automobilist

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French automobiliste. By surface analysis, automobile +‎ -ist.

Noun

automobilist (plural automobilists)

1. (archaic) The driver of an automobile.

   Synonym: autoist

   Hypernyms: driver, motorist, operator

   Coordinate term: truck driver

   • 1928, Amelia Earhart, 20 Hrs. 40 Min., chapter III, page 59

     For the automobilist beginner the problem comes when he first meets traffic, and a big truck, say, suddenly cuts in ahead of him.

Related terms

• automobilism
• automobility

 

Translations

driver — see driver

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French automobiliste. Equivalent to automobiel +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑu̯.toː.moː.biˈlɪst/, /ˌoː.toː.moː.biˈlɪst/

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• Hyphenation: au‧to‧mo‧bi‧list
• Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

automobilist m (plural automobilisten, diminutive automobilistje n)

1. a motorist, an automobilist

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French automobiliste.

Noun

automobilist m (plural automobiliști)

1. motorist

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	automobilist	automobilistul		automobiliști	automobiliștii
genitive-dative	automobilist	automobilistului		automobiliști	automobiliștilor
vocative	automobilistule			automobiliștilor

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• automobìlista (Bosnia, Serbia)

Etymology

From automòbīl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /automobǐlist/
• Hyphenation: a‧u‧to‧mo‧bi‧list

Noun

automobìlist m (Cyrillic spelling аутомобѝлист)

1. driver
2. sports car driver

Declension

Declension of automobilist

	singular	plural
nominative	automobilist	automobilisti
genitive	automobilista	automobilista
dative	automobilistu	automobilistima
accusative	automobilista	automobiliste
vocative	automobiliste	automobilisti
locative	automobilistu	automobilistima
instrumental	automobilistom	automobilistima

References

• “automobilist”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024