different between automat vs automation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Automat, as the system was originally developed in Germany.

Noun

automat (plural automats)

1. A vending machine for food.
2. A cafeteria consisting of vending machines.

Alternative forms

• Automat

Related terms

• automatic
• automation
• automatization
• automaton

Albanian

Noun

automat m

1. automaton (machine, robot, or formal system)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?au?tomat]

Noun

automat m

1. automaton
2. vending machine, automat

Declension

Derived terms

• kone?ný automat m

Related terms

• automatický m
• automatika f

Further reading

• automat in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• automat in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (autómatos).

Noun

automat c (singular definite automaten, plural indefinite automater)

1. kiosk
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Declension

Derived terms

• billettautomat
• spilleautomat

Related terms

• automatvåben

References

• “automat” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?.tu.ma?t/, [æ?.t?.?ma?t]

Noun

automat m (definite singular automaten, indefinite plural automater, definite plural automatene)

1. vending machine

Derived terms

• billettautomat
• spilleautomat

References

• “automat” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (autómaton), neuter of ????????? (autómatos, “self moving, self willed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æ?t??m??t/

Noun

automat m (definite singular automaten, indefinite plural automatar, definite plural automatane)

1. an automaton
   • 1908, Rasmus Løland, Den store automaten:

     "Skulde segja at frøkna ikkje er heime," tok gjentungen berre upp atter som ein automat og stod ferdig til aa slaa att døri.

     "I was to say she is not at home," the girl simply repeated like an automaton, ready to close the door.

2. a slot machine (gambling machine, vending machine and similar)

Derived terms

• billettautomat

References

• “automat” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From German Automat, from Latin automatus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aw?t?.mat/

Noun

automat m inan

1. vending machine, automat
2. automatic setting on a device, e.g. a photo camera
3. automaton
4. (informal) automatic transmission
5. (dated) machine gun

Declension

Further reading

• automat in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• automat in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French automate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.u.to?mat/

Adjective

automat m or n (feminine singular automat?, masculine plural automa?i, feminine and neuter plural automate)

1. automatic, self-acting, inertial

Declension

Noun

automat n (plural automate)

1. automaton
2. vending machine
3. golem
4. clockwork

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aut?ma?t/
• Hyphenation: a?u?to?mat

Noun

autòm?t m (Cyrillic spelling ?????????)

1. automaton
2. vending machine, automat

Declension

Swedish

Noun

automat c

1. automaton
2. vending machine
3. kiosk; an unattended stand for the automatic dispensation of tickets

Declension

English

Etymology

automatic +? -ion or automaton +? -ion; coined by a Ford Executive Vice President, Delmar S. Harder, in the 1940s.

Noun

automation (countable and uncountable, plural automations)

1. The act or process of converting the controlling of a machine or device to a more automatic system, such as computer or electronic controls.
   • 2012 October 23, David Leonhardt, "[1]," New York Times (retrieved 24 October 2012):

     The presidential campaign has been more focused on Bain Capital and an “apology tour” than on the challenges created by globalization and automation.

Synonyms

Related terms

Translations

References

• automation at OneLook Dictionary Search
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “automation”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.t?.ma.sj??/, /?.t?.ma.sj??/

Noun

automation f (plural automations)

1. automation

Synonyms

• automatisation

Swedish

Noun

automation c

1. automation

Declension

Synonyms

• automatisering
• robotisering