Wiktionary

auto-

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

EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • aut- (used before a vowel)

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-, “self-”).

PrefixEdit

auto-

  2. Reflexive, regarding or to oneself
    ‎auto- + ‎biography → ‎autobiography
    ‎auto- + ‎erotic → ‎autoerotic
SynonymsEdit
AntonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
English words prefixed with auto-
TranslationsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Clipping of automatic

PrefixEdit

auto-

  1. automatic
    ‎auto- + ‎focus → ‎autofocus
    ‎auto- + ‎loader → ‎autoloader
    ‎auto- + ‎walk → ‎autowalk
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit

Etymology 3Edit

Clipping of automobile, from auto- + mobile

PrefixEdit

auto-

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

AnagramsEdit

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).

PrefixEdit

auto-

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

Derived termsEdit

Catalan words prefixed with auto-

Further readingEdit

CzechEdit

PronunciationEdit

PrefixEdit

auto-

  1. 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-

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

Derived termsEdit

Danish words prefixed with auto-

FinnishEdit

PrefixEdit

auto-

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

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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

PrefixEdit

auto-

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

Derived termsEdit

French words prefixed with auto-

GalicianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).

PrefixEdit

auto-

  1. auto-, self-

Derived termsEdit

Galician words prefixed with auto-

Further readingEdit

GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

PrefixEdit

auto-

  1. auto-

Derived termsEdit

German words prefixed with auto-

HungarianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

PrefixEdit

auto-

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

Derived termsEdit

Hungarian nouns prefixed with auto-

ReferencesEdit

  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

IndonesianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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

PrefixEdit

auto-

  1. auto-: regarding oneself.

Derived termsEdit

Indonesian words prefixed with auto-

Further readingEdit

ItalianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

PrefixEdit

auto-

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

ReferencesEdit

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

Etymology 2Edit

Derived from auto, automobile.

PrefixEdit

auto-

  1. auto- (relating to cars)
Derived termsEdit
Italian words prefixed with auto- (car)

ReferencesEdit

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

Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PrefixEdit

auto-

  1. auto-

Derived termsEdit

Norwegian Bokmål words prefixed with auto-

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PrefixEdit

auto-

  1. auto-

Derived termsEdit

Norwegian Nynorsk words prefixed with auto-

ReferencesEdit

PolishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).

PronunciationEdit

PrefixEdit

auto-

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

Derived termsEdit

Polish words prefixed with auto-

Further readingEdit

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

PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

PrefixEdit

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 termsEdit

Portuguese words prefixed with auto-

SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).

PrefixEdit

auto-

  1. auto-
  2. drive-in

Derived termsEdit

Spanish words prefixed with auto-

Further readingEdit

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