Auto

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

English

Proper noun

Auto

  1. An unincorporated community in West Virginia.

Anagrams

Bavarian

Etymology

From French automobile.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑɔ̯d̥ːo/
  • IPA(key): /ˈɒːd̥ːo/ (Vienna)

Noun

Auto n (plural Auto)

  1. car

German

Etymology

    Clipping of Automobil, from French automobile.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈaʊ̯to/, [ˈʔaʊ̯tʰoˑ]
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    • Hyphenation: Au‧to

    Noun

    Auto n (strong, genitive Autos, plural Autos)

    1. car
      Synonyms: (jocular) Benzinkutsche, (informal) Karre, (informal) Kiste, (officialese) KFZ, Wagen
      Das ist das Auto meines Vaters.
      That is my father’s car.

    Declension

    Declension of Auto [neuter, strong]
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative ein das Auto die Autos
    genitive eines des Autos der Autos
    dative einem dem Auto den Autos
    accusative ein das Auto die Autos

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • → Hunsrik: Auto

    Further reading

    • “Auto” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
    • “Auto” in Duden online
    • “Auto” in Duden online
    • “Auto” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

    Hunsrik

    Alternative forms

    • auto (Wiesemann spelling)

    Etymology

      Etymology tree
      Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós)
      Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-)lbor.
      French auto-
      Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der.
      Proto-Italic *moweō
      Latin moveō
      Latin -bilis
      Latin mōbilislbor.
      French mobile
      French automobilebor.
      German Automobil
      German Autobor.
      Hunsrik Auto

      Borrowed from German Auto.[1]

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈaʊ̯to/
      • Rhymes: -aʊ̯to
      • Syllabification: Au‧to

      Noun

      Auto n (plural Autos)

      1. car; automobile
        Synonym: Karre
        Er hod en neies Auto kaafd.
        He bought a new car.

      References

      1. ^ Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Auto”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 17, column 1

      Luxembourgish

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): [ˈɑʊ̯to]

      Noun

      Auto m (plural Autoen)

      1. car

      Synonyms

      Plautdietsch

      Noun

      Auto n (plural Autos)

      1. automobile, auto, car
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