automobile

[ aw-tuh-muh-beel, aw-tuh-muh-beel, aw-tuh-moh-beel, -buhl ]

noun

1. a passenger vehicle designed for operation on ordinary roads and typically having four wheels and a gasoline or diesel internal-combustion engine. hybrid ( def 5b ).

adjective

1. of or relating to automobiles; automotive.

automobile

/ ˈɔːtəməˌbiːl; -ˈməʊbɪlɪst; ˌɔːtəməˈbiːlɪst /

noun

1. See car
   another word (esp US) for car

Derived Forms

• automobilist, noun

Other Words From

• au·to·mo·bil·ist [aw-t, uh, -m, uh, -, bee, -list, -, moh, -bi-list], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of automobile¹

1865–70; < French: literally, self-movable (vehicle). See auto- ¹, mobile

Example Sentences

Strange was a surgeon who lost the use of his hands in an automobile accident.

From The Daily Beast

The massive automobile and bank bailouts were the cherries on top.

From The Daily Beast

Because the automobile essentially was a motorized quadricycle.

From The Daily Beast

He claimed that any serious conversation about poverty must include the issue of automobile access.

From The Daily Beast

But what if some of the money went instead towards increasing automobile access?

From The Daily Beast

There was a time when Aristide Pujol, in sole charge of an automobile, went gaily scuttering over the roads of France.

From Project Gutenberg

The man with the automobile, the corn-cure, and the baby grew to be legendary in the villages of Provence.

From Project Gutenberg

Now an automobile was a marvellous dragon for Rosemary, and she could never see too many for her pleasure.

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An automobile therefore has the same rights and no more than those of a footman.

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One who uses another's automobile without consent or knowledge of the owner, may be liable to pay a reasonable hire therefor.

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Related Words

• auto
• bus
• convertible
• limousine
• passenger car
• pickup truck
• sports car
• station wagon
• taxi
• transportation
• truck
• van