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- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɔːtəʊ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔtoʊ/, [ˈɔɾoʊ]
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈɑtoʊ/, [ˈɑɾoʊ]
- Homophones: Otto, otto (cot–caught merger)
- Rhymes: (General American, Canada) -ɑtoʊ
From Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”), metanalyzed from auto- in words such as automatic, autopilot, and automobile.
auto (not comparable)
- (automotive) Clipping of automatic. (of a gearbox/transmission)
It's an auto sedan which we picked up from a wholesaler locally.
auto (countable and uncountable, plural autos)
- (chiefly attributive) An automobile.
My brother is an auto mechanic.
- (uncountable) A setting for automatic operation.
- (automotive) An automatic gearbox/transmission.
A body-coloured centre pillar signalled the arrival of an electronic four-speed auto, slight suspension revisions and minor trim changes.
- (automotive) A car with an automatic gearbox/transmission.
It wasn't too bad but we did hire an auto (couldn't imagine changing gears with my right hand).
- (automobile, attributively): automobile, car, motorcar; motor
- autobesity
- auto body
- autocade
- autocamp
- autocide
- autocoach
- auto court
- autocrash
- autocrime
- autoette
- autogas
- auto insurance
- autoist
- autoless
- auto loan
- automaker
- automaking
- automan
- automania
- automaniac
- auto mechanic
- auto park
- auto part
- autophobia
- autopia
- auto poker
- auto polo
- auto racing
- autorack
- auto rickshaw
- auto safety seat
- auto sear
- auto shop
- auto show
- autospeak
- autotransporter
- auto transport truck
- autoworker
- full auto, full-auto
- grand theft auto
- nonauto
- philautia
auto (third-person singular simple present autos, present participle autoing, simple past and past participle autoed)
- (intransitive, dated) To travel by automobile.
1907, Automotive Industries, volume 16, page 711:
The food was excellent and well served, and it recalled the Norman cities he had autoed to.
1924, The Smith Alumnae Quarterly, volumes 16-17, page 318:
Christmas Day we decided to spend in snow, in order to feel more at home, and so we autoed up 5000 ft. to Peira Cava and reveled in the winter sports, autoing back to the roses and “summer time” at nightfall.
Clipping of autorickshaw, from Hindi ऑटो रिक्शा (ŏṭo rikśā).
auto (plural autos)
- (India) An autorickshaw.
Users are often unable to note down the number of the taxi or the auto as the driver will just zoom past.
auto inan
Declension of auto (inanimate, ending in vowel)
- auto-ilara (“traffic jam”)
- autobide (“freeway”)
- autoeskola
- autogile (“car manufacturer”)
- autogintza (“car manufacturing”)
- autozain
- autozale
- “auto”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “auto”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
auto m (plural autos)
- “auto” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “auto”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “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.
Borrowed from Italian auto, a clipping of automobile.
auto m
- (Luserna) car, automobile
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Borrowed from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”).
auto n
Borrowed from French auto, from automobile. Equivalent to a shortened form of automobiel.
auto m (plural auto's, diminutive autootje n)
- auto-ongeluk
- autobaan
- autoband
- autobestuurder
- autobioscoop
- autocoureur
- autogordel
- autohandelaar
- autokerkhof
- autolader
- autoloos
- automonteur
- autopech
- autoradio
- autoriem
- autosnelweg
- autospiegel
- autostoel
- autostuur
- autoverzekering
- autowasstraat
- autoweg
- botsauto
- brandweerauto
- politieauto
- sportauto
- tankauto
- terreinauto
- vluchtauto
- vrachtauto
- ziekenauto
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
auto (genitive auto, partitive autot)
- car, automobile
- (at second or later mention) any motor vehicle, including trucks, vans, and fire engines.
Declension of auto (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation) | |||
---|---|---|---|
singular | plural | ||
nominative | auto | autod | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | auto | ||
genitive | autode | ||
partitive | autot | autosid | |
illative | autosse | autodesse | |
inessive | autos | autodes | |
elative | autost | autodest | |
allative | autole | autodele | |
adessive | autol | autodel | |
ablative | autolt | autodelt | |
translative | autoks | autodeks | |
terminative | autoni | autodeni | |
essive | autona | autodena | |
abessive | autota | autodeta | |
comitative | autoga | autodega |
Clipping of automobiili; see it for more.
