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automobiles - 2 dictionary results

au⋅to⋅mo⋅bile

[aw-tuh-muh-beel, aw-tuh-muh-beel, aw-tuh-moh-beel, -buhl]
–noun
1. a passenger vehicle designed for operation on ordinary roads and typically having four wheels and a gasoline or diesel internal-combustion engine.
–adjective
2. automotive.

Origin:
1865–70; < F: lit., self-movable (vehicle). See auto- 1 , mobile


au⋅to⋅mo⋅bil⋅ist [aw-tuh-muh-bee-list, -moh-bi-list] , noun
au·to·mo·bile   (ô'tə-mō-bēl', -mō'bēl')   
n.  A self-propelled passenger vehicle that usually has four wheels and an internal-combustion engine, used for land transport. Also called motorcar.
adj.  Of or relating to automobiles; automotive.

[French : Greek auto-, auto- + French mobile, mobile (from Old French; see mobile).]
au'to·mo·bil'ist n.
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