auto-

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See also: auto, Auto, autó, aùto, autō, aŭto, Auto., and Appendix:Variations of "auto"

English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

aut- (used before a vowel)

Pronunciation[edit]

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɔː.təʊ/

Etymology 1[edit]

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-, “self-”).

Prefix[edit]

auto-

Reflexive, regarding or to oneself
‎auto- + ‎biography → ‎autobiography

‎auto- + ‎erotic → ‎autoerotic

Synonyms[edit]

self-, ipsi-

Antonyms[edit]

(different): allo-, hetero-
(concomitant): syn-
(reciprocal): inter-
(mutual): co-, con-/com-/col-/cor-, syn-/sym-/syl-, inter-

Derived terms[edit]

English terms prefixed with auto-

Translations[edit]

regarding oneself

Armenian: ինքն (hy) (inkʿn)
Bulgarian: авто- (avto-)
Catalan: auto- (ca)
Czech: auto- (cs)
Danish: auto-, selv-
Finnish: auto- (fi), itse-, oma- (fi)
French: auto- (fr)
Galician: auto- (gl)
German: auto- (de)
Greek: αυτο- (el) (afto-)
Indonesian: auto-, swa-
Italian: auto- (it)
Malay: swa- (ms)
Moroccan Amazigh: -ⵎⴰⵏ m (-man), -ⵎⴰⵏⵜ f (-mant), -ⵎⴰⵏⵏ pl or m pl (-mann), -ⵎⴰⵏⵉⵏ pl or f pl (-manin)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: selv-, auto-

Nynorsk: auto-
Persian: اتو‎ (fa) (oto-), خود‎ (fa) (xod-)
Polish: auto- (pl), samo- (pl)
Portuguese: auto- (pt)
Russian: авто- (ru) (avto-), само- (ru) (samo-), себе- (sebe-)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ауто-

Roman: auto-
Spanish: auto- (es)

Etymology 2[edit]

Clipping of automatic

Prefix[edit]

auto-

automatic
‎auto- + ‎focus → ‎autofocus

‎auto- + ‎loader → ‎autoloader

‎auto- + ‎walk → ‎autowalk

Derived terms[edit]

autoverification

Translations[edit]

automatic

Armenian: ինքն (hy) (inkʿn)
Bulgarian: авто- (avto-)
Czech: samo-
Danish: auto-
Finnish: auto- (fi), automaatti- (fi), automaattinen (fi)
French: auto- (fr)
Greek: αυτο- (el) (afto-)
Ido: auto-
Italian: auto- (it)
Korean: 자동 (ko) (jadong)
Moroccan Amazigh: -ⵎⴰⵏ m (-man), -ⵎⴰⵏⵜ f (-mant), -ⵎⴰⵏⵏ pl or m pl (-mann), -ⵎⴰⵏⵉⵏ pl or f pl (-manin)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: auto-

Nynorsk: auto-
Polish: auto- (pl), samo- (pl)
Portuguese: auto- (pt)
Russian: авто- (ru) (avto-)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ауто-

Roman: auto-

Etymology 3[edit]

Clipping of automobile, from auto- + mobile

Prefix[edit]

auto-

relating to cars or the driving of cars
‎auto- + ‎cross → ‎autocross

‎auto- + ‎-phile → ‎autophile

Translations[edit]

relating to cars or the driving of cars

Armenian: ավտո- (avto-)
Bulgarian: авто- (avto-)
Finnish: auto- (fi)
French: auto- (fr)
Greek: αυτο- (el) (afto-)
Italian: auto- (it)
Norwegian: auto-
Polish: auto- (pl), samo- (pl)
Portuguese: auto- (pt)
Russian: авто- (ru) (avto-)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ауто-

Roman: auto-

Anagrams[edit]

aout, outa

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).

