta | autoilta | ||
allative | autolle | autoille | ||
essive | autona | autoina | ||
translative | autoksi | autoiksi | ||
abessive | autotta | autoitta | ||
instructive | — | autoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
- (formal) henkilöauto
- (all colloquial) kiesi, kosla, pirssi, kauppakassi, kaara, peltilehmä, ritsa, kottero, kumijalka, kärry, biili
- (archaic, now humorous) hyrysysy
Derived terms edit
- ambulanssiauto
- amfibioauto
- asuntoauto
- aura-auto
- aurinkoauto
- autoajelu
- autoala
- autoasema
- autoasentaja
- autoetu
- autogangsteri
- autohajottamo
- autohalli
- autoharja
- autohuoltamo
- autohurjastelija
- autohurjastelu
- autohälytin
- autojenkuljetusvaunu
- autojono
- autojuna
- autokaista
- autokamera
- autokansi
- autokanta
- autokatos
- autokatsastus
- autokauppa
- autokauppias
- autoklinikka
- autokolari
- autokorjaamo
- autokoulu
- autokuljetus
- autokulkue
- autokunta
- autokuorma
- autokuski
- autokyyti
- autolautta
- autoletka
- autoliike
- autoliikenne
- autolähtö
- automaalaamo
- automaalari
- automalli
- automarketti
- automatka
- automatkailu
- automekaanikko
- automerkki
- automurto
- automyyjä
- autonajaja
- autonajo
- autonalusta
- autonasentaja
- autonavain
- autonhuolto
- autonkatsastaja
- autonkatsastamo
- autonkatsastus
- autonkori
- autonkuljettaja
- autonkuljetusauto
- autonkuljetusvaunu
- autonmyyjä
- autonomistaja
- autonosa
- autonpyörä
- autonrengas
- autonromu
- autonrotisko
- autonrämä
- autonvalmistaja
- auto-onnettomuus
- autopaikka
- autopankki
- autopeltiseppä
- autopesula
- autopikajuna
- autopommi
- autopuhelin
- autopukki
- autopurkaamo
- autopurkamo
- autoradio
- autoradiopuhelin
- autorahtikirja
- autorata
- autoretki
- autosaattue
- autosampoo
- autoshampoo
- autosotamies
- autosuunnistus
- autotalli
- autotehdas
- autotekniikka
- autoteline
- autoteollisuus
- autotermiitti
- autotie
- autoturma
- autourheilija
- autourheilu
- autovaha
- autovaja
- autovakuutus
- autovaras
- autovarikko
- autovarkaus
- autovero
- autovuokraamo
- avoauto
- avolava-auto
- dieselauto
- edustusauto
- erikoisauto
- farmariauto
- formula-auto
- golfauto
- henkilöauto
- hinausauto
- huoltoauto
- hybridiauto
- hylkyauto
- höyryauto
- imuauto
- itäauto
- jakeluauto
- johdinauto
- jäteauto
- jätteenkuljetusauto
- jäätelöauto
- kaasuauto
- kaiutinauto
- kakkosauto
- karja-auto
- karjankuljetusauto
- kasteluauto
- katalysaattoriauto
- katalyyttiauto
- kauppa-auto
- kaupunkiauto
- kevytauto
- kiihdytysauto
- kilpa-auto
- kippiauto
- kirjastoauto
- kiskoauto
- kolariauto
- kotipalveluauto
- kouluauto
- koululaisauto
- kuljetusauto
- kuorma-auto
- kuuauto
- kylmäkuljetusauto
- kääpiöauto
- lava-auto
- lavettiauto
- leasingauto
- leikkiauto
- lentoauto
- linja-auto
- loistoauto
- loka-auto
- luksusauto
- lumiaura-auto
- länsiauto
- maansiirtoauto
- maastoauto
- maitoauto
- matkailuauto
- mikroauto
- mittariauto
- monikäyttöauto
- monsteriauto
- mopoauto
- museoauto
- muuttoauto
- myymäläauto
- mäkiauto
- nelivetoauto
- neppiauto
- neppisauto
- nostolava-auto
- nosturiauto
- ongelmajäteauto
- onnettomuusauto
- pakettiauto
- paloauto
- pankkiauto
- panssariauto
- partioauto
- pelastusauto
- peltoauto
- perheauto
- piiska-auto
- pikkuauto
- pirssiauto
- poliisiauto
- polkuauto
- polttomoottoriauto
- postiauto
- postipalveluauto
- ralliauto
- rata-auto
- rekka-auto
- rinneauto
- robottiauto
- romuauto
- roska-auto
- ruumisauto
- safariauto
- sairaankuljetusauto
- sairasauto
- seka-auto
- siviiliauto
- sähköauto
- säiliöauto
- taksiauto
- tankkiauto
- teurasauto
- tiepalveluauto
- tikasauto
- tila-auto
- turma-auto
- turva-auto
- työsuhdeauto
- täyssähköauto
- törmäilyauto
- ulkolähetysauto
- ulkotuotantoauto
- umpiauto
- urheiluauto
- vaihtoauto
- vakioauto
- vetoauto
- vetyauto
- vuokra-auto
- yhdistelmäauto
- yhteisauto
- yhteiskäyttöauto
- yksityisauto
- yritysauto
- ääniauto
- öljyauto
Further reading edit
- “auto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Clipping of automobile.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
auto f (plural autos)
- car
- Synonyms: automobile, voiture
Descendants edit
- → Armenian: օթո (ōtʻo)
- → Mauritian Creole: loto
- → Moroccan Arabic: لوطو (lūṭu)
- → Turkish: oto
- → Vietnamese: ô tô
Anagrams edit
Inari Sami edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
auto
Inflection edit
Even inflection in -o[1] | ||
---|---|---|
singular | plural | |
Nominative | auto | autoh |
Accusative | auto | autoid |
Genitive | auto | autoi |
Illative | auton | autoid |
Locative | autost | autoin |
Comitative | autoin | autoiguin |
Abessive | autottáá | autoittáá |
Essive | auton | — |
Partitive | autod | — |
Alternative forms edit
References edit
Interlingua edit
Etymology edit
Shortened form of automobile, from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”).
