autonom

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See also: autonóm and autònom

Albanian

Adjective

autonom

  1. autonomous

Danish

Adjective

autonom

  1. autonomous

Inflection

Inflection of autonom
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular autonom 2
indefinite neuter singular autonomt 2
plural autonome 2
definite attributive1 autonome

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Further reading

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aʊ̯toˈnoːm/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -oːm

Adjective

autonom (strong nominative masculine singular autonomer, not comparable)

  1. autonomous
    Synonyms: eigenverantwortlich, selbstverantwortlich, selbständig
    Antonym: heteronom

Declension

Further reading

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

Indonesian

Adjective

autonom

  1. Alternative form of otonom

Ladin

Adjective

autonom m (feminine singular autonoma, masculine plural autonoms, feminine plural autonomes)

  1. autonomous

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

Adjective

autonom (masculine autonomen, neuter autonoomt, comparative méi autonom, superlative am autonoomsten)

  1. autonomous

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

auto- +‎ -nom, from Ancient Greek αὐτόνομος (autónomos).

Adjective

autonom (neuter singular autonomt, definite singular and plural autonome)

  1. autonomous

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

auto- +‎ -nom, from Ancient Greek αὐτόνομος (autónomos).

Adjective

autonom (neuter singular autonomt, definite singular and plural autonome)

  1. autonomous

References

Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French autonome, from Latin autonomus.

Adjective

autonom m or n (feminine singular autonomă, masculine plural autonomi, feminine and neuter plural autonome)

  1. autonomous

Declension

singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite autonom autonomă autonomi autonome
definite autonomul autonoma autonomii autonomele
genitive-
dative
indefinite autonom autonome autonomi autonome
definite autonomului autonomei autonomilor autonomelor

Swedish

Adjective

autonom (not (comparable))

  1. autonomous

Declension

Inflection of autonom
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular autonom
neuter singular autonomt
plural autonoma
masculine plural2 autonome
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 autonome
all autonoma

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References