different between futon vs auton

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ?? (futon, ???), from Middle Chinese ?? (bu-dwan, “meditation cushion”) (compare Mandarin ?? (pútuán)), from ? (“cattail”) + ? (“sphere, round object”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?fu?t?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?fut?n/
• Rhymes: -u?t?n

Noun

futon (plural futons)

1. A thin mattress of tufted cotton or similar material, placed on a floor or on a raised, foldable frame as a bed.
2. A round cushion used for Zen meditation, traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves.

Translations

Anagrams

• fount

Esperanto

Noun

futon

1. accusative singular of futo

Finnish

Etymology

From Japanese ?? (futon, ???).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?futon/, [?fut?o?n]
• Rhymes: -uton
• Syllabification: fu?ton

Noun

futon

1. futon

Declension

Indonesian

Etymology

From Japanese ??(???) (futon), ??(???) (futon), from Middle Chinese ?? (bu-dwan, “meditation cushion”) (compare Mandarin ?? (pútuán)), from ? (“cattail”) + ? (“sphere, round object”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?fu.t?n]
• Hyphenation: fu?ton

Noun

futon (plural futon-futon, first-person possessive futonku, second-person possessive futonmu, third-person possessive futonnya)

1. futon: a Japanese-style mattress or duvet; a thin mattress of tufted cotton or similar material, placed on a floor or on a raised, foldable frame as a bed.

   Hypernym: matras

Further reading

• “futon” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

Romanization

futon

1. R?maji transcription of ???

English

Etymology

Coined by Robert Holmes in 1969, from a contraction of automaton.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???.t?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??.t?n/, /??.t?n/

Noun

auton (plural autons)

1. (science fiction) A machine or robot, usually in the form of a living being, designed to follow a precise sequence of instructions.
   • 1974, Terrance Dicks, Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion, page 55

     Not far away in the woods the Auton had been standing motionless under a tree. It was shaped like a man but it was not human.

   • 1986, Vernor Vinge, Marooned in Realtime

     Juan made seven attempts to pervert the auton. One involved twelve hundred years of careful observation, timing the failure of various subsystems, maneuvering the auton into a position where he might take control and get transportation to resources in near space..

   • 2002, Sean McMullen, Voyage of the Shadowmoon, page 461

     "The Metrologan Order built the auton that was Ninth. How can you be so sure that she was not so well crafted that she really did have her own will?"

Related terms

• automat
• automatic
• automatization
• automatize
• automation
• automaton

Translations

Anagrams

• tauon

Finnish

Noun

auton

1. Genitive singular form of auto.

Anagrams

• Tauno, ontua, tauon, tuona

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin autumnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aw?tu]

Noun

auton m (plural autons)

1. autumn

See also