auto
Inflection of auto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | auto | autot | |
genitive | auton | autojen | |
partitive | autoa | autoja | |
illative | autoon | autoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | auto | autot | |
accusative | nom. | auto | autot |
gen. | auton | ||
genitive | auton | autojen | |
partitive | autoa | autoja | |
inessive | autossa | autoissa | |
elative | autosta | autoista | |
illative | autoon | autoihin | |
adessive | autolla | autoilla | |
ablative | autolta | autoilta | |
allative | autolle | autoille | |
essive | autona | autoina | |
translative | autoksi | autoiksi | |
abessive | autotta | autoitta | |
instructive | — | autoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
- (formal) henkilöauto
- (all colloquial) kiesi, kosla, pirssi, kauppakassi, kaara, peltilehmä, ritsa, kottero, kumijalka, kärry, biili
- (archaic, now humorous) hyrysysy
- ambulanssiauto
- amfibioauto
- asuntoauto
- aura-auto
- aurinkoauto
- autoajelu
- autoala
- autoasema
- autoasentaja
- autoetu
- autogangsteri
- autohajottamo
- autohalli
- autoharja
- autohuoltamo
- autohurjastelija
- autohurjastelu
- autohälytin
- autojenkuljetusvaunu
- autojono
- autojuna
- autokaista
- autokamera
- autokansi
- autokanta
- autokatos
- autokatsastus
- autokauppa
- autokauppias
- autoklinikka
- autokolari
- autokorjaamo
- autokoulu
- autokuljetus
- autokulkue
- autokunta
- autokuorma
- autokuski
- autokyyti
- autolautta
- autoletka
- autoliike
- autoliikenne
- autolähtö
- automaalaamo
- automaalari
- automalli
- automarketti
- automatka
- automatkailu
- automekaanikko
- automerkki
- automurto
- automyyjä
- autonajaja
- autonajo
- autonalusta
- autonasentaja
- autonavain
- autonhuolto
- autonkatsastaja
- autonkatsastamo
- autonkatsastus
- autonkori
- autonkuljettaja
- autonkuljetusauto
- autonkuljetusvaunu
- autonmyyjä
- autonomistaja
- autonosa
- autonpyörä
- autonrengas
- autonromu
- autonrotisko
- autonrämä
- autonvalmistaja
- auto-onnettomuus
- autopaikka
- autopankki
- autopeltiseppä
- autopesula
- autopikajuna
- autopommi
- autopuhelin
- autopukki
- autopurkaamo
- autopurkamo
- autoradio
- autoradiopuhelin
- autorahtikirja
- autorata
- autoretki
- autosaattue
- autosampoo
- autoshampoo
- autosotamies
- autosuunnistus
- autotalli
- autotehdas
- autotekniikka
- autoteline
- autoteollisuus
- autotermiitti
- autotie
- autoturma
- autourheilija
- autourheilu
- autovaha
- autovaja
- autovakuutus
- autovaras
- autovarikko
- autovarkaus
- autovero
- autovuokraamo
- avoauto
- avolava-auto
- betonipumppuauto
- dieselauto
- edustusauto
- erikoisauto
- farmariauto
- formula-auto
- golfauto
- henkilöauto
- hinausauto
- huoltoauto
- hybridiauto
- hylkyauto
- höyryauto
- imuauto
- itäauto
- jakeluauto
- johdinauto
- jäteauto
- jätteenkuljetusauto
- jäätelöauto
- kaappiauto
- kaasuauto
- kaiutinauto
- kakkosauto
- karja-auto
- karjankuljetusauto
- kasteluauto
- katalysaattoriauto
- katalyyttiauto
- kauppa-auto
- kaupunkiauto
- kevytauto
- kiihdytysauto
- kilpa-auto
- kippiauto
- kirjastoauto
- kiskoauto
- kiviauto
- kolariauto
- kotipalveluauto
- kouluauto
- koululaisauto
- kuljetusauto
- kuorma-auto
- kuuauto
- kylmäkuljetusauto
- kääpiöauto
- lava-auto
- lavettiauto
- leasingauto
- leikkiauto
- lentoauto
- linja-auto
- loistoauto
- loka-auto
- luksusauto
- lumiaura-auto
- länsiauto
- maansiirtoauto
- maastoauto
- maitoauto
- matkailuauto
- mikroauto
- mittariauto
- monikäyttöauto
- monsteriauto
- mopoauto
- museoauto
- muuttoauto
- myymäläauto
- mäkiauto
- nelivetoauto
- neppiauto
- neppisauto
- nolla-auto
- nostolava-auto
- nosturiauto
- ongelmajäteauto
- onnettomuusauto
- pakettiauto
- paloauto
- pankkiauto
- panssariauto
- partioauto
- pelastusauto
- peltoauto
- perheauto
- piiska-auto
- pikkuauto
- pirssiauto
- poliisiauto
- polkuauto
- polttomoottoriauto
- postiauto
- postipalveluauto
- ralliauto
- rata-auto
- rekka-auto
- rinneauto
- robottiauto
- romuauto
- roska-auto
- ruumisauto
- safariauto
- sairaankuljetusauto
- sairasauto
- seka-auto
- siviiliauto
- sähköauto
- säiliöauto
- taksiauto
- tankkiauto
- teurasauto
- tiepalveluauto
- tikasauto
- tila-auto
- turma-auto
- turva-auto
- työsuhdeauto
- täyssähköauto
- törmäilyauto
- ulkolähetysauto
- ulkotuotantoauto
- umpiauto
- urheiluauto
- vaihtoauto
- vakioauto
- vetoauto
- vetyauto
- vuokra-auto
- yhdistelmäauto
- yhteisauto
- yhteiskäyttöauto
- yksityisauto
- yritysauto
- ääniauto
- öljyauto
- “auto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Clipping of automobile.
