auto

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See also Auto, auto-, autó, autō, aùto, and aŭto

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Ancient Greek αὐτός (autos, self), metanalyzed from auto- in words such as automatic, autopilot, and automobile.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (General American) IPA: /ˈɔtoʊ/, X-SAMPA: /"OtoU/, /"AtoU/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɔːtəʊ/, X-SAMPA: /"O:t@U/

Noun [edit]

auto (plural autos)

  1. (chiefly attributively) An automobile.
    • My brother is an auto mechanic.
  2. A setting for automatic operation.
    • Put it on auto.
  3. A writ

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  • (setting for automatic operation): manual

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Czech [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Ancient Greek αὐτός (autos, self).

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auto n

  1. auto, automobile, car

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Dutch [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Shortened form of automobiel, from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autos, self).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ˈʌu̯toː/, /ˈoːtoː/
  • (file)

Noun [edit]

auto m (plural auto's, diminutive autootje)

  1. car, automobile

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Estonian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Ancient Greek αὐτός (autos, self).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ˈɑuto/

Noun [edit]

auto (genitive auto, partitive autot)

  1. car, automobile

Declension [edit]

This Estonian noun needs an inflection-table template.

Finnish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Shortened form of automobiili, from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autos, self).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • Hyphenation: au‧to
  • IPA: [ˈɑuto̞]

Noun [edit]

auto

  1. car
  2. automobile

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French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Shortened form of automobile, from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autos, self)

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Noun [edit]

auto f (plural autos)

  1. car

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Interlingua [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Shortened form of automobile, from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autos, self).

Noun [edit]

auto (plural autos)

  1. car, auto

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Italian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Shortened form of automobile, from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autos, self).

Noun [edit]

auto f (invariable)

  1. car

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Japanese [edit]

Romanization [edit]

auto

  1. See アウト

Neapolitan [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin altus

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /'awt̪ɐ/

Adjective [edit]

auto m (feminine auta, m plural auti, f plural aute)

  1. tall
  2. high (about the position)

Adverb [edit]

auto

  1. high

Polish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Ancient Greek αὐτός (autos, self).

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auto n (plural auta)

  1. car

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Portuguese [edit]

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Etymology 1 [edit]

From Latin āctus (act), perfect passive participle of agō (I make, I do), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-, *agʰ- (to lead).

Noun [edit]

auto m (plural autos)

  1. a public deed or ceremony
  2. auto (a sub-genre of dramatic literature)
  3. (dated) act; deed
  4. act (record of something done)
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Etymology 2 [edit]

Abbreviated from automóvel.

Noun [edit]

auto m (plural autos)

  1. automobile; car
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Serbo-Croatian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Shortened form of automòbīl.

Noun [edit]

àuto m (Cyrillic spelling а̀уто)

  1. car, automobile

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Slovak [edit]

Noun [edit]

auto n

  1. car (automobile, a vehicle steered by a driver)

Spanish [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

Shortening of automóvil, from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autos, self).

Noun [edit]

auto m (plural autos)

  1. car
  2. writ
  3. A short dramatic play with biblical or allegorical characters.
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Etymology 2 [edit]

Noun [edit]

auto m (plural autos)

  1. (law, formal) Order, or writ, or resolution