auto-

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- + ‎biography → ‎autobiography

   ‎auto- + ‎erotic → ‎autoerotic

Synonyms

• self-, ipsi-

Antonyms

• (different): allo-, hetero-
• (concomitant): syn-
• (reciprocal): inter-
• (mutual): co-, con-/com-/col-/cor-, syn-/sym-/syl-, inter-

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with auto-

• autoclave
• autograph
• automaton
• autosome

Translations

regarding oneself

Armenian: ինքն (hy) (inkʿn) Bulgarian: авто- (avto-) Catalan: auto- (ca) Czech: auto- (cs) Danish: auto-, selv- Finnish: auto- (fi), itse-, oma- (fi) French: auto- (fr) Galician: auto- (gl) German: auto- (de) Greek: αυτο- (el) (afto-) Indonesian: auto-, swa- Italian: auto- (it) Malay: swa- (ms) Moroccan Amazigh: -ⵎⴰⵏ m (-man), -ⵎⴰⵏⵜ f (-mant), -ⵎⴰⵏⵏ pl or m pl (-mann), -ⵎⴰⵏⵉⵏ pl or f pl (-manin) Norwegian: Bokmål: selv-, auto- Nynorsk: auto- Persian: اتو‎ (fa) (oto-), خود‎ (fa) (xod-) Polish: auto- (pl), samo- (pl) Portuguese: auto- (pt) Russian: авто- (ru) (avto-), само- (ru) (samo-), себе- (sebe-) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ауто- Roman: auto- Spanish: auto- (es)

Etymology 2

Clipping of automatic

Prefix

auto-

1. automatic

   ‎auto- + ‎focus → ‎autofocus

   ‎auto- + ‎loader → ‎autoloader

   ‎auto- + ‎walk → ‎autowalk

Derived terms

• autoverification

Translations

automatic

Armenian: ինքն (hy) (inkʿn) Bulgarian: авто- (avto-) Czech: samo- Danish: auto- Finnish: auto- (fi), automaatti- (fi), automaattinen (fi) French: auto- (fr) Greek: αυτο- (el) (afto-) Ido: auto- Italian: auto- (it) Korean: 자동 (ko) (jadong) Moroccan Amazigh: -ⵎⴰⵏ m (-man), -ⵎⴰⵏⵜ f (-mant), -ⵎⴰⵏⵏ pl or m pl (-mann), -ⵎⴰⵏⵉⵏ pl or f pl (-manin) Norwegian: Bokmål: auto- Nynorsk: auto- Polish: auto- (pl), samo- (pl) Portuguese: auto- (pt) Russian: авто- (ru) (avto-) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ауто- Roman: auto-

Etymology 3

Clipping of automobile, from auto- + mobile

Prefix

auto-

1. relating to cars or the driving of cars

   ‎auto- + ‎cross → ‎autocross

   ‎auto- + ‎-phile → ‎autophile

Translations

relating to cars or the driving of cars

Armenian: ավտո- (avto-) Bulgarian: авто- (avto-) Finnish: auto- (fi) French: auto- (fr) Greek: αυτο- (el) (afto-) Italian: auto- (it) Norwegian: auto- Polish: auto- (pl), samo- (pl) Portuguese: auto- (pt) Russian: авто- (ru) (avto-) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ауто- Roman: auto-

Anagrams

• aout, outa

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Catalan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).

Prefix

auto-

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

Derived terms

Catalan terms prefixed with auto-

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, 2023
• “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.

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈau̯to]

Prefix

auto-

1. auto- (regarding oneself)

   ‎auto- + ‎cenzura → ‎autocenzura

   Synonym: sebe-

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

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Danish

Prefix

auto-

1. self

   autobiografi, autofiktion

2. automatic

   autozoom, autopilot

3. cars

   autoskade, autoværksted

Derived terms

Danish terms prefixed with auto-

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Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯to-/, [ˈɑu̯t̪o̞-]

Prefix

auto-

1. auto-, self- (regarding oneself)

   autobiografia ― autobiography

   autonomia ― autonomy

   Synonyms: oma-, itse-

   omaelämäkerta ― autobiography

   itsehallinto ― self-governance, autonomy

2. auto- (automatic)

   autopilotti ― autopilot

   Synonyms: automaatti-, automaattinen

   automaattiohjaus ― autopilot

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

Finnish terms prefixed with auto-

Anagrams

• auot, outa

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.tɔ/, /ɔ.tɔ/

• Audio

  (file)

Prefix

auto-

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

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with auto-

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Galician

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).

Prefix

auto-

1. auto-, self-

Derived terms

Galician terms prefixed with auto-

Further reading

• “auto-” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Prefix

auto-

1. auto-

Derived terms

German terms prefixed with auto-

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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

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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

• “auto-” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”).

Prefix

auto-

1. auto-

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål terms prefixed with auto-

References

• “auto-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”).

Prefix

auto-

1. auto-

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk terms prefixed with auto-

References

• “auto-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaw.tɔ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -awtɔ
• Syllabification: au‧to

Prefix

auto-

1. auto-, as relating to oneself

   ‎auto- + ‎biografia → ‎autobiografia

   Synonym: samo-

2. auto-, automatic

   ‎auto- + ‎pilot → ‎autopilot

   Synonym: samo-

3. auto-, as relating to cars

   ‎auto- + ‎alarm → ‎autoalarm

   Synonym: samo-

Derived terms

Polish terms prefixed with auto-

Further reading

• auto- in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• auto- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌaw.tɔ/

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-

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Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).

Prefix

auto-

1. auto-
2. drive-in

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with auto-

Further reading

• “auto-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014