auto
French, noun/o.to/
auto is spelled A-U-T-O (4 letters) and appears 46 times per million words in written French, the 1,809th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Auto is a French feminine noun meaning “car” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Automobile”.
What does auto mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecar
prefix
- 1
auto- (regarding oneself)
- 2
auto- (automatic)
- 3
auto- (relating to cars)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Automobile.
adjective: 1. Automatique.
prefix: 1. Qui s’applique à soi-même. 2. Qui est automatique, c’est-à-dire actionné ou réglé par ses propres moyens ou sans intervention extérieure.
prefix: 1. Qui est lié aux voitures automobiles (1), au transport, à l’industrie qui produit les véhicules, etc.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of auto
- autos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce auto?
- /o.to/
- /ɔ.to/
- /o.tɔ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to auto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is auto in French?
auto appears 46 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).