automotive

English

Etymology

auto- +‎ motive

Adjective

automotive (not comparable)

Having the ability to move by itself; self-propelled or self-propelling.
Of, or relating to motor vehicles.
- 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion‎:
  But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.

Derived terms

Translations

having the ability to move by itself; self-propelled or self-propelling

Albanian: automobilistik (sq)
Bulgarian: самоходен (samohoden)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 汽車／汽车 (zh) (qìchē), 機動車／机动车 (zh) (jīdòngchē)
Finnish: itseliikkuva
French: automobile (fr) m or f
Indonesian: swacala
Macedonian: самоо́ден m (samoóden)
Malay: automotif (ms)
Portuguese: automotivo (pt) m
Russian: самохо́дный (ru) (samoxódnyj)
Spanish: automotor (es)
Swedish: självgående

of, or relating to motor vehicles

Albanian: automobilistik (sq)
Czech: automobilový (cs)
Finnish: auto- (fi)
French: automobile (fr) m or f
Indonesian: otomotif (id)
Italian: automobilistico (it) m
Macedonian: авто- (avto-)
Malay: automotif (ms)
Polish: motoryzacyjny (pl)
Portuguese: automotivo (pt) m
Russian: автомоби́льный (ru) (avtomobílʹnyj), авто- (ru) (avto-)
Spanish: automotor (es), automovilístico (es)
Swedish: bil- (sv)

Noun

automotive (plural automotives)

A shop or company that sells motor vehicle parts.

See also

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English automotive.

Adjective

automotive (invariable)

automotive (pertaining to motor vehicles)

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