How do you pronounce automobile?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɔː.tə.məˌbiːl/.

automobile

/ˈɔː.tə.məˌbiːl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.94 in modern English

Syllables: au-to-mo-bile
IPA: /ˈɔː.tə.məˌbiːl/

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Meaning

noun

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.

Australian usage; Canadian usage; New Zealand usage; American usage

verb

To travel by automobile.

Dated; Intransitive verb

adj

Self-moving; self-propelled.

Example Sentences

"Meronym: see list of auto parts"
"Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident."
"The misguided youngsters are yachting, attending the races, playing the "stage Johnny," automobiling, playing poker for high stakes, overliving at home, on expensive shopping tours, attending box parties to the theatre, visiting high-priced restaurants, etc., etc."
"As early as 1898 I proposed to representatives of a large manufacturing concern the construction and public exhibition of an automobile carriage which, left to itself, would perform a great variety of operations involving something akin to judgment."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew Proto-Indo-European *tó- Proto-Hellenic *autós Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder. Ancient Greek αὖ (aû) Ancient Greek τόν (tón) Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-)lbor. French auto- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin mōbilislbor. French mobile French automobilebor. English automobile From French automobile, from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”) + French mobile (“moving”), from Latin mōbilis (“movable”), equivalent to auto- (“self”) + mobile.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Prefix: auto-
Root: automobile, αὐτός, mobile, mōbilis
Suffix: mobile

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɔː.tə.məˌbiːl/
British English: /ˈɔː.tə.məˌbiːl/

Usage

Inflected Forms

automobiles (plural) automobiles (present, singular) automobiling (participle, present) automobiled (participle, past) automobiled (past)

Derived Forms

antiautomobile automobileless automobilery automobiliana automobilism automobilist automobility automobilization automobilize automocar

Phrases

automobile battery automobile car automobile graveyard automobile racing automobile-weed old car :Category:en:Automotive parts

Frequently Paired Words

automatic automotive old car :Category:en:Automotive parts truck van bus coach

Synonyms

autokinetic auto automobile cage cah car devil wagon horseless carriage motor car wheels whip