automobile

See also Automobile

English

Wikipedia

An automobile.

Etymology

From French automobile, from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”) + French mobile (“moving”), from Latin mobilis (“movable”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɔ.tə.mə.bɪil/, X-SAMPA: /'O.t@.m@.bIil/
• (US) IPA: /ˈɔ.tə.moʊ.ˌbɪil/, X-SAMPA: /'O.t@.moU."bIil/

• Audio (US, California)

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• Hyphenation: au‧to‧mo‧bile

Noun

automobile (plural automobiles)

1. (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.

Usage notes

• The word automobile implies a car with seating for perhaps four or five passengers. However, it may seat one, two, three, six, or more passengers.
• A vehicle with more than six or seven seats is usually described as a limousine, minivan, van, SUV, bus, etc.

Synonyms

• (passenger vehicle): auto, car, (British) motor, (British) motorcar
• See also Wikisaurus:automobile

Coordinate terms

• truck, van, bus, SUV, minivan, station wagon, sedan, coupe, convertible, sports car, racecar; wagon, cart, trailer, tractor; airplane, boat, ship

Related terms

• automatic
• automotive

Translations

passenger vehicle

Albanian: automobil (sq) Arabic: سيارة (ar) (sayyaara) f. Armenian: մեքենա (hy) (mek'ena), ավտոմեքենա (hy) (avtomek'ena), ավտո (hy) (avto), (colloquial) մաշնա (hy) (mašna) Basque: automobil (eu) Bengali: গাড়ি  (bn), বাহন  (bn), স্বতশ্চলশকট্‌  (bn) Bosnian: automobil (bs) m. Bulgarian: автомобил (bg) (avtomobíl) m. Catalan: automòbil (ca) m. Chinese: Dungan: машинэ Mandarin: 汽車, 汽车 (cmn) (qìchē), 車, 车 (cmn) (chē) Crimean Tatar: avtomobil Croatian: automobil (hr) m. Czech: automobil (cs) m. Esperanto: aŭtomobilo (eo) Finnish: auto (fi), automobiili (fi), henkilöauto (fi) French: voiture (fr) f., auto (fr) f., automobile (fr) m., char (fr) m. (Canada) Georgian: ავტომობილი (ka) m. German: Automobil (de) n. Greek: αυτοκίνητο (el) (aftokínito)

Hebrew: מכונית (he) (mekhonyt) f. Interlingua: automobile, auto Italian: automobile (it), auto (it), macchina (it), vettura (it) Japanese: 自動車 (じどうしゃ, jidōsha), 乗用車 (ja) (jōyōsha), 四輪車 (ja) (yonrinsha), 車 (ja) (kuruma) Kurdish: ئوتوموبیل, ترومبێل, سه‌یاره‌ Macedonian: автомобил (mk) (avtomobíl) m. Maltese: karozza, vettura Nahuatl: tepozmalacatl, teposkalnejnenki (nah) Navajo: chidí Polish: samochód (pl) Portuguese: automóvel (pt) m. Romanian: automobil (ro) Russian: автомобиль (ru) (avtomobíl’) m., машина (ru) (mašína) f. (informal), тачка (ru) (táčka) f. (slang) Serbian: Cyrillic: аутомобил (sr) m. Roman: automobil m. Spanish: automóvil (es) m., carro (es) m., coche (es) f., auto (es) m. Swedish: bil (sv) c. Thai: รถยนต์ (rótyon)

Verb

automobile (third-person singular simple present automobiles, present participle automobiling, simple past and past participle automobiled)

1. (dated) To travel by automobile.

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French

Etymology

auto- +‎ mobile, as the vehicle is powered by an engine rather than pulled by horses.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɔ.tɔ.mɔ.bil/, X-SAMPA: /O.tO.mO.bil/

• Audio (France, Paris)

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• Homophone: automobiles
• Hyphenation: au‧to‧mo‧bile

Adjective

automobile (epicene, plural automobiles)

1. automotive

Noun

automobile f. (plural automobiles)

1. 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.

Synonyms

• (informal) auto
• (France, informal) bagnole
• (France, informal) caisse
• (Quebec) char
• (France, informal) tire
• voiture

Derived terms

• automobilisable
• automobilisme
• automobiliste

Descendants

• German: Automobil

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Italian

Diversi tipi di automobile.

Etymology

auto- +‎ mobile

Pronunciation

• IPA: /au.to.ˈmɔ.bi.le/, [au̯.t̪o.ˈmɔː.bi.le], X-SAMPA: /au.to.'mO.bi.le/, [au_^.t_do.'mO:.bi.le]

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: au‧to‧mò‧bi‧le

Noun

automobile f. (plural automobili)

1. automobile

Synonyms

• auto
• macchina
• vettura