Noun edit
auto (plural autos)
- car, automobile
- Synonym: automobile
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Clipping of automobile.
Noun edit
auto f (invariable)
- Clipping of automobile: car
- Synonyms: automobile, macchina, vettura
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Cimbrian: auto
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
auto m (invariable)
Etymology 3 edit
From Spanish and Portuguese auto (literally “act”).
Noun edit
auto m (invariable)
- (historical, uncountable) auto (genre of dramatic literature)
- (historical) an auto literary work
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
auto
Kari'na edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Cariban *ôwtô; compare Wayana ëutë, Waiwai ïwtï, Akawaio öutö, Macushi ewîtî, Pemon autö, Ye'kwana öttö.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
auto (possessed auty)
References edit
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary[2], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 248
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “auto”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 117; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes[3], Paris, 1956, page 117
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯.toː/, [ˈäu̯t̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯.to/, [ˈäːu̯t̪o]
Adjective edit
autō
Latvian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Shortened form of automašīna.
Pronunciation edit
(file)
Noun edit
auto m (invariable)
- (colloquial) car (automobile, a vehicle steered by a driver)
- Synonyms: automašīna, mašīna
Etymology 2 edit
See aut.
Participle edit
auto
Nauruan edit
Noun edit
auto
Neapolitan edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
auto (feminine singular auta, masculine plural aute, feminine plural aute)
Adverb edit
auto
References edit
- Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “àuto-a”, in Schedario Napoletano
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Auto, from French auto, a clipping of automobile.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
auto n (diminutive autko or auteczko)
- (colloquial) car, automobile
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:samochód
Declension edit
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin āctus, perfect passive participle of agō (“to make, I do”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- (“to lead”). Doublet of ato and acto.
Noun edit
auto m (plural autos)
- a public deed or ceremony
- Synonyms: solenidade, cerimônia
- auto (a sub-genre of dramatic literature)
- (dated) act; deed
- act (record of an accomplishment)
- document that is part of a lawsuit or court case
- narration or description of an event made by a public authority and which serves as evidence of such event (e.g. a traffic citation)
Derived terms edit
- (public deed): auto-da-fé
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
auto m (plural autos)
Related terms edit
Romagnol edit
Etymology edit
Clipping of automòbila.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
auto f (invariable)
- car
- Synonym: automòbila
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Masotti, Adelmo (1996) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano [Romagnol-Italian dictionary] (in Italian), Bologna: Zanichelli, page 46
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
àuto m or n (Cyrillic spelling а̀уто)
- car, automobile
- Synonym: kola
- Ne možeš da uzmeš auto, jer nema benzina. ― You can’t take the car, because there isn’t any gas.
- 1989, Vidosav Stevanović, Inicijali:
- Cigareta beše gorka kao pepeo. Sedeo sam u autu (ruke na volanu, glava na rukama) i osluškivao kišu – večan, jednoličan i uvek nov šum, dirljivo dosadan i meni neobično, tužno uzbudljiv; rominjala je šapućući kao starica koja plače na tuđem grobu.
- The cigarette was as bitter as ash. I sat in the car (hands on the steering wheel, head on my hands) and listened to the rain - eternal, monotonous and always new noise, touchingly boring and strangely, sadly exciting for me; she whispered like an old woman crying at someone else's grave.
Note: While the masculine form is preferred across all standards, the neuter gender is often found both in Serbian and Croatian dialects ("plavo auto" instead of "plavi auto"). In some regions (e.g. parts of Dalmatia), the word is almost always used in its neuter form. When the word is used with neuter gender, the declension changes accordingly.
Declension edit
References edit
- “auto” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovak edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
auto n (declension pattern of mesto)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “auto”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Shortening of automóvil, from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”).
Noun edit
auto m (plural autos)
- (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Uruguay) car, automobile
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Early borrowing from Latin actus. Doublet of the later borrowing acto.
Noun edit
auto m (plural autos)
- (law, formal) order, writ, resolution
- (literature) short play from the Middle Ages or the Renaissance
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “auto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Dutch auto, from French auto.
Noun edit
auto c (plural auto's)
- A car, an automobile.