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
- (antonym(s) of "different"): allo-, hetero-
- (antonym(s) of "concomitant"): syn-
- (antonym(s) of "reciprocal"): inter-
- (antonym(s) of "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
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auto-
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Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).
Pronunciation edit
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auto-
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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, 2024
- “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
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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][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 edit
French edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-), from αὐτός (autós, “self”).
Pronunciation edit
Prefix edit
auto-
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 edit
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).
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auto-
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From
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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
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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
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auto-
- auto-: regarding oneself.
Derived terms edit
Further 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 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”).
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auto-
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References edit
- “auto-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”).
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auto-
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References edit
- “auto-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).
Pronunciation edit
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auto-
- auto-, as relating to oneself
- Synonym: samo-
- auto- + biografia → autobiografia
- auto-, automatic
- auto-, as relating to cars
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- auto- in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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