automobile
See also: Automobile and auto-mobile
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French automobile, from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”) + French mobile (“moving”), from Latin mōbilis (“movable”).
PronunciationEdit
- (noun, verb)
- (UK, General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈɔː.tə.məˌbiːl/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɔː.tə.məˌbil/, /ˌɔː.tə.məˈbil/, /ˌɔː.təˈmoʊ.bil/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: au‧to‧mo‧bile
- (adjective)
NounEdit
automobile (plural automobiles)
- (US, Canada) A type of vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and a very limited amount of other load. A car or motorcar.
- 2013 July-August, Philip J. Bushnell, “Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance”, in American Scientist:
- Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident.
Usage notesEdit
- The word automobile usually implies a car with seating for perhaps four or five passengers.
- A vehicle with more than six or seven seats is usually described as a limousine, minivan, van, SUV, bus, etc.
SynonymsEdit
- (passenger vehicle): auto, car, (British) motor, (British) motorcar
- See also Thesaurus:automobile
Coordinate termsEdit
- truck, van, bus, SUV, minivan, station wagon, sedan, coupe, convertible, sports car, racecar; wagon, cart, trailer, tractor; airplane, boat, ship
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- → Alabama: mobìlika
- → Hawaiian: ʻokomopila
- → Unami: hatëmopil
TranslationsEdit
passenger vehicle
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VerbEdit
automobile (third-person singular simple present automobiles, present participle automobiling, simple past and past participle automobiled)
- (intransitive, dated) To travel by automobile.
TranslationsEdit
AdjectiveEdit
automobile (not comparable)
- Self-moving; self-propelled.
- 1919, Nikola Tesla, My Inventions
- As early as 1898 I proposed to representatives of a large manufacturing concern the construction and public exhibition of an automobile carriage which, left to itself, would perform a great variety of operations involving something akin to judgment.
- Synonym: autokinetic
- 1919, Nikola Tesla, My Inventions
TranslationsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
auto- + mobile, as the vehicle is powered by an engine rather than pulled by horses.
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /o.tɔ.mɔ.bil/, /ɔ.tɔ.mɔ.bil/
Audio (France, Paris) (file) - Homophone: automobiles
- Hyphenation: au‧to‧mo‧bile
AdjectiveEdit
automobile (plural automobiles)
NounEdit
automobile f (plural automobiles)
- automobile
- L’automobile est un moyen de déplacement pratique à la campagne, mais cher et polluant.
- The automobile is a practical means of travel in the countryside, but it's expensive and polluting.
SynonymsEdit
- (informal) auto
- (France, informal) bagnole
- (France, informal) caisse
- (Quebec, Louisiana) char
- (France, informal) tire
- voiture
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- → Dutch: automobiel
- → English: automobile
- → German: Automobil
- → Russian: автомоби́ль (avtomobílʹ)
- → Armenian: ավտոմոբիլ (avtomobil)
- → Azerbaijani: avtomobil
- → Georgian: ავტომობილი (avṭomobili)
- → Kazakh: автомобиль (avtomobil)
- → Kyrgyz: автомобиль (avtomobilʹ)
- → Turkmen: awtomobil
- → Uyghur: ئاپتوموبىل (aptomobil)
- → Uzbek: avtomobil
Further readingEdit
- “automobile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
automobile f (plural automobili)