auto-

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

English

Alternative forms
  • aut- (used before a vowel)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɔː.təʊ/

Prefix

auto-

  1. Regarding oneself
    autobiography, autoerotic
    Synonym: self-
    Antonyms: allo-, hetero-
  2. (from automatic) automatic
    autofocus, autoloader
  3. (from automobile) relating to cars or the driving of cars
    autocross, autophile

Derived terms
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Translations

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αὐτo- (auto-).

Prefix

auto-

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

Derived terms
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Further reading

Danish

Prefix

auto-

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

Derived terms
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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /o.to/, /o.tɔ/

Prefix

auto-

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

Derived terms
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German

Prefix

auto-

  1. auto-

Derived terms
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Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɒuto]

Prefix

auto-

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

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

Italian

Prefix

auto-

  1. auto- (regarding oneself)
  2. auto- (automatic)
  3. auto- (relating to cars)
  4. self-
  5. (mathematics) eigen-

Derived terms
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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Prefix

auto-

  1. auto-

Derived terms
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References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Prefix

auto-

  1. auto-

Derived terms
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References

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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- + ‎esporte (“sport”) → ‎autoesporte (“car sport”)
  4. (linear algebra) eigen- (relating to eigenvectors and eigenvalues)

Derived terms
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Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αὐτo- (auto-).

Prefix

auto-

  1. auto-

Derived terms
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Further reading
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