auto f (plural autos)
- car
- Synonyms: automobile, voiture
auto
Even inflection in -o[1] | ||
---|---|---|
singular | plural | |
Nominative | auto | autoh |
Accusative | auto | autoid |
Genitive | auto | autoi |
Illative | auton | autoid |
Locative | autost | autoin |
Comitative | autoin | autoiguin |
Abessive | autottáá | autoittáá |
Essive | auton | — |
Partitive | autod | — |
Shortened form of automobile, from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”).
auto (plural autos)
- car, automobile
- Synonym: automobile
Clipping of automobile.
auto f (invariable)
- Clipping of automobile: car
- Synonyms: automobile, macchina, vettura
- → Cimbrian: auto
auto m (invariable)
From Spanish and Portuguese auto (literally “act”).
auto m (invariable)
- (historical, uncountable) auto (genre of dramatic literature)
- (historical) an auto literary work
auto
From Proto-Cariban *ôwtô; compare Wayana ëutë, Waiwai ïwtï, Akawaio öutö, Macushi ewîtî, Pemon autö, Ye'kwana öttö.
auto (possessed auty)
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary[2], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 248
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “auto”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 117; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes[3], Paris, 1956, page 117
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈau̯.toː/, [ˈäu̯t̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈau̯.to/, [ˈäːu̯t̪o]
autō
Shortened form of automašīna.
auto m (invariable)
- (colloquial) car (automobile, a vehicle steered by a driver)
- Synonyms: automašīna, mašīna
See aut.
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auto (feminine singular auta, masculine plural aute, feminine plural aute)
auto
- Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “àuto-a”, in Schedario Napoletano
auto n (diminutive autko)
- (colloquial) car, automobile
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:samochód
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin āctus, perfect passive participle of agō (“to make, I do”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- (“to lead”). Doublet of ato and acto.
auto m (plural autos)
- a public deed or ceremony
- Synonyms: solenidade, cerimônia
- auto (a sub-genre of dramatic literature)
- (dated) act; deed
- act (record of an accomplishment)
- document that is part of a lawsuit or court case
- narration or description of an event made by a public authority and which serves as evidence of such event (e.g. a traffic citation)
- (public deed): auto-da-fé
auto m (plural autos)
Clipping of automòbila.
auto f (invariable)
- car
- Synonym: automòbila
- Masotti, Adelmo (1996) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano [Romagnol-Italian dictionary] (in Italian), Bologna: Zanichelli, page 46
àuto m or n (Cyrillic spelling а̀уто)
- car, automobile
- Synonym: kola
- Ne možeš da uzmeš auto, jer nema benzina. ― You can’t take the car, because there isn’t any gas.
1989, Vidosav Stevanović, Inicijali:
Cigareta beše gorka kao pepeo. Sedeo sam u autu (ruke na volanu, glava na rukama) i osluškivao kišu – večan, jednoličan i uvek nov šum, dirljivo dosadan i meni neobično, tužno uzbudljiv; rominjala je šapućući kao starica koja plače na tuđem grobu.
- The cigarette was as bitter as ash. I sat in the car (hands on the steering wheel, head on my hands) and listened to the rain - eternal, monotonous and always new noise, touchingly boring and strangely, sadly exciting for me; she whispered like an old woman crying at someone else's grave.
Note: While the masculine form is preferred across all standards, the neuter gender is often found both in Serbian and Croatian dialects ("plavo auto" instead of "plavi auto"). In some regions (e.g. parts of Dalmatia), the word is almost always used in its neuter form. When the word is used with neuter gender, the declension changes accordingly.
- “auto” in Hrvatski jezični portal
auto n (diminutive autíčko, related adjective autový)
- “auto”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Shortening of automóvil, from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”).
auto m (plural autos)
- (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Uruguay) car, automobile
Early borrowing from Latin actus. Doublet of the later borrowing acto.
auto m (plural autos)
- (law, formal) order, writ, resolution
- (literature) short play from the Middle Ages or the Renaissance
- “auto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Borrowed from Dutch auto, from French auto.
auto c (plural auto's)
- A car, an automobile.