Wiktionary

auto-

See also: auto, Auto, autó, aùto, autō, aŭto, Auto., and Appendix:Variations of "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-

  2. Reflexive, regarding or to oneself
    ‎auto- + ‎biography → ‎autobiography
    ‎auto- + ‎erotic → ‎autoerotic
Synonyms Edit
Antonyms Edit
Derived terms Edit
English terms prefixed with auto-
Translations Edit

Etymology 2 Edit

Clipping of automatic

Prefix Edit

auto-

  1. automatic
    ‎auto- + ‎focus → ‎autofocus
    ‎auto- + ‎loader → ‎autoloader
    ‎auto- + ‎walk → ‎autowalk
Derived terms Edit
Translations Edit

Etymology 3 Edit

Clipping of automobile, from auto- + mobile

Prefix Edit

auto-

  1. relating to cars or the driving of cars
    ‎auto- + ‎cross → ‎autocross
    ‎auto- + ‎-phile → ‎autophile
Translations Edit

Anagrams Edit

Catalan Edit

Etymology Edit

From Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).

Prefix Edit

auto-

  1. auto- (regarding oneself)
  2. auto- (relating to cars)

Derived terms Edit

Catalan terms prefixed with auto-

Further reading Edit

Czech Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Prefix Edit

auto-

  1. auto- (regarding oneself)
    Synonym: sebe-
    ‎auto- + ‎cenzura → ‎autocenzura

Derived terms Edit

Czech terms prefixed with auto-

Further reading Edit

  • auto- in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • auto- I in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017
  • auto- II in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Danish Edit

Prefix Edit

auto-

  1. self
    autobiografi, autofiktion
  2. automatic
    autozoom, autopilot
  3. cars
    autoskade, autoværksted

Derived terms Edit

Danish terms prefixed with auto-

Finnish Edit

Etymology Edit

Internationalism (see English auto-), ultimately from Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯to-/, [ˈɑ̝u̯t̪o̞-]

Prefix Edit

auto-

  1. auto-, self- (regarding oneself)
    Synonyms: oma-, itse-
    autobiografia ― autobiography
    autonomia ― autonomy
    omaelämäkerta ― autobiography
    itsehallinto ― self-governance, autonomy
  2. 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

Finnish terms prefixed with auto-

Further reading Edit

Anagrams Edit

French Edit

Etymology Edit

From Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-), from αὐτός (autós, “self”).

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): /o.tɔ/, /ɔ.tɔ/
  • Audio(file)

Prefix Edit

auto-

  1. auto- (regarding oneself)
  2. auto- (automatic)
  3. auto- (relating to cars)

Derived terms Edit

French terms prefixed with auto-

Galician Edit

Etymology Edit

From Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).

Prefix Edit

auto-

  1. auto-, self-

Derived terms Edit

Galician terms prefixed with auto-

Further reading Edit

German Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Prefix Edit

auto-

  1. auto-

Derived terms Edit

German terms prefixed with auto-

Hungarian Edit

Etymology Edit

From Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”).[1]

Pronunciation Edit

Prefix Edit

auto-

  1. auto- (regarding oneself)
  2. auto- (automatic)

Derived terms Edit

Hungarian nouns prefixed with auto-

References Edit

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ 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

  • IPA(key): [au̯to]
  • Hyphenation: auto

Prefix Edit

auto-

  1. auto-: regarding oneself.

Derived terms Edit

Indonesian terms prefixed with auto-

Further reading Edit

Italian Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”).

Prefix Edit

auto-

  1. (highly productive) auto-, self- (regarding oneself; by oneself)
  2. (highly productive) auto-, self- (automatic)
  3. (mathematics) eigen-
  4. (rare) homo- (same)
Derived terms Edit
Italian terms prefixed with auto-
Italian terms prefixed with auto- (self)
Italian terms prefixed with auto- (automatic)

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-

  1. auto- (relating to cars)
Derived terms Edit
Italian terms prefixed with auto- (car)

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-

  1. auto-

Derived terms Edit

Norwegian Bokmål terms prefixed with auto-

References Edit

Norwegian Nynorsk Edit

Etymology Edit

From Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”).

Prefix Edit

auto-

  1. auto-

Derived terms Edit

Norwegian Nynorsk terms prefixed with auto-

References Edit

Polish Edit

Etymology Edit

From Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).

Pronunciation Edit

Prefix Edit

auto-

  1. auto-, as relating to oneself
    Synonym: samo-
    ‎auto- + ‎biografia → ‎autobiografia
  2. auto-, automatic
    Synonym: samo-
    ‎auto- + ‎pilot → ‎autopilot
  3. auto-, as relating to cars
    Synonym: samo-
    ‎auto- + ‎alarm → ‎autoalarm

Derived terms Edit

Polish terms prefixed with auto-

Further reading Edit

  • auto- in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • auto- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese Edit

Etymology Edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”).

Pronunciation Edit

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌaw.tu/ [ˌaʊ̯.tu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌaw.to/ [ˌaʊ̯.to]

Prefix Edit

auto-

  1. self-; auto- (done by or directed at oneself)
    ‎auto- + ‎ódio (“hatred”) → ‎auto-ódio (“self-hatred”)
  2. auto- (automatic)
    ‎auto- + ‎foco (“foco”) → ‎autofoco (“autofocus”)
  3. auto- (relating to automobiles)
    ‎auto- + ‎carro (“car”) → ‎autocarro (“bus”)
  4. (Brazil, linear algebra) eigen- (relating to eigenvectors and eigenvalues)

Derived terms Edit

Portuguese terms prefixed with auto-

Spanish Edit

Etymology Edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).

Prefix Edit

auto-

  1. auto-
  2. drive-in

Derived terms Edit

Spanish terms prefixed with auto-

Further reading Edit

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