different between automobile vs motorsport

English

Etymology

From French automobile, from Ancient Greek ????? (autós, “self”) + French mobile (“moving”), from Latin m?bilis (“movable”).

Pronunciation

• (noun, verb)
  • (UK, General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /???.t?.m??bi?l/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /??.t?.mo??bil/
  • Hyphenation: au?to?mo?bile
• (adjective)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /???t???m??ba?l/

Noun

automobile (plural 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.

Usage notes

• 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.

Synonyms

• (passenger vehicle): auto, car, (British) motor, (British) motorcar
• See also Thesaurus:automobile

Coordinate terms

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

Related terms

• automatic
• automotive

Descendants

• ? Alabama: mobìlika
• ? Hawaiian: ?okomopila

Translations

Verb

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

1. (intransitive, dated) To travel by automobile.

Translations

Adjective

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

Translations

French

Etymology

auto- +? mobile, as the vehicle is powered by an engine rather than pulled by horses.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.t?.m?.bil/
• Homophone: automobiles
• Hyphenation: au?to?mo?bile

Adjective

automobile (plural automobiles)

1. automotive

Noun

automobile f (plural automobiles)

1. automobile

Synonyms

• (informal) auto
• (France, informal) bagnole
• (France, informal) caisse
• (Quebec, Louisiana) char
• (France, informal) tire
• voiture

Derived terms

• automobilisable
• automobilisme
• automobiliste
• canot automobile

Descendants

• ? Dutch: automobiel
• ? English: automobile
• ? German: Automobil
• ? Russian: ??????????? (avtomobíl?)
  • ? Armenian: ????????? (avtomobil)
  • ? Azerbaijani: avtomobil
  • ? Georgian: ?????????? (av?omobili)
  • ? Kazakh: ?????????? (avtomobïl?)
  • ? Uyghur: ??????????? (aptomobil)
  • ? Uzbek: avtomobil

Further reading

• “automobile” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

auto- +? mobile

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aw.to?m?.bi.le/
• Hyphenation: au?to?mò?bi?le
• Rhymes: -?bile

Noun

automobile f (plural automobili)

1. automobile

   Synonyms: auto, macchina, vettura

English

Etymology

motor +? sport

Noun

motorsport (countable and uncountable, plural motorsports)

1. auto racing
2. Any sport involving automobiles (motor cars) other than racing; e.g. time trials

Hyponyms

• auto racing
• motorcycle racing