Automobile pronunciation

Noun Some whiskey cocktails call for two ounces of the liquor, but a three-ounce pour (a double Scotch) fills a single coupe nicely. — Eric Kim, New York Times, 17 May 2023 It can be served in a bowl, flute, or coupe depending on the occasion — or what dishes are clean. — Kate Franke, Woman's Day, 16 May 2023 Material has also been added to the car’s rocker panels to increase chassis rigidity, but despite all these modifications, the Spider is just 40 pounds heavier than the coupe. — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 5 Apr. 2023 From hot hatches to sedans to coupes and roadsters, a number of less-expensive cars could be a final source of salvation for manual holdouts. — Steven Ewing, Ars Technica, 13 Feb. 2023 The coupe glasses are classics, for cocktails and sparkling wine alike, and add some early 20th Century charm to dinner parties and other festive get-togethers. — Mark Stock, Men's Health, 17 Dec. 2022 There aren't any mechanical changes for the LC coupe or convertible models. — Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 18 May 2023 The fastest Corvette ever The E-Ray will start at $104,295 for the 1LZ coupe and $111,295 for the hard-top convertible. — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 18 Apr. 2023 At $104,295 for the 1LZ coupe and $111,295 for the convertible, the E-Ray is priced only slightly below the Z06. — Tim Stevens, Robb Report, 12 Apr. 2023 See More These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'coupé.' Any ...

The terms are roughly synonymous, but do have distinct uses that set them apart from each other as well. They both point to classes of vehicles, however the complete range of vehicles that would be encompassed be each term form distinct but overlapping sets. Firstly car can refer to objects that aren't automobiles - railway carriages for example: Full Definition of CAR 1 : a vehicle moving on wheels: as • a archaic : carriage, chariot • b : a vehicle designed to move on rails (as of a railroad) • c : automobile 2 : the passenger compartment of an elevator 3 : the part of an airship or balloon that carries the passengers and cargo source: Secondly automobile can be used as a general classifying term that is inclusive of vehicles other than cars (and not inclusive of non-wheeled, non-self-propelling instances of "car", such as airship gondolas etc.) as per: source: I'd say there is no difference in meaning. The two term came into use meaning "a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; " about the same year (1895/1896). I agree with you that automobile may sound less colloquial, car is the more used expression. • "self-propelled motor vehicle," 1895, from French automobile, short for véhicule automobile.In English other early forms were motorcar and autocar. • c. 1300, "wheeled vehicle," from Anglo-French carre. Extension to "automobile" is by 1896, but from 1831 to the first decade of 20c. the cars meant "railroad train." (Etymonlin...

( also North American English, formal automobile) a road vehicle with an engine and four wheels that can carry a small number of passengers • Paula got into the car and drove off. • by car How did you come?’ ‘By car.’ • in a/the car Are you going in the car? • Her husband was driving the car at the time of the accident. • Where can I park the car? • There were parked cars on both sides of the road. • a car driver/manufacturer/dealer • a car accident/crash • I can't find my car keys. Collocations Driving Driving Having a car • have/​own/ (British English) run a car • ride a motorcycle/​motorbike • drive/​prefer/​use an automatic/​a manual/ (North American English, informal) a stick shift • have/​get your car serviced/​fixed/​repaired • buy/​sell a used car/ (especially British English) a second-hand car • take/​pass/​fail a (British English) driving test/ (both North American English) driver’s test/​road test • get/​obtain/​have/​lose/​carry a/​your (British English) driving licence/ (North American English) driver’s license Driving • put on/​fasten/ (North American English) buckle/​wear/​undo your seat belt/​safety belt • put/​turn/​leave the key in the ignition • start the car/​engine • (British English) change/ (North American English) shift/​put something into gear • press/​put your foot on the brake pedal/​clutch/​accelerator • release the clutch/ (especially British English) the handbrake/ (both North American English) the emergency brake/​the parking brake • drive/​p...

Noun The decision did not impact personal auto insurance. — Michael R. Blood, Anchorage Daily News, 6 June 2023 In 2016, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and NHTSA proposed a voluntary pledge that auto manufacturers could take to make AEB technology better and more widely available. — Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 3 June 2023 Africa’s key auto hubs, South Africa and Morocco, have hinted at mega and giga factories in their electric cars bid to remain relevant and tap a fast-rising global market. — By Conrad Onyango, Quartz, 1 June 2023 Proceedings in an 18 years-long court battle between the city of Gary and a local auto parts business were further drawn out by a change of judge earlier this month. — Alex Dalton, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2023 State Farm last year posted a net loss of $6.7 billion, driven largely by losses in the auto division. — Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2023 Much of the latest inflation pressure reflects persistently higher prices for services, including restaurant meals, hotel rooms and auto maintenance. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 26 May 2023 Since Hyundai’s Georgia auto factory won’t be operational until 2025, customers could lose out on the break until then. — Greg Bluestein, ajc, 26 May 2023 That's why Minister Champagne has worked tirelessly to secure the future of Canada's auto industry. — Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 15 May 2023 Adjective The election is a result of the agreement reached between the fe...

