automobilist

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French automobiliste. By surface analysis, automobile + -ist.

Noun

automobilist (plural automobilists)

  1. (archaic) The driver of an automobile.
    Synonym: autoist
    Hypernyms: driver, motorist, operator
    Coordinate term: truck driver
    • 1928, Amelia Earhart, 20 Hrs. 40 Min., chapter III, page 59
      For the automobilist beginner the problem comes when he first meets traffic, and a big truck, say, suddenly cuts in ahead of him.

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French automobiliste. Equivalent to automobiel + -ist.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɑu̯.toː.moː.biˈlɪst/, /ˌoː.toː.moː.biˈlɪst/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: au‧to‧mo‧bi‧list
  • Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

automobilist m (plural automobilisten, diminutive automobilistje n)

  1. A motorist, an automobilist.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French automobiliste.

Noun

automobilist m (plural automobiliști)

  1. motorist

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From automòbīl.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /automobǐlist/
  • Hyphenation: a‧u‧to‧mo‧bi‧list

Noun

automobìlist m (Cyrillic spelling аутомобѝлист)

  1. driver
  2. sports car driver

Declension

References

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