automotive

English

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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɔːtəˈməʊtɪv/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɔtəˈmoʊtɪv/, [ˌɔɾəˈmoʊɾɪv]
• (cot–caught merger, US, dialects of Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌɑtəˈmoʊtɪv/, [ˌɑɾəˈmoʊɾɪv]
• (cot–caught merger, Canada, dialects of the US) IPA^(key): /ˌɒtəˈmoʊtɪv/, [ˌɒɾəˈmoʊɾɪv]
• (Australia) IPA^(key): /ˌoːtəˈməʉ.tɪv/, [ˌoːtəˈməʉ.ɾɪv], /ˌoːtəˈmɐʉ.tɪv/, [ˌoːtəˈmɐʉ.ɾɪv]

Adjective

automotive (not comparable)

1. Having the ability to move by itself; self-propelled or self-propelling.
2. Of, or relating to motor vehicles.
   • 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion‎^[1]:

     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.

   • 2024 December 17, Chris Isidore, “The retreat from the world’s largest auto market has begun”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     “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.”

Derived terms

• autogas
• automotive battery
• automotive industry
• nonautomotive

Translations

having the ability to move by itself; self-propelled or self-propelling

• Albanian: automobilistik (sq)
• Bulgarian: самоходен (samohoden)
• Catalan: automotor
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 汽車 / 汽车 (zh) (qìchē), 機動車 / 机动车 (zh) (jīdòngchē)

• Finnish: itseliikkuva
• French: automobile (fr) m or f, automoteur (fr)
• Indonesian: swacala
• Macedonian: самоо́ден m (samoóden)
• Malay: automotif (ms)
• Polish: samobieżny (pl)
• Portuguese: automotivo (pt) m
• Russian: самохо́дный (ru) (samoxódnyj)
• Spanish: automotor (es)
• Swedish: självgående

of, or relating to motor vehicles

• Albanian: automobilistik (sq)
• Amharic: የመኪና (yämäkina)
• Catalan: automotor
• Czech: automobilový (cs)
• Finnish: auto- (fi)
• French: automobile (fr) m or f
• Indonesian: otomotif (id)
• Italian: automobilistico (it) m
• Macedonian: авто- (avto-)
• Malay: automotif (ms)
• Polish: motoryzacyjny (pl), samochodowy (pl)
• Portuguese: automotivo (pt) m
• Russian: автомоби́льный (ru) (avtomobílʹnyj), авто- (ru) (avto-)
• Spanish: automotor (es), automovilístico (es)
• Swedish: bil- (sv)

Noun

automotive (plural automotives)

1. A shop or company that sells motor vehicle parts.
2. The field, business, or market segment that concerns automobiles, especially their manufacture.

   His business is a machine shop that works mainly in automotive, aerospace, and medical.

See also

• automobile
• locomotive

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English automotive.

Adjective

automotive (invariable)

1. automotive (pertaining to motor vehicles)