auto-

Afrikaans: outo-
Albanian: auto-
Aragonese: auto-
Armenian: ինքն (hy) (inkʻn), ավտո- (avto-)
Asturian: auto-
Azerbaijani: avto-
Basque: auto- (eu)
Belarusian: аўта- (aŭta-)
Bulgarian: авто- (avto-)
Catalan: auto- (ca)
Czech: auto- (cs)
Danish: auto-, selv-
Dutch: auto- (nl)
Esperanto: aŭto-
Estonian: auto- (et)
Finnish: auto- (fi), itse-, oma- (fi)
French: auto- (fr)
Galician: auto- (gl)
Georgian: ავტო- (avṭo-)
German: auto- (de)
Greek: αυτο- (el) (afto-)
Ancient: αὐτό- (autó-)
Hebrew: אוֹטוֹ־ (oto-)
Hindi: आत्म (hi) (ātma)
Hungarian: auto- (hu)
Ido: auto-
Indonesian: auto-, swa-
Interlingua: auto-
Italian: auto- (it)
Kazakh: авто- (avto-)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: oto- (ku)
Kyrgyz: авто- (avto-)
Latin: auto-
Latvian: auto-
Lithuanian: auto-
Macedonian: авто- (avto-)
Malay: swa- (ms)
Maltese: awto-
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-
Occitan: auto-
Persian: اتو (fa) (oto-), خود (fa) (xod-)
Polish: auto- (pl), samo- (pl)
Portuguese: auto- (pt)
Romanian: auto- (ro)
Cyrillic: ауто- (auto-)
Russian: авто- (ru) (avto-), само- (ru) (samo-), себе- (sebe-)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ауто-

Roman: auto-
Sicilian: autu-
Slovak: auto-
Slovene: avto-
Spanish: auto- (es)
Swedish: auto- (sv), själv- (sv)
Tagalog: awto-, sari-, saril-
Tajik: авто- (avto-)
Turkish: oto- (tr)
Turkmen: awto-
Ukrainian: авто- (uk) (avto-)
Uzbek: avto- (uz)
Yiddish: אויטאָ־ (oyto-)

Etymology 2

Clipping of automatic.

Prefix

auto-

Automatic.
‎auto- + ‎focus → ‎autofocus

‎auto- + ‎loader → ‎autoloader

‎auto- + ‎walk → ‎autowalk

Derived terms

Translations

automatic

Armenian: ինքն (hy) (inkʻn)
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,^[1] itself equivalent to auto- (“self”) + mobile.

Prefix

auto-

Self-propelled.
‎auto- + ‎cab → ‎autocab

‎auto- + ‎car → ‎autocar
Relating to cars or the driving of cars.
‎auto- + ‎cross → ‎autocross

‎auto- + ‎-phile → ‎autophile

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with auto- (self-propelled)

English terms prefixed with auto- (automobile)

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-

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈa]

Prefix

auto-

auto- (regarding oneself)
auto- (relating to cars)

Derived terms

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [au̯to ]

Prefix

auto-

auto- (regarding oneself)
Synonym: sebe-

‎auto- + ‎cenzura → ‎autocenzura

Derived terms

Czech terms prefixed with auto-

Danish

Prefix

auto-

Derived terms

Danish terms prefixed with auto-

autofokus

autoprotolyse

Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯to-/, [ˈɑ̝u̯t̪o̞-]

Prefix

auto-

auto-, self- (regarding oneself)
Synonyms: oma-, itse-

autobiografia ― autobiography

autonomia ― autonomy

omaelämäkerta ― autobiography

itsehallinto ― self-governance, autonomy
auto- (automatic)
Synonyms: automaatti-, automaattinen

autopilotti ― autopilot

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

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /o.tɔ/, /ɔ.tɔ/
Audio: (file)

Prefix

auto-

auto- (regarding oneself)
auto- (automatic)
auto- (relating to cars)

Usage notes

Auto- is sometimes added to reflexive verbs in order to stress the reflexiveness of the action. When this is done, the reflexive pronoun is always used as well:

Je m'auto-sabote. ― I sabotage myself. (literally, “I self-sabotage myself.”)

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with auto-

Galician

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).

Prefix

auto-

auto-, self-

Derived terms

From

Galician terms prefixed with auto-

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German

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Prefix

auto-

auto-

Derived terms

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɒuto], [ˈɒu̯to]^[2]

Prefix

auto-

auto- (regarding oneself)
auto- (automatic)

Derived terms

Hungarian nouns prefixed with auto-

autofókusz

References

^ 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
^ Siptár, Péter and Miklós Törkenczy. The Phonology of Hungarian. The Phonology of the World’s Languages. Oxford University Press, 2007. →ISBN, p. 17

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [au̯to]
Hyphenation: auto

Prefix

auto-

auto-: regarding oneself.

Derived terms

Indonesian terms prefixed with auto-

Italian

Etymology 1

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

Prefix

auto-

(highly productive) auto-, self- (regarding oneself; by oneself)
(highly productive) auto-, self- (automatic)
(mathematics) eigen-
(rare) homo- (same)

Derived terms

Italian terms prefixed with auto-

autoimprenditorialità

autosensibilizzazione

Italian terms prefixed with auto- (self)

autoapprovvigionamento

Etymology 2

From auto, automobile.

Prefix

auto-

auto- (relating to cars)

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Prefix

auto-

auto-

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål terms prefixed with auto-

References

“auto-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Prefix

auto-

auto-

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk terms prefixed with auto-

References

“auto-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aw.tɔ/
Audio 1: (file)
Audio 2: (file)
Rhymes: -awtɔ
Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]
Homophone: auto

Prefix

auto-

auto-, as relating to oneself
Synonym: samo-

‎auto- + ‎biografia → ‎autobiografia
auto-, automatic
Synonym: samo-

‎auto- + ‎pilot → ‎autopilot
auto-, as relating to cars
Synonym: samo-

‎auto- + ‎alarm → ‎autoalarm

Derived terms

Polish terms prefixed with auto-

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌaw.tɔ/

Prefix

auto-

self-; auto- (done by or directed at oneself)
‎auto- + ‎ódio (“hatred”) → ‎auto-ódio (“self-hatred”)
auto- (automatic)
‎auto- + ‎foco (“foco”) → ‎autofoco (“autofocus”)
auto- (relating to automobiles)
‎auto- + ‎carro (“car”) → ‎autocarro (“bus”)
(Brazil, linear algebra) eigen- (relating to eigenvectors and eigenvalues)