auto-
English
editAlternative forms
edit- aut- (used before a vowel)
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɔː.tə-/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔ.tə-/, [ˈɔɾə-]
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈɑ.tə-/, [ˈɑɾə-]
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Hyphenation: au‧to-
Etymology 1
editLearned borrowing from Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-, “self-”).
Prefix
editauto-
- Reflexive, regarding or to oneself.
- auto- + biography → autobiography
- auto- + erotic → autoerotic
Synonyms
editAntonyms
edit- allo-, hetero- (different)
- syn- (concomitant)
- inter- (reciprocal)
- co-, con-/com-/col-/cor-, syn-/sym-/syl-, inter- (mutual)
Derived terms
editTranslations
editregarding oneself
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Etymology 2
editPrefix
editauto-
Derived terms
editTranslations
editautomatic
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Etymology 3
editClipping of automobile,[1] itself equivalent to auto- (“self”) + mobile.
Prefix
editauto-
- Self-propelled.
- Relating to cars or the driving of cars.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editrelating to cars or the driving of cars
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ “auto-, comb. form2”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Anagrams
editCatalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).
Pronunciation
editPrefix
editauto-
Derived terms
editFurther 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, 2025.
- “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
editPronunciation
editPrefix
editauto-
- auto- (regarding oneself)
- Synonym: sebe-
- auto- + cenzura → autocenzura
Derived terms
editFurther reading
editDanish
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).
Prefix
editauto-
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “auto-” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
editEtymology
editInternationalism (see English auto-), ultimately from Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).
Prefix
editauto-
Usage notes
edit- Unlike in English, words relating to cars starting with auto- (e.g. autoweg) are not seen to be formed by prefixation but by regular compounding with the noun auto.
Derived terms
editFinnish
editEtymology
editInternationalism (see English auto-), ultimately from Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).
Pronunciation
editPrefix
editauto-
- 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
editFurther 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
editFrench
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-), from αὐτός (autós, “self”).
Pronunciation
editPrefix
editauto-
Usage notes
edit- Auto- is sometimes added to reflexive verbs in order to stress the reflexiveness of the action. When this is done, the reflexive pronoun is always used as well:
- Je m'auto-sabote. ― I sabotage myself. (literally, “I self-sabotage myself.”)
Derived terms
editGalician
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).
Prefix
editauto-
Derived terms
editFrom
.
Further reading
edit- “auto-”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
German
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Prefix
editauto-
Derived terms
editHungarian
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”).[1]
Pronunciation
editPrefix
editauto-
Derived terms
editReferences
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
editEtymology
editFrom Dutch auto-, from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”).
Pronunciation
editPrefix
editauto-
- auto-: regarding oneself
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “auto-” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
editEtymology 1
editFrom Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”).
Prefix
editauto-
- (highly productive) auto-, self- (regarding oneself; by oneself)
- (highly productive) auto-, self- (automatic)
- (mathematics) eigen-
- (rare) homo- (same)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- auto-1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2
editFrom auto, automobile.
Prefix
editauto-
- auto- (relating to cars)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- auto-2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”).
Prefix
editauto-
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “auto-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”).
Prefix
editauto-
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “auto-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
editEtymology
editDerived from Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /aw.tɔ/
Audio 1: (file) Audio 2: (file) - Rhymes: -awtɔ
- Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]
- Homophone: auto
Prefix
editauto-
- auto-, as relating to oneself
- Synonym: samo-
- auto- + biografia → autobiografia
- auto-, automatic
- auto-, as relating to cars
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- auto- in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”).
Pronunciation
edit
Prefix
editauto-
- 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
editSpanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).
Prefix
editauto-
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “auto-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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