automat

See also: Automat

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Automat, as the system was originally developed in Germany.

Noun

automat (plural automats)

  1. A vending machine for food.
  2. A cafeteria consisting of vending machines.

Alternative forms


Albanian

Noun

automat m

  1. automaton (machine, robot, or formal system)


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Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈau̯tomat]

Noun

automat m

  1. automaton
  2. vending machine, automat

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • automat in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • automat in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Noun

automat c (singular definite automaten, plural indefinite automater)

  1. kiosk
  2. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Declension

References


Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aʉ.tu.maːt/, [æʉ.tʊ.ˈmaːt]

Noun

automat m (definite singular automaten, indefinite plural automater, definite plural automatene)

  1. vending machine

Derived terms

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αὐτόματον (autómaton), neuter of αὐτόματος (autómatos, self moving, self willed).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /æʉtʊˈmɑːt/

Noun

automat m (definite singular automaten, indefinite plural automatar, definite plural automatane)

  1. an automaton
    • 1908, Rasmus Løland, Den store automaten:
      "Skulde segja at frøkna ikkje er heime," tok gjentungen berre upp atter som ein automat og stod ferdig til aa slaa att døri.
      "I was to say she is not at home," the girl simply repeated like an automaton, ready to close the door.
  2. a slot machine (gambling machine, vending machine and similar)

Derived terms

References


Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /awˈtɔ.mat/
  • (file)

Noun

automat m inan

  1. vending machine, automat
  2. automatic setting on a device, e.g. a photo camera
  3. automaton
  4. (informal) automatic transmission
  5. (dated) machine gun

Declension

Further reading

  • automat in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French automate.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.u.toˈmat/

Adjective

automat m or n (feminine singular automată, masculine plural automați, feminine and neuter plural automate)

  1. automatic, self-acting, inertial

Declension

Noun

automat n (plural automate)

  1. automaton
  2. vending machine
  3. golem
  4. clockwork

Declension


Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /autǒmaːt/
  • Hyphenation: a‧u‧to‧mat

Noun

autòmāt m (Cyrillic spelling ауто̀ма̄т)

  1. automaton
  2. vending machine, automat

Declension


Swedish

Noun

automat c

  1. automaton
  2. vending machine
  3. kiosk; an unattended stand for the automatic dispensation of tickets

Declension

Declension of automat 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative automat automaten automater automaterna
Genitive automats automatens automaters automaternas
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