Prefix[edit]

auto-

auto- (regarding oneself)
auto- (relating to cars)

Derived terms[edit]

Catalan terms prefixed with auto-

Further reading[edit]

“auto-” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“auto-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
“auto-” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“auto-” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): [au̯to ]

Prefix[edit]

auto-

auto- (regarding oneself)
‎auto- + ‎cenzura → ‎autocenzura

Synonym: sebe-

Derived terms[edit]

Czech terms prefixed with auto-

Further reading[edit]

auto- in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
auto- I in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017
auto- II in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Danish[edit]

Prefix[edit]

auto-

Derived terms[edit]

Danish terms prefixed with auto-

Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Internationalism (see English auto-), ultimately from Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯to-/, [ˈɑ̝u̯t̪o̞-]

Prefix[edit]

auto-

auto-, self- (regarding oneself)
autobiografia ― autobiography

autonomia ― autonomy

Synonyms: oma-, itse-
omaelämäkerta ― autobiography

itsehallinto ― self-governance, autonomy
auto- (automatic)
autopilotti ― autopilot

Synonyms: automaatti-, automaattinen
automaattiohjaus ― autopilot

Usage notes[edit]

In Finnish the prefix auto- is chiefly used with loanwords, see usage examples above.

Derived terms[edit]

Finnish terms prefixed with auto-

Anagrams[edit]

auot, outa

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-), from αὐτός (autós, “self”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /o.tɔ/, /ɔ.tɔ/
Audio (file)

Prefix[edit]

auto-

auto- (regarding oneself)
auto- (automatic)
auto- (relating to cars)

Derived terms[edit]

French terms prefixed with auto-

Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).

Prefix[edit]

auto-

auto-, self-

Derived terms[edit]

Galician terms prefixed with auto-

Further reading[edit]

“auto-” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Audio (file)

Prefix[edit]

auto-

auto-

Derived terms[edit]

German terms prefixed with auto-

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”).^[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): [ˈɒuto], [ˈɒu̯to]^[2]

Prefix[edit]

auto-

auto- (regarding oneself)
auto- (automatic)

Derived terms[edit]

Hungarian nouns prefixed with auto-

References[edit]

^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
^ Siptár, Péter and Miklós Törkenczy. The Phonology of Hungarian. The Phonology of the World’s Languages. Oxford University Press, 2007. →ISBN, p. 17

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch auto-, from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): [au̯to]
Hyphenation: auto

Prefix[edit]

auto-

auto-: regarding oneself.

Derived terms[edit]

Indonesian terms prefixed with auto-

Further reading[edit]

“auto-” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”).

Prefix[edit]

auto-

(highly productive) auto-, self- (regarding oneself; by oneself)
(highly productive) auto-, self- (automatic)
(mathematics) eigen-
(rare) homo- (same)

Derived terms[edit]

Italian terms prefixed with auto-

Italian terms prefixed with auto- (self)

Italian terms prefixed with auto- (automatic)

Further reading[edit]

auto-¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2[edit]

From auto, automobile.

Prefix[edit]

auto-

auto- (relating to cars)

Derived terms[edit]

Italian terms prefixed with auto- (car)

Further reading[edit]

auto-² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”).

Prefix[edit]

auto-

auto-

Derived terms[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål terms prefixed with auto-

References[edit]

“auto-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”).

Prefix[edit]

auto-

auto-

Derived terms[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk terms prefixed with auto-

References[edit]

“auto-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈaw.tɔ/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -awtɔ
Syllabification: au‧to

Prefix[edit]

auto-

auto-, as relating to oneself
‎auto- + ‎biografia → ‎autobiografia

Synonym: samo-
auto-, automatic
‎auto- + ‎pilot → ‎autopilot

Synonym: samo-
auto-, as relating to cars
‎auto- + ‎alarm → ‎autoalarm

Synonym: samo-

Derived terms[edit]

Polish terms prefixed with auto-

Further reading[edit]

auto- in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
auto- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”).

Pronunciation[edit]

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌaw.tu/ [ˌaʊ̯.tu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌaw.to/ [ˌaʊ̯.to]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌaw.tɔ/

Prefix[edit]

auto-

self-; auto- (done by or directed at oneself)
‎auto- + ‎ódio (“hatred”) → ‎auto-ódio (“self-hatred”)
auto- (automatic)
‎auto- + ‎foco (“foco”) → ‎autofoco (“autofocus”)
auto- (relating to automobiles)
‎auto- + ‎carro (“car”) → ‎autocarro (“bus”)
(Brazil, linear algebra) eigen- (relating to eigenvectors and eigenvalues)

Derived terms[edit]

Portuguese terms prefixed with auto-

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).

Prefix[edit]

auto-

Derived terms[edit]

Spanish terms prefixed with auto-

Further reading[edit]

“auto-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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