automobile

See also: Automobile and auto-mobile

English

Wikipedia

An automobile.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.tə.mə.biːl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.tə.moʊ.ˌbil/

• 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.
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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
• Albanian: automobilm, vetëlëvizës (sq) m, makinë (sq) f
• Arabic: سَيَّارَة (ar) f ‎(sayyāra)
• Armenian: մեքենա (hy) ‎(mekʿena), ավտոմեքենա (hy) ‎(avtomekʿena), ավտո (hy) ‎(avto), (colloquial) մաշնա ‎(mašna)
• Asturian: automóvil m
• Azeri: avtomobil (az)
• Basque: automobil (eu)
• Belarusian: аўтамабі́ль (be) m ‎(aŭtamabílʹ), машы́на f ‎(mašýna), аўтамашы́на f ‎(aŭtamašýna)
• Bengali: গাড়ি ‎(gaŗi), বাহন ‎(bahôn), স্বতশ্চলশকট্‌ ‎(sbtôśclôśkôṭ‌), মোটরগাড়ি ‎(moṭôrgaŗi)
• Bulgarian: автомоби́л (bg) m ‎(avtomobíl), ко́ла (bg) f ‎(kóla)
• Burmese: ကား (my) ‎(ka:), ယဉ် (my) ‎(yany)
• Catalan: automòbil (ca) m
• Cebuano: awto
• Chinese:

  Dungan: машинэ ‎(mashine)

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

• Crimean Tatar: avtomobil
• Czech: automobil (cs) m, auto (cs) n
• Esperanto: aŭtomobilo
• Estonian: auto (et)
• Finnish: auto (fi), automobiili (fi), henkilöauto (fi)
• French: voiture (fr) f, auto (fr) f, automobile (fr) m, char (fr) m (Canada)
• Galician: automóbil (gl) m
• Georgian: ავტომობილი (ka) m ‎(avṭomobili)
• 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) f ‎(mekhonyt)
• Hindi: मोटरवाहन ‎(moṭarvāhan), गाड़ी (hi) f ‎(gāṛī), कार (hi) f ‎(kār)
• Hungarian: autó (hu), automobil (hu), személygépkocsi (hu)
• Icelandic: bifreið (is) f
• Ido: automobilo (io)
• Indonesian: otomobil (id)
• Interlingua: automobile, auto
• Irish: gluaisteán (ga) m, carr m, mótar m
• Italian: automobile (it) m, auto (it) m, macchina (it) f, vettura (it) f
• Japanese: 自動車 (ja) ‎(じどうしゃ, jidōsha), 乗用車 (ja) ‎(じょうようしゃ, jōyōsha), 四輪車 ‎(よんりんしゃ, yonrinsha), 車 (ja) ‎(くるま, kuruma)
• Kannada: ವಾಹನ (kn) ‎(vāhana)
• Kazakh: автомобиль ‎(avtomobïlʹ), машина (kk) ‎(maşïna)
• Khmer: ឡាន (km) ‎(laan)
• Korean: 일이 빠른 사람 ‎(iri ppareun saram), 자동차 (ko) ‎(jadongcha), 차 (ko) ‎(cha)

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ئوتوموبیل, ترومبێل, سه‌یاره‌

• Kyrgyz: автомобиль (ky) ‎(avtomobilʹ), машина (ky) ‎(maşina)
• Lao: ລົດໃຫຍ່ ‎(lot nyai), ລົດ (lo) ‎(lot)
• Latvian: automobilis m, automašīna f
• Lithuanian: automobilis (lt) m
• Macedonian: автомоби́л m ‎(avtomobíl), кола f ‎(kola)
• Malay: kereta yang, kereta (ms)
• Maltese: karozza (mt), vettura
• Maori: motokā
• Marathi: मोटार n ‎(mōṭāra)
• Mohawk: kà:sere
• Mongolian: автомашин (mn) ‎(avtomašin)
• Nahuatl: tepozmalacatl (nah), teposkalnejnenki
• Navajo: chidí
• Persian: خودرو (fa) ‎(xodrou), اتوموبیل (fa) ‎(otomobil), ماشین (fa) ‎(mâšin) (informal)
• Polish: samochód (pl), auto (pl) n
• Portuguese: automóvel (pt) m, carro (pt) m, veículo (pt) m, auto (pt) m
• Romanian: automobil (ro) n, mașină (ro) f
• Russian: автомоби́ль (ru) m ‎(avtomobílʹ), автомаши́на (ru) f ‎(avtomašína), маши́на (ru) f ‎(mašína) (informal), авто́ (ru) n ‎(avtó) (colloquial), та́чка (ru) f ‎(táčka) (slang)
• Scots: motorcaur
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: аутомобил m

  Roman: automobil (sh) m

• Sinhalese: මෝටර් රථ ‎(mōṭar ratha)
• Slovak: automobil m, auto (sk) n
• Slovene: automobil m, avto (sl) m
• Spanish: automóvil (es) m, carro (es) m, coche (es) f, auto (es) m
• Swahili: motakari bus, motokari bus, motokaa (sw) class 9/10, gari (sw) class 5/6
• Swedish: bil (sv) c
• Tagalog: awtomobil, isugang batlag, batlag
• Tajik: автомобил ‎(avtomobil)
• Tamil: மோட்டார் (ta) ‎(mōṭṭār)
• Tatar: автомобиль ‎(awtomobil’)
• Telugu: మోటారు (te) ‎(mōṭāru)
• Thai: รถยนต์ (th) ‎(rótyon)
• Tonkawa: ˀa·cosa·nan
• Turkmen: maşyn
• Ukrainian: автомобі́ль (uk) m ‎(avtomobílʹ), маши́на f ‎(mašýna), автомаши́на (uk) f ‎(avtomašýna), авто́ (uk) n ‎(avtó)
• Urdu: گاڑی f ‎(gāṛī), کار f ‎(kār)
• Uzbek: avtomobil (uz), avtomashina (uz)
• Vietnamese: xe hơi (vi)
• Volapük: motoravab (vo), tood
• Yiddish: אויטאָמאָביל n ‎(oytomobil), אויטאָ m ‎(oyto)

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^(key): /ɔ.tɔ.mɔ.bil/

• Audio (France, Paris)

  (file)

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

Adjective

automobile m, f ‎(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: автомоби́ль ‎(avtomobílʹ)

External links

• “automobile” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Italian

Diversi tipi di automobile.

Etymology

auto- +‎ mobile

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /au.to.ˈmɔ.bi.le/, [au̯.t̪o.ˈmɔː.bi.le]

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: au‧to‧mò‧bi‧le

Noun

automobile f ‎(plural automobili)

1. automobile

Synonyms

• (automobile): auto, macchina, vettura