automotive

English

Etymology

From auto- +‎ motive.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɔːtəˈməʊtɪv/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɔtəˈmoʊtɪv/, [ˌɔɾəˈmoʊtɪv]
• (cot-caught merger, US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌɑtəˈmoʊtɪv/, [ˌɑɾəˈmoʊtɪv]

Adjective

automotive (not comparable)

1. Having the ability to move by itself; self-propelled or self-propelling.
2. Of, or relating to motor vehicles.
   • 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion‎^[1]:

     But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.

Derived terms

• autogas
• automotive battery
• automotive industry
• nonautomotive

Translations

having the ability to move by itself; self-propelled or self-propelling

• Albanian: automobilistik (sq)
• Bulgarian: самоходен (samohoden)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 汽車 / 汽车 (zh) (qìchē), 機動車 / 机动车 (zh) (jīdòngchē)

• Finnish: itseliikkuva
• French: automobile (fr) m or f
• Indonesian: swacala
• Macedonian: самоо́ден m (samoóden)
• Malay: automotif (ms)
• Portuguese: automotivo (pt) m
• Russian: самохо́дный (ru) (samoxódnyj)
• Spanish: automotor (es)
• Swedish: självgående

of, or relating to motor vehicles

• Albanian: automobilistik (sq)
• Czech: automobilový (cs)
• Finnish: auto- (fi)
• French: automobile (fr) m or f
• Indonesian: otomotif (id)
• Italian: automobilistico (it) m
• Macedonian: авто- (avto-)
• Malay: automotif (ms)
• Polish: motoryzacyjny (pl)
• Portuguese: automotivo (pt) m
• Russian: автомоби́льный (ru) (avtomobílʹnyj), авто- (ru) (avto-)
• Spanish: automotor (es), automovilístico (es)
• Swedish: bil- (sv)

Noun

automotive (plural automotives)

1. A shop or company that sells motor vehicle parts.
2. The field, business, or market segment that concerns automobiles, especially their manufacture.

   His business is a machine shop that works mainly in automotive, aerospace, and medical.

See also

• automobile
• locomotive

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English automotive.

Adjective

automotive (invariable)

1. automotive (pertaining to motor vehicles)