automobile

American  

[aw-tuh-muh-beel, aw-tuh-muh-beel, aw-tuh-moh-beel, -buhl] / ˌɔ tə məˈbil, ˈɔ tə məˌbil, ˌɔ təˈmoʊ bil, -bəl /

noun

1. a passenger vehicle designed for operation on ordinary roads and typically having four wheels and a gasoline or diesel internal-combustion engine.

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adjective

1. of or relating to automobiles; automotive.

automobile British  

/ -ˈməʊbɪlɪst, ˌɔːtəməˈbiːlɪst, ˈɔːtəməˌbiːl /

noun

1. another word (esp US) for car

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Other Word Forms

• automobilist noun

Etymology

Origin of automobile

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

Example Sentences

An industrial park for the robotics industry is in the works, while state investment funds in the area are taking stakes in tech companies, such as one making chips for automobiles.

From The Wall Street Journal

Young men who hold the three most common assets in the survey — a savings account, an automobile and crypto — gamble at remarkable rates, and close to 25% bet online daily.

From MarketWatch

Instead, it increasingly looks like China has a commanding lead after fully embracing Musk’s vision of the electrified automobile.

From The Wall Street Journal

“It could be a whole alphabet soup of different things. With all the agriculture in this area, industry, automobiles, wood smoke, there’s a whole bunch” of contenders, Weiss-Penzias said.

From Los Angeles Times

An automobile engineer by education, Pranshu is passionate about his legacy.

From BBC

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