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”).

発音

• (英国発音, General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈɔː.tə.məˌbiːl/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈɔː.tə.məˌbil/, /ˌɔː.tə.məˈbil/, /ˌɔː.təˈmoʊ.bil/
• ハイフネーション: au‧to‧mo‧bile

名詞

automobile (複数形 automobiles)

1. (US, Canada) A type of 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. A car or motorcar.
   • 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 perhaps four or five passengers.
• A vehicle with more than six or seven seats is usually described as a limousine, minivan, van, SUV, bus, etc.

同意語

• (passenger vehicle): auto, car, (英国用法) motor, (英国用法) motorcar
• See also Thesaurus:automobile

等位語

• truck, van, bus, SUV, minivan, station wagon, sedan, coupe, convertible, sports car, racecar; wagon, cart, trailer, tractor; airplane, boat, ship

派生語

関連する語

• automatic
• automotive

派生した語

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

動詞

automobile (三人称単数 現在形 automobiles, 現在分詞 automobiling, 過去形および過去分詞形 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.
   • 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.

   Synonym: autokinetic