Auto

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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

Noun

Auto n (plural Auto)

  1. car

German

German Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia de
verschiedene Autos

Etymology

    Clipping of Automobil, from French automobile.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈaʊ̯toː/,
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    • Hyphenation: Au‧to

    Noun

    Auto n (strong, genitive Autos, plural Autos)

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

    Declension

    Declension of Auto
    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
      French mobile
      German Automobil
      German Autobor.
      Hunsrik Auto

      Borrowed from German Auto.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      Auto n (plural Autos)

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

      References

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

      Luxembourgish

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      Auto m (plural Autoen)

      1. car

      Synonyms

      Plautdietsch

      Noun

      Auto n (plural Autos)

      1. automobile, auto, car
      Wikious
      Boobota
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