auto-

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

English

Alternative forms

  • aut- (used before a vowel)

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɔː.təʊ/

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-, self-).

Prefix

auto-

  1. Reflexive, regarding or to oneself.
    auto- + biographyautobiography
    auto- + eroticautoerotic
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
English terms prefixed with auto- (self)
Translations

Etymology 2

Clipping of automatic

Prefix

auto-

  1. Automatic.
    auto- + focusautofocus
    auto- + loaderautoloader
    auto- + walkautowalk
Derived terms
English terms prefixed with auto- (automatic)
Translations

Etymology 3

Clipping of automobile, from auto- + mobile

Prefix

auto-

  1. Relating to cars or the driving of cars.
    auto- + crossautocross
    auto- + -phileautophile
Translations

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with auto-

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).

Pronunciation

Prefix

auto-

  1. auto- (regarding oneself)
  2. auto- (relating to cars)

Derived terms

Catalan terms prefixed with auto-

Further reading

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [au̯to ]

Prefix

auto-

  1. auto- (regarding oneself)
    Synonym: sebe-
    auto- + cenzuraautocenzura

Derived terms

Czech terms prefixed with auto-

Further reading

  • auto- in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • auto- I in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017
  • auto- II in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

Danish

Prefix

auto-

  1. self
    autobiografi, autofiktion
  2. automatic
    autozoom, autopilot
  3. cars
    autoskade, autoværksted

Derived terms

Danish terms prefixed with auto-

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English auto-), ultimately from Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯to-/, [ˈɑ̝u̯t̪o̞-]

Prefix

auto-

  1. auto-, self- (regarding oneself)
    Synonyms: oma-, itse-
    autobiografiaautobiography
    autonomiaautonomy
    omaelämäkertaautobiography
    itsehallintoself-governance, autonomy
  2. auto- (automatic)
    Synonyms: automaatti-, automaattinen
    autopilottiautopilot
    automaattiohjausautopilot

Usage notes

  • In Finnish the prefix auto- is chiefly used with loanwords, see usage examples above.

Derived terms

Finnish terms prefixed with auto-

Further reading

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-), from αὐτός (autós, self).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /o.tɔ/, /ɔ.tɔ/
  • (file)

Prefix

auto-

  1. auto- (regarding oneself)
  2. auto- (automatic)
  3. auto- (relating to cars)

Usage notes

  • Auto- is sometimes added to reflexive verbs in order to stress the reflexiveness of the action. When this is done, the reflexive pronoun is always used as well:
Je m'auto-sabote.I sabotage myself. (literally, “I self-sabotage myself.”)

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with auto-

Galician

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).

Prefix

auto-

  1. auto-, self-

Derived terms

From

Galician terms prefixed with auto-

.

Further reading

German

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Prefix

auto-

  1. auto-

Derived terms

German terms prefixed with auto-

Hungarian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, self).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɒuto], [ˈɒu̯to][2]

Prefix

auto-

  1. auto- (regarding oneself)
  2. auto- (automatic)

Derived terms

Hungarian nouns prefixed with auto-

References

  1. Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
  2. Siptár, Péter and Miklós Törkenczy. The Phonology of Hungarian. The Phonology of the World’s Languages. Oxford University Press, 2007. →ISBN, p. 17

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch auto-, from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, self).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [au̯to]
  • Hyphenation: auto

Prefix

auto-

  1. auto-: regarding oneself.

Derived terms

Indonesian terms prefixed with auto-

Further reading

Italian

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, self).

Prefix

auto-

  1. (highly productive) auto-, self- (regarding oneself; by oneself)
  2. (highly productive) auto-, self- (automatic)
  3. (mathematics) eigen-
  4. (rare) homo- (same)
Derived terms
Italian terms prefixed with auto-
Italian terms prefixed with auto- (self)
Italian terms prefixed with auto- (automatic)

Further reading

  • auto-1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

From auto, automobile.

Prefix

auto-

  1. auto- (relating to cars)
Derived terms
Italian terms prefixed with auto- (car)

Further reading

  • auto-2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, self).

Prefix

auto-

  1. auto-

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål terms prefixed with auto-

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, self).

Prefix

auto-

  1. auto-

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk terms prefixed with auto-

References

Polish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaw.tɔ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -awtɔ
  • Syllabification: au‧to

Prefix

auto-

  1. auto-, as relating to oneself
    Synonym: samo-
    auto- + biografiaautobiografia
  2. auto-, automatic
    Synonym: samo-
    auto- + pilotautopilot
  3. auto-, as relating to cars
    Synonym: samo-
    auto- + alarmautoalarm

Derived terms

Polish terms prefixed with auto-

Further reading

  • auto- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, self).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌaw.tu/ [ˌaʊ̯.tu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌaw.to/ [ˌaʊ̯.to]

Prefix

auto-

  1. self-; auto- (done by or directed at oneself)
    auto- + ódio (hatred)auto-ódio (self-hatred)
  2. auto- (automatic)
    auto- + foco (foco)autofoco (autofocus)
  3. auto- (relating to automobiles)
    auto- + carro (car)autocarro (bus)
  4. (Brazil, linear algebra) eigen- (relating to eigenvectors and eigenvalues)

Derived terms

Portuguese terms prefixed with auto-

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).

Prefix

auto-

  1. auto-
  2. drive-in

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with auto-

Further reading

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