automobile

Meanings

Noun

• 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.

Verb

• To travel by automobile.

Adjective

• Self-moving; self-propelled.

Related

Similar words

• auto, car, motor, motorcar

Origin

• From French automobile, from Ancient Greek αὐτός ("self") + French mobile ("moving"), from Latin mōbilis ("movable").