automobil

See also: Automobil, automòbil, and automóbil

Albanian

Noun

automobil

1. automobile
2. vehicle
3. car

Synonyms

• veturë
• makinë
• kerr

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈau̯tomobɪl]

• Audio:

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Noun

automobil m inan (relational adjective automobilový)

1. automobile

   Synonym: auto

Declension

Declension of automobil (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	automobil	automobily
genitive	automobilu	automobilů
dative	automobilu	automobilům
accusative	automobil	automobily
vocative	automobile	automobily
locative	automobilu	automobilech
instrumental	automobilem	automobily

Related terms

• See motiv

Further reading

• “automobil”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “automobil”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “automobil”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French automobile.

Noun

automobil c (singular definite automobilen or automobilet, plural indefinite automobiler)

1. automobile

Declension

Declension of automobil

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	automobil	automobilen automobilet	automobiler	automobilerne
genitive	automobils	automobilens automobilets	automobilers	automobilernes

Synonyms

• bil

Derived terms

• automobilforhandler
• automobilindustri
• automobilmekaniker
• automobilmuseum
• automobilteknik
• bil

References

• “automobil” in Den Danske Ordbog

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aʊ̯tomoˈbiːl]
• Hyphenation: au‧to‧mo‧bil

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Adjective

automobil (strong nominative masculine singular automobiler, not comparable)

1. automobile

Declension

Positive forms of automobil (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist automobil	sie ist automobil	es ist automobil	sie sind automobil
strong declension (without article)	nominative	automobiler	automobile	automobiles	automobile
	genitive	automobilen	automobiler	automobilen	automobiler
	dative	automobilem	automobiler	automobilem	automobilen
	accusative	automobilen	automobile	automobiles	automobile
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der automobile	die automobile	das automobile	die automobilen
	genitive	des automobilen	der automobilen	des automobilen	der automobilen
	dative	dem automobilen	der automobilen	dem automobilen	den automobilen
	accusative	den automobilen	die automobile	das automobile	die automobilen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein automobiler	eine automobile	ein automobiles	(keine) automobilen
	genitive	eines automobilen	einer automobilen	eines automobilen	(keiner) automobilen
	dative	einem automobilen	einer automobilen	einem automobilen	(keinen) automobilen
	accusative	einen automobilen	eine automobile	ein automobiles	(keine) automobilen

Further reading

• “automobil” in Duden online
• “automobil”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch automobiel (“car”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [au̯toˈmobɪl]
• Hyphenation: au‧to‧mo‧bil

Noun

automobil (plural automobil-automobil)

1. car, automobile, a vehicle steered by a driver

   Synonyms: mobil, oto, otomobil

Further reading

• “automobil”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew

Proto-Indo-European *tó-

Proto-Hellenic *autós

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder.

Ancient Greek αὖ (aû)

Ancient Greek τόν (tón)

Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós)

Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-)lbor.

French auto-

Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti

Proto-Italic *moweō

Latin moveō

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin mōbilislbor.

French mobile

French automobilebor.

Polish automobil

Borrowed from French automobile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aw.tɔˈmɔ.bil/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔbil
• Syllabification: au‧to‧mo‧bil

Noun

automobil m inan (related adjective automobilowy)

1. (archaic) automobile, car

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:samochód

Declension

Declension of automobil

	singular	plural
nominative	automobil	automobile
genitive	automobilu	automobili/automobilów
dative	automobilowi	automobilom
accusative	automobil	automobile
instrumental	automobilem	automobilami
locative	automobilu	automobilach
vocative	automobilu	automobile

Derived terms

nouns

• automobilista
• automobilistka
• automobilizm
• automobilklub

Further reading

• “automobil”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “automobil”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French automobile, German Automobil. By surface analysis, auto- +‎ mobil.

Noun

automobil n (plural automobile)

1. automobile
2. car

   Synonym: mașină

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	automobil	automobilul	automobile	automobilele
genitive-dative	automobil	automobilului	automobile	automobilelor
vocative	automobilule		automobilelor

References

• Romanian vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /automǒbiːl/

Noun

automòbīl m inan (Cyrillic spelling аутомо̀бӣл)

1. automobile
2. car

Declension

Declension of automobil

	singular	plural
nominative	automobil	automobili
genitive	automobila	automobila
dative	automobilu	automobilima
accusative	automobil	automobile
vocative	automobile	automobili
locative	automobilu	automobilima
instrumental	automobilom	automobilima

Synonyms

• àuto (colloquial)
• kȍla (colloquial, Bosnian and Serbian)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /autɔmɔbil/, [ˈautɔmɔbil]
• Rhymes: -ɔbil
• Hyphenation: a‧u‧to‧mo‧bil

Noun

automobil m inan (relational adjective automobilový or automobilný)

1. automobile, car

   Synonym: auto

Declension

Declension of automobil
(pattern dub)

	singular	plural
nominative	automobil	automobily
genitive	automobilu	automobilov
dative	automobilu	automobilom
accusative	automobil	automobily
locative	automobile	automobiloch
instrumental	automobilom	automobilmi

Further reading

• “automobil”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026