automat

Borrowed from German Automat, as the system was originally developed in Germany. Doublet of automaton.

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automat (plural automats)

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1. A vending machine for food.
2. A cafeteria consisting of vending machines.

• Automat

• automatic
• automation
• automatization
• automaton

automat m

1. automaton (machine, robot, or formal system)

automat (feminine automate)

1. automatic; automated

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automat

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Borrowed from German Automat, from Ancient Greek αὐτόματος (autómatos). By surface analysis, auto- +‎ -mat.

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• Rhymes: -omat
• Hyphenation: au‧to‧mat

automat m inan (relational adjective automatický or automatový)

1. automaton
2. vending machine, automat
3. (gambling) gambling machine, slot machine, fruit machine

   Synonyms: hrací automat, herní automat

4. (weaponry) automatic firearm
5. (obsolete) buffet

   Synonym: bufet

• “automat”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “automat”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “automat”, in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz
• “automat”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

From Ancient Greek αὐτόμᾰτος (autómătos).

automat c (singular definite automaten, plural indefinite automater)

1. interactive kiosk, vending machine, slot machine
2. automaton

• billettautomat
• spilleautomat

• automatvåben

• “automat” in Den Danske Ordbog

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯toːmɑt/, /ˈoːtoːmɑt/
• Hyphenation: au‧to‧mat

automat m or f (plural automatten, diminutive automatje n)

1. car mat

• IPA^(key): /aʉ.tu.maːt/,

automat m (definite singular automaten, indefinite plural automater, definite plural automatene)

1. vending machine

• billettautomat
• spilleautomat

• “automat” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Ancient Greek αὐτόματον (autómaton), neuter of αὐτόματος (autómatos, “self moving, self willed”).

• IPA^(key): /æʉtʊˈmɑːt/

automat m (definite singular automaten, indefinite plural automatar, definite plural automatane)

1. an automaton
   • 1908, Rasmus Løland, Den store automaten:

     "Skulde segja at frøkna ikkje er heime," tok gjentungen berre upp atter som ein automat og stod ferdig til aa slaa att døri.

     "I was to say she is not at home," the girl simply repeated like an automaton, ready to close the door.

2. a slot machine (gambling machine, vending machine and similar)

• billettautomat

• “automat” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Wikipedia ^pl

Borrowed from German Automat. By surface analysis, auto- +‎ -mat.

• IPA^(key): /awˈtɔ.mat/

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• Rhymes: -ɔmat
• Syllabification: au‧to‧mat

automat m inan

1. vending machine, automat

   automat sprzedający ― vending machine

2. arcade game
3. payphone
4. (colloquial, firearms) submachine gun, SMG (type of short range machine gun that is carried as a personal weapon and uses pistol ammunition)

   Synonyms: peem, pistolet maszynowy, rozpylacz

5. (colloquial) automaton, robot (a person operating without thinking)
6. (colloquial) automatic transmission
7. reflex (something done without thinking, on autopilot)

• automat in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• automat in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from French automate.

• IPA^(key): /a.u.toˈmat/

automat m or n (feminine singular automată, masculine plural automați, feminine and neuter plural automate)

1. automatic, self-acting, inertial

automat n (plural automate)

1. automaton
2. vending machine
3. golem
4. clockwork

• “automat”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

• IPA^(key): /autǒmaːt/
• Hyphenation: a‧u‧to‧mat

autòmāt m (Cyrillic spelling ауто̀ма̄т)

1. automaton
2. vending machine, automat

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek αὐτόματος (autómatos, “self-willed; self-moving”). First attested in 1783.^[1]

automat c

1. automaton ^[1]
   • 1836, Karl Anders af Kullberg, En dansös’ bekännelser‎, page 78:

     Jag – en talande automat i dessa lycksriddares händer! Åh, jag känner dem!

     Me – a talking automaton in the hands of these knights of fortune! Oh, I know them!

2. An automatic machine that dispense items or provide service (often in exchange for money) ^[1]
   1. vending machine
   2. kiosk; an unattended stand for the automatic dispensation of tickets

• automatik
• automatisk

• automat in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• automat in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)