automatic

English

Alternative forms

• automatick

Etymology

From French automatique, from Ancient Greek αὐτόματον (automaton), neuter of αὐτόματος (automatos, “selfmoving, moving of oneself, self-acting, spontaneous”), from αὐτός (autos, “self, myself”) + μέμαα (memaa, “to wish eagerly, strive, yearn, desire”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌɔːtəˈmætɪk/, SAMPA: /%O:t@"m{tIk/
• (US) IPA: /ˌɔtəˈmætɪk/, SAMPA: /%Ot@"m{tIk/

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  Rhymes: -ætɪk

Adjective

automatic (not comparable)

1. Capable of operating without external control or intervention.

   The automatic clothes washer was a great labor-saving device

2. Done out of habit or without conscious thought.

   The reaction was automatic: flight!

3. (of a firearm such as a machine gun) Firing continuously as long as the trigger is pressed until ammunition is exhausted.
4. (computing, of a local variable) Automatically added to and removed from the stack during the course of function calls.

Synonyms

• (without conscious thought): perfunctory, thoughtless, instinctive

Antonyms

• (capable of operating without external control): manual
• (without conscious thought): voluntary

Derived terms

• automatically
• automaticity
• automatic transmission
• automatical

Related terms

• automagical
• automat
• automaton
• automation
• automatization
• automatize
• automobile
• autopilot

Translations

capable of operating without external control

Albanian: automatik (sq) Bulgarian: автоматичен (bg) Catalan: automàtic (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 自動的 (cmn), 自动的 (cmn) (zìdòng de) Czech: automatický (cs) m. Danish: automatik (da) Dutch: automatisch (nl) Finnish: automaattinen (fi) German: automatisch (de) Greek: αυτόματος (el) (aftómatos) m. Icelandic: sjálfvirkur (is) m.

Italian: automatico (it) Japanese: 自動な (jidō na); 自動的な (jidōteki na) Luxembourgish: automatesch (lb) Macedonian: автоматски (mk) (avtomátski) m. Malay: automatik (ms) Persian: خودکار (fa) (xodkâr) Polish: automatyczny (1,3), samoczynny (1) Romanian: automat (ro) m. and n., automată (ro) f. Russian: автоматический (ru) (avtomatíčeskij) Slovene: avtomatski, avtomatičen Spanish: automático (es) m. Swedish: automatisk (sv) Vietnamese: tự động (vi)

acting without conscious thought

Albanian: automatik (sq) Bulgarian: неволен (bg), машинален (bg) Catalan: automàtic (ca) Czech: automatický (cs) m. Dutch: automatisch (nl), gedachtenloos, mechanisch Finnish: automaattinen (fi) German: automatisch (de) Greek: αυτόματος (el) (aftómatos) m. Icelandic: sjálfvirkur (is) m.

Italian: automatico (it) Macedonian: автоматски (mk) (avtomátski), механички (mk) (mehánički) Polish: odruchowy m. Romanian: automat (ro) m. and n. Russian: автоматический (ru) (avtomatíčeskij), механический (ru) (mexaníčeskij), машинальный (ru) (mašinál'nyj) Slovene: avtomatski, avtomatičen Swedish: automatisk (sv) Vietnamese: tự nhiên (vi)

describing a firearm which fires continuously

Albanian: automatik (sq) Bulgarian: автоматичен (bg) Czech: automatický (cs) m. Dutch: automatisch (nl) Finnish: automaattinen (fi), sarjatuli- (fi) French: automatique (fr) German: automatisch (de) Greek: αυτόματο (el) (aftómato) n., αυτόματος (el) (aftómatos) m. Icelandic: sjálfvirkur (is) m.

Italian: automatico (it) Macedonian: автоматски (mk) (avtomátski) m., автоматска (mk) (avtomátskа) f., автоматско (mk) (avtomátsko) n. Polish: automatyczny m. Russian: автоматический (ru) (avtomatíčeskij) Slovene: avtomatski Spanish: automático (es) Swedish: automatisk (sv) Vietnamese: tự động

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Breton: emlusk Esperanto: aŭtomata Icelandic: sjálfvirkur (1,2,3) Ido: automata Indonesian: otomatis

Slovak: automatický Telugu: ఆటోమాటిక్ Turkish: otomatik

Noun

automatic (plural automatics)

1. A car with automatic transmission.

   I never learned to drive a stick. I can only drive an automatic.

2. A semi-automatic firearm.

Antonyms

• (car with automatic transmission): stick, stickshift; manual transmission; standard transmission

Translations

A car with automatic transmission

Dutch: automaat (nl) m. German: Auto mit Automatikgetriebe n. Macedonian: автоматик (mk) (avtomátik) m.

Russian: автомат (ru) (avtomát) m. Slovene: avtomatik (sl) m. Spanish: automático (es) m.

A semi-automatic pistol

Bulgarian: автомат (bg) Macedonian: полуавтоматски пиштол (mk) (poluavtomátski píštol) m.

Russian: автомат (ru) (avtomát) m. Spanish: semi-automática (es) f.