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)

  (file)

• 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 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.

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

• Afrikaans: automobiel (af)
• Albanian: automobil (sq)
• Arabic: سيارة (ar) (sayyaara) f
• Armenian: մեքենա (hy) (mek'ena), ավտոմեքենա (hy) (avtomek'ena), ավտո (hy) (avto), (colloquial) մաշնա (hy) (mašna)
• Azeri: avtomobil (az)
• Basque: automobil (eu)
• Bengali: গাড়ি (bn), বাহন (bn), স্বতশ্চলশকট্‌ (bn), মোটরগাড়ি (bn) (mōṭaragāṛi)
• Bulgarian: автомобил (bg) (avtomobíl) m
• Catalan: automòbil (ca) m
• Cebuano: awto
• Chinese:

  Dungan: машинэ

  Mandarin: 汽車 (cmn), 汽车 (cmn) (qìchē), 車 (cmn), 车 (cmn) (chē), 機動車 (cmn), 机动车 (cmn) (jīdòngchē)

• Crimean Tatar: avtomobil
• 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) (avtomobili) m
• German: Automobil (de) n, Auto (de) n, Kraftfahrzeug (de) n, Personenwagen (de) m, Kraftwagen (de) m, Personenkraftwagen (de) m, PKW (de) m, Pkw (de) m, Wagen (de) m
• Greek: αυτοκίνητο (el) (aftokínito)
• Haitian Creole: otomobil
• Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai: anbil
• Hebrew: מכונית (he) (mekhonyt) f
• Indonesian: otomobil (id)
• Interlingua: automobile (ia), auto (ia)
• 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)
• Kannada: ವಾಹನ (kn) (vāhana)

• Khmer: ឡាន (km) (laan)
• Korean: 일이 빠른 사람 (ko) (il-i ppaleun salam)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ئوتوموبیل, ترومبێل, سه‌یاره‌

• Lao: ລົດໃຫຍ່ (lo) (lodhainy)
• Macedonian: автомобил (mk) (avtomobíl) m
• Malay: kereta yang (ms), kereta (ms)
• Maltese: karozza (mt), vettura (mt)
• Maori: motokā (mi)
• Marathi: मोटार (mr) (mōṭāra) n
• Nahuatl: tepozmalacatl (nah), teposkalnejnenki (nah)
• Navajo: chidí
• Persian: خودرو (fa) (xodrow)
• Polish: samochód (pl)
• Portuguese: automóvel (pt) m, carro (pt) m, veículo (pt) m, auto (pt) m
• Romanian: automobil (ro)
• Russian: автомобиль (ru) (avtomobíl’) m, машина (ru) (mašína) f (informal), тачка (ru) (táčka) f (slang)
• Scots: motorcaur
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: аутомобил (sh) m

  Roman: automobil (sh) m

• Spanish: automóvil (es) m, carro (es) m, coche (es) f, auto (es) m
• Swahili: motakari bus (sw), motokari bus (sw)
• Swedish: bil (sv) c
• Tagalog: awtomobil (tl)
• Tamil: மோட்டார் (ta) (mōṭṭār)
• Telugu: మోటారు (te) (mōṭāru)
• Thai: รถยนต์ (th) (rótyon)
• Vietnamese: xe hơi (vi)
• Volapük: motoravab (vo), tood (vo)
• Yiddish: ויטאָמאָביל (yi) (waytʼámʼábyl) n

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)

  (file)

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

Adjective

automobile (masculine and feminine, 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
• Russian: автомобиль

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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