automotive en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌɔtəˈmoʊtɪv/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˌoːtəˈməʉ.tɪv/ (Australia)
- /ˌɔːtəˈməʊtɪv/ (UK)
- [ˌɔɾəˈmoʊɾɪv] (General-American)
- [ˌoːtəˈmɐʉ.ɾɪv] (Australia)
- [ˌɒɾəˈmoʊɾɪv] (Canada, dialectal) of the US
- /ˌɑtəˈmoʊtɪv/ (US, cot-caught-merger, dialectal) of CA
- [ˌoːtəˈməʉ.ɾɪv] (Australia)
- /ˌoːtəˈmɐʉ.tɪv/ (Australia)
- /ˌɒtəˈmoʊtɪv/ (Canada, dialectal) of the US
- [ˌɑɾəˈmoʊɾɪv] (US, cot-caught-merger, dialectal) of CA
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew Proto-Indo-European *tó- Proto-Hellenic *autós Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder. Ancient Greek αὖ (aû) Ancient Greek τόν (tón) Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-)lbor. English auto- Anglo-Norman motifder. Middle French motifder. Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin mōtus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Late Latin mōtīvumder. Middle English motif English motive English automotive From auto- + motive.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Having the ability to move by itself; self-propelled or self-propelling.
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(not-comparable) Of, or relating to motor vehicles.
“You can look back 15, 20 years to when GM’s China operations was its life preserver. It certainly isn’t now. It’s a money pit,” said Jeff Schuster, global vice president of automotive research at research firm GlobalData. “Every international brand is suffering in China.”
2024 December 17, Chris Isidore, “The retreat from the world’s largest auto market has begun”, in CNN: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.
2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion:
Deriveds
nonautomotive · automotive battery · automotive industry · autogas
Translations (34)
sv bil- (of, or relating to motor vehicles) · cs automobilový (of, or relating to motor vehicles) · ca automotor (having the ability to move by itself; self-propelled or self-propelling) · pt automotivo (having the ability to move by itself; self-propelled or self-propelling) · pl samobieżny (having the ability to move by itself; self-propelled or self-propelling) · it automobilistico (of, or relating to motor vehicles) · sq automobilistik (having the ability to move by itself; self-propelled or self-propelling) · mk самоо́ден (having the ability to move by itself; self-propelled or self-propelling) · mk авто- (of, or relating to motor vehicles) · es automotor (of, or relating to motor vehicles) · sq automobilistik (of, or relating to motor vehicles) · ru автомоби́льный (of, or relating to motor vehicles) · fi auto- (of, or relating to motor vehicles) · id otomotif (of, or relating to motor vehicles) · id swacala (having the ability to move by itself; self-propelled or self-propelling) · bg самоходен (having the ability to move by itself; self-propelled or self-propelling) · pt automotivo (of, or relating to motor vehicles) · fr automoteur (having the ability to move by itself; self-propelled or self-propelling) · fr automobile (having the ability to move by itself; self-propelled or self-propelling) · ca automotor (of, or relating to motor vehicles) · es automotor (having the ability to move by itself; self-propelled or self-propelling) · fr automobile (of, or relating to motor vehicles) · cmn 汽車 /汽车 (having the ability to move by itself; self-propelled or self-propelling) · fi itseliikkuva (having the ability to move by itself; self-propelled or self-propelling) · ms automotif (of, or relating to motor vehicles) · am የመኪና (of, or relating to motor vehicles) · es automovilístico (of, or relating to motor vehicles) · pl motoryzacyjny (of, or relating to motor vehicles) · ms automotif (having the ability to move by itself; self-propelled or self-propelling) · sv självgående (having the ability to move by itself; self-propelled or self-propelling) · ru самохо́дный (having the ability to move by itself; self-propelled or self-propelling) · pl samochodowy (of, or relating to motor vehicles) · cmn 機動車 /机动车 (having the ability to move by itself; self-propelled or self-propelling) · ru авто- (of, or relating to motor vehicles)