automobile
A type of motor vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and…A type of motor vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and a very limited amount of other load.
» Tom was killed in an automobile accident.
Tom ist bei einem Autounfall tödlich verunglückt. — wolfgangth
Том погиб в автомобильной аварии. — marafon
Том загинув у автомобільній аварії. — deniko
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1 senses(Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Philippines, US)A type of motor vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and a very limited amount of other load.
Meronym: see list of auto parts
Automobil, Auto, Kraftfahrzeug
автомоби́льavtomobílʹ, автомаши́наavtomašína, маши́наmašína
автомобі́льavtomobílʹ, маши́наmašýna, автомаши́наavtomašýna
- a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
Examples
107 sentencesTom was killed in an automobile accident.
Том загинув у автомобільній аварії. — deniko
ruТом погиб в автомобильной аварии. — marafon
deTom ist bei einem Autounfall tödlich verunglückt. — wolfgangth
The automobile is a wonderful invention.
ruАвтомобиль — чудесное изобретение. — odexed
deDas Auto ist eine wunderbare Erfindung. — Shoyren
He works in the automobile industry.
deEr arbeitet in der Automobilindustrie. — al_ex_an_der
Tom died in an automobile accident.
The automobile has changed our lives.
Translations
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Origin
From French automobile, from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”) + French mobile (“moving”From French automobile, from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”) + French mobile (“moving”), from Latin mōbilis (“movable”), equivalent to auto- (“self”) + mobile.
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Forms
plural: automobiles| Singular | automobile |
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| Plural | automobiles |
regular
Synonyms
11 synonymsWord family
18 related wordsCollocations
3 patterns- an automobile accident
- an an automobile
- automobile accident
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.