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.

adjective

1. of or relating to automobiles; automotive.

automobile

/ -ˈməʊbɪlɪst, ˌɔːtəməˈbiːlɪst, ˈɔːtəməˌbiːl /

noun

1. another word (esp US) for car

Other Word Forms

• automobilist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of automobile¹

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

Example Sentences

Japan’s aging population and its resistance to immigration are driving the country to automate as much routine work as possible everywhere from automobile factories to retirement homes.

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They share a common history, a social vocabulary, an obsession with the automobile and, until recently, an almost genetic belief in the virtue of growth.

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At school, he became part of a street gang and was arrested for "borrowing an automobile that had stolen jewellery in its trunk".

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The 3,000-acre site, which was built by the Korean automobile manufacturer to make electric vehicles, had been operational for a year.

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In the heart of the Midwest, just across the river from Canada, Detroit has long been the beating heart of American automobile manufacturing.

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