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-
- Reflexive, regarding or to oneself.
- auto- + biography → autobiography
- auto- + erotic → autoerotic
Antonyms
Translations
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Etymology 2
Clipping of automatic
Prefix
auto-
Derived terms
Translations
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Etymology 3
Clipping of automobile, from auto- + mobile
Prefix
auto-
Translations
Derived terms
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).
Derived terms
Further reading
- “auto-” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “auto-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “auto-” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “auto-” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [au̯to ]
Derived terms
Danish
Prefix
auto-
Derived terms
Finnish
Etymology
Internationalism (see English auto-), ultimately from Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑu̯to-/, [ˈɑ̝u̯t̪o̞-]
Prefix
auto-
- auto-, self- (regarding oneself)
- auto- (automatic)
- Synonyms: automaatti-, automaattinen
- autopilotti ― autopilot
- automaattiohjaus ― autopilot
Usage notes
- In Finnish the prefix auto- is chiefly used with loanwords, see usage examples above.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “auto-”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
French
Etymology
From Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-), from αὐτός (autós, “self”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o.tɔ/, /ɔ.tɔ/
Audio (file)
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
Galician
Etymology
From Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).
Derived terms
From
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Further reading
- “auto-”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
Hungarian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɒuto], [ˈɒu̯to][2]
Derived terms
References
- 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
- 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
Derived terms
Further reading
- “auto-” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”).
Prefix
auto-
- (highly productive) auto-, self- (regarding oneself; by oneself)
- (highly productive) auto-, self- (automatic)
- (mathematics) eigen-
- (rare) homo- (same)
Derived terms
Further reading
- auto-1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2
From auto, automobile.
Derived terms
Further reading
- auto-2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”).
Derived terms
References
- “auto-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”).
Derived terms
References
- “auto-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaw.tɔ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -awtɔ
- Syllabification: au‧to
Prefix
auto-
Derived terms
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]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌaw.tɔ/
Prefix
auto-
Derived terms
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).
Derived terms
Further reading
- “auto-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014