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automobile

/ˈɔː.tə.məˌbil/noun, verb4 syllables

Automobile means: a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine.

Synonyms for automobile5

noun, as in a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine

car, auto, machine, motorcar

also used for automobile

autokinetic

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What does automobile mean?2

noun

1

a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine“he needs a car to get to work”

verb

1

travel in an automobile

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Automobile in a sentence

  • Today, automobiles have taken the place of horses as the principal means of transportation.CM
  • Before automobiles filled out streets, city air used to be clean.unknown
  • Today, automobiles have replaced horses as the primary means of transportation.CK
  • Algeria already has contracts with some automobile firms.Amastan
  • Falling interest rates have stimulated the automobile market.Zifre
  • I hurt my foot getting in the automobile._undertoad
  • The city is most famous for its automobile industry.unknown
  • There is little automobile traffic on this road.CM

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of automobile

as a noun

plural
automobiles

as a verb

third-person singular
automobiles
present participle
automobiling
past participle
automobiled
past tense
automobiled