automobileとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From French automobile, from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”) + French mobile (“moving”), from Latin mōbilis (“movable”), equivalent to auto- (“self”) +‎ mobile.

発音

• (英国発音, General Australian, New Zealand) IPA: /ˈɔː.tə.məˌbiːl/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈɔː.tə.məˌbil/, /ˌɔː.tə.məˈbil/, /ˌɔː.təˈmoʊ.bil/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA: /ˈɑː.tə.məˌbil/, /ˈɑː.tə.məˈbil/, /ˈɑː.təˈmoʊ.bil/
• (Indic) IPA: /ˌɔ.ʈɵ.mɵˌbajl/
• ハイフネーション: au‧to‧mo‧bile

名詞

automobile (plural automobiles)

1. (US, Canada, Philippines, Australia, New Zealand) A type of motor vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and a very limited amount of other load.

   Synonyms: car, auto, motorcar (dated in some dialects), motor (Britain); see also Thesaurus:automobile

   Hypernyms: motor vehicle < vehicle

   Hyponyms: station wagon, sedan, coupe, convertible; sports car, racecar, muscle car

   Meronym: see list of auto parts

   Coordinate terms: truck, van, bus, coach, SUV, minivan; wagon, cart, trailer, tractor; aircraft, airplane, boat, ship, vessel

   • 2013 July-August, Philip J. Bushnell, “Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance”, in American Scientist:

     Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident.

使用する際の注意点

• The word automobile usually implies a car with seating for two to six occupants. Although the word etymonically might seem like it should be synonymous with motor vehicle, idiomatically it almost always means a certain type of such vehicle.
• A vehicle with more than six or seven seats is usually called a limousine, minivan, van, SUV, bus, etc.
• A vehicle devoted mainly to cargo is usually called a lorry, truck, or van.

派生語

関連する語

• automatic
• automotive

派生した語

• → Alabama: mobìlika
• → Hawaiian: ʻokomopila
• → Unami: hatëmopil

動詞

automobile (third-person singular simple present automobiles, present participle automobiling, simple past and past participle automobiled)

1. (intransitive, dated) To travel by automobile.
   • 1909, “"How Can He Do It?"”, in Notions and Fancy Goods, volume 43, page 30:

     The misguided youngsters are yachting, attending the races, playing the "stage Johnny," automobiling, playing poker for high stakes, overliving at home, on expensive shopping tours, attending box parties to the theatre, visiting high-priced restaurants, etc., etc.

形容詞

automobile (not comparable)

1. Self-moving; self-propelled.

   Synonym: autokinetic

   • 1919, Nikola Tesla, My Inventions:

     As early as 1898 I proposed to representatives of a large manufacturing concern the construction and public exhibition of an automobile carriage which, left to itself, would perform a great variety of operations involving something akin to judgment.