ATM

See also: a.t.m., atm, and atm.

English

Noun

ATM (countable and uncountable, plural ATMs)

1. (banking) Initialism of automated teller machine or initialism of automatic teller machine.
2. (slang, by extension) Any source of a large amount of money.
   • 2007, Alex Padilla

     Too often California is relegated to serving as the nation’s political ATM.

3. (computing) Initialism of Adobe Type Manager.
4. (telecommunications, electronics) Initialism of asynchronous transfer mode.
5. (transport) Initialism of active traffic management.
6. (transport) Initialism of advanced traffic management.
7. (transport) Initialism of air traffic management.
8. (transport) Initialism of available ton mile.
9. (pornography, vulgar) Initialism of ass to mouth.
10. (astronomy) Initialism of amateur telescope maker.
11. (business) Initialism of at the market, see at-the-market offering.

Derived terms

• ATM machine

Translations

(banking) automated teller machine

• Arabic: مَاكِينَةُ اَلصَّرَّافِ الْآلِي‎ f (mākīnatu ṣ-ṣarrāfi l-ʾālī), آلَةْ صَرَّاف الْآلِيّ‎ f (ʾālat ṣarrāf al-ʾāliyy)

  Hijazi Arabic: صَرَّاف‎ m (ṣarrāf)

• Armenian: բանկոմատ (hy) (bankomat)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܨܲܪܵܦܵܐ ܒܸܪܩܵܝܵܐ‎ m (ṣarrāpā birqāyā), ܨܲܪܵܦܵܐ‎ m (ṣarrāpā)
• Belarusian: банкама́т m (bankamát)
• Bulgarian: банкома́т m (bankomát)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 提款機, 提款机 (tai⁴ fun² gei¹), 櫃員機, 柜员机 (gwai⁶ jyun⁴ gei¹), 自動提款機, 自动提款机 (zi⁶ dung⁶ tai⁴ fun² gei¹), 自動櫃員機, 自动柜员机 (zi⁶ dung⁶ gwai⁶ jyun⁴ gei¹)

  Mandarin: 自動櫃員機 (zh), 自动柜员机 (zh) (zìdòng guìyuánjī), 自動取款機 (zh), 自动取款机 (zh) (zìdòng qǔkuǎnjī), 自動提款機 (zh), 自动提款机 (zh) (zìdòng tíkuǎnjī)

• Czech: bankomat (cs) m
• Finnish: pankkiautomaatti (fi)
• French: GAB (fr) m, DAB (fr) m, bancomat (fr) m
• Galician: caixeiro automático m, caixeiro (gl) m
• Georgian: ბანკომატი (banḳomaṭi)
• German: Geldautomat (de) m, Bankomat (de) m (Austria)
• Greek: ΑΤΜ (el) f (ATM)
• Haitian Creole: a te enm, gichè otomatik, kesye otomatik
• Hebrew: כַּסְפּוֹמָט‎ (he) m (kaspomát), בַּנְקָט‎ (he) m (banqát)
• Hindi: स्वगयं (svagyã)
• Icelandic: hraðbanki (is) m
• Italian: bancomat (it) m
• Japanese: ＡＴＭ (ja) (ē-tī-emu), 現金自動預払機 (ja) (げんきんじどうあずけばらいき, genkin jidō azukebaraiki), 自動窓口機 (じどうまどぐちき, jidō madoguchiki), 自動現金預払機 (じどうげんきんよはらいき, yoharai-ki), エーティーエム (ē-tī-emu)
• Khmer: អេធីអឹម (ee tʰii ’iem)
• Korean: 현금 자동 입출금기 (hyeon'geum jadong ipchulgeumgi)
• Lithuanian: bankomatas (lt) m
• Macedonian: банкома́т m (bankomát)
• Maori: mīhini moni
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: minibank (no) m
• Polish: bankomat (pl) m
• Portuguese: caixa eletrônico m
• Russian: банкома́т (ru) m (bankomát)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: банкомат m

  Roman: bankomat (sh) m

• Slovak: bankomat m
• Slovene: bankomat m
• Spanish: cajero automático m, cajero (es) m
• Swahili: kiotomotela
• Swedish: bankomat (sv) c
• Thai: เอทีเอ็ม (th) (ay tee em)
• Turkish: bankamatik (tr)
• Ukrainian: банкома́т m (bankomát)
• Vietnamese: máy rút tiền tự động, máy giao dịch tự động, ATM (vi)

(computing) Adobe Type Manager

• Finnish: ATM (fi)

(pornography, vulgar) ass to mouth

• Finnish: not used in Finnish (perseestä suuhun)

(telecommunication, electronics) Asynchronous Transfer Mode

• Finnish: ATM (fi)
• French: ATM (fr) m
• German: ATM (de)
• Japanese: 非同期転送モード (hidōki tensō mōdo)
• Polish: ATM (pl)
• Vietnamese: chế độ truyền bất đối xứng

(transport) advanced traffic management

• Finnish: not used in Finnish (edistynyt liikenteenhallinta)

(transport) air traffic management

• Finnish: not used in Finnish (lennonjohto)

(transport) available ton mile

• Finnish: tmpk (tonnimeripeninkulma)

Phrase

ATM

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of at the moment.

Alternative forms

• atm

See also

• PIN

Anagrams

• AMT, MAT, MTA, Mat, Mat., TAM, TMA, amt, amt., mat, mat., tam

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈteɛm]

Noun

ATM (first-person possessive ATMku, second-person possessive ATMmu, third-person possessive ATMnya)

1. (banking) Initialism of anjungan tunai mandiri (“automated teller machine”).
2. (computing) Initialism of asynchronous transfer mode.
3. Initialism of alat tenun mesin.

Further reading

• “ATM” in Online Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language [Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia Daring], Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Japanese

Etymology

From English ATM, abbreviation of automated teller machine..

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) エーティーエ​ム [èétííéꜜmù] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [e̞ːtʲiːe̞mɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

A(エー)T(ティー)M(エム) • (ētīemu) 

1. ATM, cash machine

   銀(ぎん)行(こう)のA(エー)T(ティー)M(エム)からお金(かね)を引(ひ)き出(だ)しました（降(お)ろしました）。

   Ginkō no ētīemu kara o-kane o hikidashi mashita (oroshi mashita).

   I withdrew money from an ATM.

Synonyms

• 現(げん)金(きん)自(じ)動(どう)預(あずけ)払(ばらい)機(き) (genkin jidō azukebaraiki)

Related terms

• C(シー)D(ディー) (shīdī)
• 自(じ)動(どう)現(げん)金(きん)支(し)払(はらい)機(き) (jidō genkin shiharaiki)