Dictionary for automobile

automobile - au·to·mo·bile ( P ) Pronunciation Key (ôt-m-bl, -mbl) n. 
A self-propelled passenger vehicle that usually has four wheels and an internal-combustion engine, used for land transport. Also called motorcar.

adj. Of or relating to automobiles; automotive.
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[French : Greek auto-, auto- + French mobile, mobile (from Old French. See mobile).]
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automobile auto·mo·bilist n. 
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Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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automobile

\Au`to*mo"bile\, n. [F.] An automobile vehicle or mechanism; esp., a self-propelled vehicle suitable for use on a street or roadway. Automobiles are usually propelled by internal combustion engines (using volatile inflammable liquids, as gasoline or petrol, alcohol, naphtha, etc.), steam engines, or electric motors. The power of the driving motor varies from about 4 to 50 H. P. for ordinary vehicles, ranging from the run-about to the touring car, up to as high as 200 H. P. for specially built racing cars. Automobiles are also commonly, and generally in British usage, called motor cars.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. 

automobile

n : 4-wheeled motor vehicle; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work" [syn: car, auto, machine, motorcar] v : travel in an automobile

Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University 

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