automobile

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

/ ˌɔ tə məˈbil, ˈɔ tə məˌbil, ˌɔ təˈmoʊ bil, -bəl /

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noun

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

adjective

of or relating to automobiles; automotive.

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Origin of automobile

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

OTHER WORDS FROM automobile

au·to·mo·bil·ist

[aw-tuh-muh-bee-list, -moh-bi-list], /ˌɔ tə məˈbi lɪst, -ˈmoʊ bɪ lɪst/, noun

Words nearby automobile

automatize, automatograph, automaton, automechanism, autometer, automobile, automobile insurance, automobilia, automorphic, automorphism, automotive

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How to use automobile in a sentence

She was speaking about the Dale—a three-wheeled, low-cost, high-efficiency car, which she claimed would upend America’s automobile industry.
How the Creators of HBO's The Lady and the Dale Told a Sensitive Story About a Complicated Trans Trailblazer|Suyin Haynes|February 3, 2021|Time
If a once-in-a-century pandemic and a historic recession were not enough, India’s hard-pressed automobile sector has now run into yet another speedbump.
Just as India’s auto sector was getting back on its feet, coronavirus has come back to bite it|Niharika Sharma|January 20, 2021|Quartz
This time, environmental justice advocates are putting pressure on an international automobile manufacturer to use zero-emission trucks, even though they’re not commercially available yet.
Environment Report: Advocates Want Zero-Emission Trucks in Portside Neighborhoods|MacKenzie Elmer|December 7, 2020|Voice of San Diego
In seeking revenue for this vision, SANDAG has the opportunity to add another big move – a gasoline tax that can both provide the necessary resources to achieve its vision and an incentive to chip away at our dependence on automobiles.
A Sixth Big Move for SANDAG’s New Transportation Vision|Joe Bettles|November 30, 2020|Voice of San Diego

A number of visionary entrepreneurs, Henry Ford being one, designed automobiles in Detroit, and eventually, Detroit became known as The Motor City.
Detroit : What to Know if You’re Moving to the Motor City|LGBTQ-Editor|November 24, 2020|No Straight News
Strange was a surgeon who lost the use of his hands in an automobile accident.
The Flying Sorcery of Dr. Strange: Benedict Cumberbatch Is Marvel's Most Bizarre Magician|Rich Goldstein|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The massive automobile and bank bailouts were the cherries on top.
Assuming GOP Does Take the Senate, Dems Have Nothing to Fear|Veronique de Rugy|November 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Because the automobile essentially was a motorized quadricycle.
Pryor Dodge's Two-Wheeled Obsession Is Now a Museum of Bike History|Anthony Haden-Guest|September 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He claimed that any serious conversation about poverty must include the issue of automobile access.
How Cars, Not Subways, Will Make Us Richer|Scott Beyer|June 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But what if some of the money went instead towards increasing automobile access?
How Cars, Not Subways, Will Make Us Richer|Scott Beyer|June 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There was a time when Aristide Pujol, in sole charge of an automobile, went gaily scuttering over the roads of France.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
The man with the automobile, the corn-cure, and the baby grew to be legendary in the villages of Provence.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
Now an automobile was a marvellous dragon for Rosemary, and she could never see too many for her pleasure.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson
An automobile therefore has the same rights and no more than those of a footman.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
One who uses another's automobile without consent or knowledge of the owner, may be liable to pay a reasonable hire therefor.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles

British Dictionary definitions for automobile

automobile

/ (ˈɔːtəməˌbiːl) /

noun

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

Derived forms of automobile

automobilist (ˌɔːtəməˈbiːlɪst, -ˈməʊbɪlɪst), noun

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