Noun Two of those cars are the Cadillac V series R and the Corvette E-Ray which come as part of the game’s partnership with General Motors. — Marco Marcelline, PCMAG, 11 June 2023 That figure matches the cars’ official capacity; accounts from inside the train indicate that the number could be significantly higher. — Sameer Yasir, BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2023 Reddick has won three of the last five road course races on the Cup schedule, emerging as the best road racer in the Next Gen car. — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 11 June 2023 Courtney Beth Glock was driving a 2020 Hyundai Tucson around 10:15 p.m. east in the 1200 block of Walters Mill Road when the car struck a guardrail, overturned and caught on fire. — Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 11 June 2023 There was not much sleep to be had in the sleeper car, but no matter. — Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 11 June 2023 Montenegrin police also impounded two luxury cars that Ayvazyan shipped from California to Montenegro for their life on the lam: a 2015 Land Rover Range Rover now worth $33,000 and a 2015 BMW M3 sedan valued at $20,000, according to prosecutors. — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2023 The man had jumped on his car in an attempt to stop the theft, police said. — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2023 Police in Syracuse, New York, say at least 13 people were shot, stabbed or struck by fleeing cars during a mass gathering of hundreds early Sunday morning. — Danielle Wallace, Fox News...

Recent Examples on the Web The backup car has a 2-year-old Dallara chassis, which has made its way around the league. — Chloe Peterson, The Indianapolis Star, 26 May 2023 The red coupé, which retains its matching-numbers chassis and engine, is one of just 165 examples of what’s widely considered one of the most beautiful grand tourers ever built. — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 26 Apr. 2023 Or, in the case of many crossovers, they’re built on a car chassis with special features added for off-roading. — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2023 The Air's chassis and body are virtually all-aluminum, a mix of extrusions and castings bonded by rivets, screws and adhesives (and very few welds) to trim weight. — IEEE Spectrum, 7 Mar. 2023 The Blackwing's adaptive dampers are the perfect tools for soaking up little bumps and keeping the chassis under control during normal or high-performance track driving. — Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 31 May 2023 In addition, body control is excellent, despite the inability to stiffen the chassis beyond its default setting, and the level of mechanical grip available is stunning. — Bradley Iger, Robb Report, 25 May 2023 The car features black and papaya colors on the chassis with a papaya star surrounding the seat and three black stars along the left rear wing. — Bruce Martin, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023 The deadly combination of speed and impact broke the pickup’s cab off the chassis and flipped it upside down beyond the engine compartment. — Sharon Gr...

All pronunciations in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary are American pronunciations. In the written pronunciations, the following symbols are used: Vowels Consonants i see /si/ p pen /pɛn/ ɪ sit /sɪt/ b bad /bæd/ ɛ ten /tɛn/ t tea /ti/ æ cat /kæt/ t̮ butter /ˈbʌ t̮ər/ ɑ hot /hɑt/ d did /dɪd/ ɔ saw /sɔ/ k cat /kæt/ ʊ put /pʊt/ ɡ got /ɡɑt/ u too /tu/ tʃ chin /tʃɪn/ ʌ cup /kʌp/ dʒ June /dʒun/ ə about /əˈbaʊt/ f fall /fɔl/ eɪ say /seɪ/ v voice /vɔɪs/ aɪ five /faɪv/ ɵ thin /θɪn/ ɔɪ boy /bɔɪ/ ð then /ðɛn/ aʊ now /naʊ/ s so /soʊ/ oʊ go /ɡoʊ/ z zoo /zu/ ər bird /bərd/ ʃ she /ʃi/ ɪr near /nɪr/ ʒ vision /ˈvɪʒn/ ɛr hair /hɛr/ h how /haʊ/ ɑr car /kɑr/ m man /mæn/ ɔr north /nɔrθ/ n no /noʊ/ ʊr tour /tʊr/ ŋ sing /sɪŋ/ l leg /lɛɡ/ r red /rɛd/ y yes /yɛs/ w wet /wɛt/ x Chanukah /ˈxɑnəkə/ If more than one written pronunciation is given for a word, they are all acceptable, but the first form given is the most common. Not all possible American pronunciations are shown in this dictionary. For example, some speakers only use the sound / ɔ/ when it is followed by / r/ (as in horse / hɔrs/) and use / ɑ/ in all other words that are shown with / ɔ/ in this dictionary, so that they pronounce both caught and cot as / kɑt/. / ˈ / shows the strong stress in a word or group of words. It is in front of the part (or syllable) that you say most strongly. For example, any / ˈɛni/ has a stress on the first syllable; depend / dɪˈpɛnd/ has a stress on the second syllable. / ˌ / shows a weaker (or second...

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