auto-

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

EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

aut- (used before a vowel)

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɔː.təʊ/

PrefixEdit

auto-

Regarding oneself
autobiography, autoerotic

Synonym: self-

Antonyms: allo-, hetero-
(from automatic) automatic
autofocus, autoloader, autowalk
(from automobile) relating to cars or the driving of cars
autocross, autophile

Derived termsEdit

► English words prefixed with auto-

TranslationsEdit

regarding oneself

Armenian: ինքն (hy) (inkʿn)
Bulgarian: авто- (avto-)
Catalan: auto- (ca)
Czech: auto- (cs)
Danish: auto-, selv-
Finnish: auto- (fi), itse-, oma- (fi)
French: auto- (fr)
Galician: auto- (gl)
German: auto- (de)
Greek: αυτο- (el) (afto-)
Italian: auto- (it)
Malay: swa- (ms)
Moroccan Amazigh: -ⵎⴰⵏ m (-man), -ⵎⴰⵏⵜ f (-mant), -ⵎⴰⵏⵏ pl or m pl (-mann), -ⵎⴰⵏⵉⵏ pl or f pl (-manin)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: selv-, auto-

Nynorsk: auto-
Persian: اتو‎ (fa) (oto-), خود‎ (fa) (xod-)
Polish: auto- (pl)
Portuguese: auto- (pt)
Russian: авто- (ru) (avto-), само- (ru) (samo-), себе- (sebe-)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ауто-

Roman: auto-
Spanish: auto- (es)

automatic

Armenian: ինքն (hy) (inkʿn)
Bulgarian: авто- (avto-)
Czech: samo-
Danish: auto-
Finnish: auto- (fi), automaatti- (fi), automaattinen (fi)
French: auto- (fr)
Greek: αυτο- (el) (afto-)
Ido: auto-
Italian: auto- (it)
Korean: 자동 (ko) (jadong)
Moroccan Amazigh: -ⵎⴰⵏ m (-man), -ⵎⴰⵏⵜ f (-mant), -ⵎⴰⵏⵏ pl or m pl (-mann), -ⵎⴰⵏⵉⵏ pl or f pl (-manin)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: auto-

Nynorsk: auto-
Polish: auto- (pl)
Portuguese: auto- (pt)
Russian: авто- (ru) (avto-)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ауто-

Roman: auto-

relating to cars or the driving of cars

Armenian: ավտո- (avto-)
Bulgarian: авто- (avto-)
Finnish: auto- (fi)
French: auto- (fr)
Greek: αυτο- (el) (afto-)
Italian: auto- (it)
Norwegian: auto-

Polish: auto- (pl)
Portuguese: auto- (pt)
Russian: авто- (ru) (avto-)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ауто-

Roman: auto-

AnagramsEdit

aout, outa

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).

PrefixEdit

auto-

auto- (regarding oneself)
auto- (relating to cars)

Derived termsEdit

► Catalan words prefixed with auto-

Further readingEdit

“auto-” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“auto-” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
“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.

CzechEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): [ˈau̯to]

PrefixEdit

auto-

auto- (regarding oneself)
‎auto- + ‎cenzura → ‎autocenzura

Synonym: sebe-

Derived termsEdit

► Czech words prefixed with auto-

Further readingEdit

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

DanishEdit

PrefixEdit

auto-

Derived termsEdit

► Danish words prefixed with auto-

FinnishEdit

PrefixEdit

auto-

auto-, self- (regarding oneself)
autobiografia ― autobiography

autonomia ― autonomy

Synonyms: oma-, itse-
omaelämäkerta ― autobiography

itsehallinto ― self-governance, autonomy
auto- (automatic)
autopilotti ― autopilot

Synonyms: automaatti-, automaattinen
automaattiohjaus ― autopilot

Usage notesEdit

In Finnish the prefix auto- is chiefly used with loanwords, see usage examples above.

Derived termsEdit

► Finnish words prefixed with auto-

AnagramsEdit

auot, outa

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /o.to/, /o.tɔ/

PrefixEdit

auto-

auto- (regarding oneself)
auto- (automatic)
auto- (relating to cars)

Derived termsEdit

► French words prefixed with auto-

GalicianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).

PrefixEdit

auto-

auto-, self-

Derived termsEdit

► Galician words prefixed with auto-

Further readingEdit

“auto-” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

GermanEdit

PrefixEdit

auto-

auto-

Derived termsEdit

► German words prefixed with auto-

HungarianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): [ˈɒuto], [ˈɒu̯to]^[2]

PrefixEdit

auto-

auto- (regarding oneself)
auto- (automatic)

Derived termsEdit

► Hungarian nouns prefixed with auto-

ReferencesEdit

^ 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

ItalianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

PrefixEdit

auto-

(highly productive) auto-, self- (regarding oneself; by oneself)
(highly productive) auto-, self- (automatic)
(mathematics) eigen-
(rare) homo- (same)

Derived termsEdit

► Italian words prefixed with auto-

► Italian words prefixed with auto- (self)

► Italian words prefixed with auto- (automatic)

Etymology 2Edit

Derived from auto, automobile.

PrefixEdit

auto-

auto- (relating to cars)

Derived termsEdit

► Italian words prefixed with auto- (car)

ReferencesEdit

auto-¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
auto-² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PrefixEdit

auto-

auto-

Derived termsEdit

► Norwegian Bokmål words prefixed with auto-

ReferencesEdit

“auto-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PrefixEdit

auto-

auto-

Derived termsEdit

► Norwegian Nynorsk words prefixed with auto-

ReferencesEdit

“auto-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Audio
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PrefixEdit

auto-

auto- (regarding oneself)
auto- (automatic)
auto- (relating to cars or the driving of cars)

Derived termsEdit

► Polish words prefixed with auto-

Further readingEdit

auto- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈaw.to/

PrefixEdit

auto-

self-; auto- (done by or directed at oneself)
‎auto- + ‎ódio (“hatred”) → ‎auto-ódio (“self-hatred”)
auto- (automatic)
‎auto- + ‎foco (“foco”) → ‎autofoco (“autofocus”)
auto- (relating to automobiles)
‎auto- + ‎esporte (“sport”) → ‎autoesporte (“car sport”)
(linear algebra) eigen- (relating to eigenvectors and eigenvalues)

Derived termsEdit

► Portuguese words prefixed with auto-

SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).

PrefixEdit

auto-

Derived termsEdit

► Spanish words prefixed with auto-

Further readingEdit

“auto-” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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