auto-
English Edit
Alternative forms Edit
- aut- (used before a vowel)
Pronunciation Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-, “self-”).
Prefix Edit
auto-
- Reflexive, regarding or to oneself
- auto- + biography → autobiography
- auto- + erotic → autoerotic
Synonyms Edit
Antonyms Edit
- (different): allo-, hetero-
- (concomitant): syn-
- (reciprocal): inter-
- (mutual): co-, con-/com-/col-/cor-, syn-/sym-/syl-, inter-
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Etymology 2 Edit
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auto-
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Etymology 3 Edit
Clipping of automobile, from auto- + mobile
Prefix Edit
auto-
Translations Edit
Anagrams Edit
Catalan Edit
Etymology Edit
From Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).
Prefix Edit
auto-
Derived terms Edit
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, 2023
- “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.
Czech Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Prefix Edit
auto-
- auto- (regarding oneself)
- Synonym: sebe-
- auto- + cenzura → autocenzura
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Danish Edit
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auto-
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Finnish Edit
Etymology Edit
Internationalism (see English auto-), ultimately from Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).
Pronunciation Edit
Prefix Edit
auto-
- auto-, self- (regarding oneself)
- auto- (automatic)
- Synonyms: automaatti-, automaattinen
- autopilotti ― autopilot
- automaattiohjaus ― autopilot
Usage notes Edit
- In Finnish the prefix auto- is chiefly used with loanwords, see usage examples above.
Derived terms Edit
Further reading Edit
- "auto-" in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish).
Anagrams Edit
French Edit
Etymology Edit
From Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-), from αὐτός (autós, “self”).
Pronunciation Edit
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auto-
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Galician Edit
Etymology Edit
From Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).
Prefix Edit
auto-
Derived terms Edit
Further reading Edit
- “auto-” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
German Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Audio (file)
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auto-
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Hungarian Edit
Etymology Edit
From Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”).[1]
Pronunciation Edit
Prefix Edit
auto-
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References Edit
- ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
- ^ Siptár, Péter and Miklós Törkenczy. The Phonology of Hungarian. The Phonology of the World’s Languages. Oxford University Press, 2007. →ISBN, p. 17
Indonesian Edit
Etymology Edit
From Dutch auto-, from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”).
Pronunciation Edit
Prefix Edit
auto-
- auto-: regarding oneself.
Derived terms Edit
Further reading Edit
- “auto-” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Italian Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
From Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”).
Prefix Edit
auto-
- (highly productive) auto-, self- (regarding oneself; by oneself)
- (highly productive) auto-, self- (automatic)
- (mathematics) eigen-
- (rare) homo- (same)
Derived terms Edit
Further reading Edit
- auto-1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2 Edit
From auto, automobile.
Prefix Edit
auto-
- auto- (relating to cars)
Derived terms Edit
Further reading Edit
- auto-2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Norwegian Bokmål Edit
Etymology Edit
From Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”).
Prefix Edit
auto-
Derived terms Edit
References Edit
- “auto-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk Edit
Etymology Edit
From Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”).
Prefix Edit
auto-
Derived terms Edit
References Edit
- “auto-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish Edit
Etymology Edit
From Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).
Pronunciation Edit
Prefix Edit
auto-
- auto-, as relating to oneself
- Synonym: samo-
- auto- + biografia → autobiografia
- auto-, automatic
- auto-, as relating to cars
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Further reading Edit
Portuguese Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”).
Pronunciation Edit
Prefix Edit
auto-
- self-; auto- (done by or directed at oneself)
- auto- (automatic)
- auto- (relating to automobiles)
- (Brazil, linear algebra) eigen- (relating to eigenvectors and eigenvalues)
Derived terms Edit
Spanish Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).
Prefix Edit
auto-
Derived terms Edit
Further reading Edit
- “auto-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014