English Online Dictionary. What means automobile? What does automobile mean?
English
Etymology
From French automobile, from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”) + French mobile (“moving”), from Latin mōbilis (“movable”), equivalent to auto- (“self”) + mobile.
Pronunciation
- (UK, General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈɔː.tə.məˌbiːl/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɔː.tə.məˌbil/, /ˌɔː.tə.məˈbil/, /ˌɔː.təˈmoʊ.bil/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈɑː.tə.məˌbil/, /ˈɑː.tə.məˈbil/, /ˈɑː.təˈmoʊ.bil/
- Hyphenation: au‧to‧mo‧bile
Noun
automobile (plural automobiles)
- (US, Canada, Philippines, Australia, New Zealand) A type of motor 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 up to four or five passengers.
- A vehicle with more than six or seven seats is usually called a limousine, minivan, van, SUV, bus, etc.
- A vehicle devoted mainly to cargo is usually called a lorry, truck, or van.
Synonyms
- (passenger vehicle): auto, car, (British) motor, (British) motorcar
- See also Thesaurus:automobile
Meronyms
- See list of auto parts
Coordinate terms
- truck, van, bus, SUV, minivan, station wagon, sedan, coupe, convertible, sports car, racecar; wagon, cart, trailer, tractor; airplane, boat, ship
Derived terms
Related terms
- automatic
- automotive
Descendants
- → Alabama: mobìlika
- → Hawaiian: ʻokomopila
- → Unami: hatëmopil
Translations
Verb
automobile (third-person singular simple present automobiles, present participle automobiling, simple past and past participle automobiled)
- (intransitive, dated) To travel by automobile.
Translations
Adjective
automobile (not comparable)
- Self-moving; self-propelled.
- Synonym: autokinetic
Translations
French
Etymology
From auto- + mobile, as the vehicle is powered by an engine rather than pulled by horses.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o.tɔ.mɔ.bil/, /ɔ.tɔ.mɔ.bil/
- Homophone: automobiles
- Hyphenation: au‧to‧mo‧bile
Adjective
automobile (plural automobiles)
- automotive
Noun
automobile f (plural automobiles)
- automobile
Synonyms
- (informal) auto
- (France, informal) bagnole
- (France, informal) caisse
- (Quebec, Louisiana) char
- (France, informal) tire
- voiture
Derived terms
- automobilisable
- automobilisme
- automobiliste
- canot automobile
Descendants
- → Danish: automobil, bil
- → Faroese: bilur
- → Greenlandic: biili
- → Icelandic: bíll
- → Norwegian Bokmål: bil
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: bil
- → Swedish: bil
- → Dutch: automobiel
- → English: automobile
- → German: Automobil
- → Moroccan Arabic: طمبيل (ṭumubīl)
- → Russian: автомоби́ль (avtomobílʹ)
- → Armenian: ավտոմոբիլ (avtomobil)
- → Azerbaijani: avtomobil
- → Crimean Tatar: avtomobil
- → Georgian: ავტომობილი (avṭomobili)
- → Ingrian: automobili
- → Kazakh: автомобиль (avtomobil)
- → Kyrgyz: автомобиль (avtomobil)
- → Turkmen: awtomobil
- → Uyghur: ئاپتوموبىل (aptomobil)
- → Uzbek: avtomobil
Further reading
- “automobile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
From auto- + mobile.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aw.toˈmɔ.bi.le/
- Rhymes: -ɔbile
- Hyphenation: au‧to‧mò‧bi‧le
Noun
automobile f (plural automobili)
- automobile
- Synonyms: auto, macchina, vettura