autonomous

English

Etymology

Fromautonomy+‎-ous.

Pronunciation

• (UK)IPA^(key):/ɔːˈtɒnəməs/
• (US)IPA^(key):/ɔˈtɑnəməs/
• (cot–caughtmerger)IPA^(key):/ɑˈtɑnəməs/
• Rhymes:-ɒnəməs

• Audio(US):

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• Homophone:autonymous

Adjective

autonomous(comparativemoreautonomous,superlativemostautonomous)

1. Self-governing. Intelligent,sentient,self-aware, thinking, feeling, governingindependently.

   Synonyms:sovereign,self-governing

2. Acting on one's own orindependently;of achild,acting without being governed by parental or guardian rules.

   Synonyms:self-standing,self-directed

   • 2022October 4, Soumya Karlamangla, “Behind the Story: Navigating San Francisco in a Driverless Car”, inThe New York Times‎^[1]:

     Though Cade has for years reported on the development ofautonomousvehicles, test drives usually have so-called safety drivers who ride along and can take over in case something goes wrong.

3. (Celtic linguistics,of a verb form)Used with no subject, indicating an unknown or unspecified agent; used in similar situations as thepassivein English (the difference being that the theme in the English passive construction is thesubject,while in the Celtic autonomous construction the theme is theobjectand there is no subject).

Antonyms

• heteronomous

Derived terms

• autonomous community
• autonomously
• autonomousness
• autonomous oblast
• autonomous okrug
• autonomous prefecture
• autonomous region
• autonomous sensory meridian response
• autonomous vehicle
• autonowashing
• nonautonomous
• semiautonomous
• superautonomous

Related terms

• autonomy

Translations

self-governing—see alsoindependent

• Albanian:autonom(sq)
• Arabic:اِسْتِقْلَالِيّ(istiqlāliyy)
• Armenian:ինքնավար(hy)(inkʻnavar)
• Azerbaijani:muxtar
• Belarusian:аўтано́мны(aŭtanómny)
• Bulgarian:автоно́мен(bg)(avtonómen)
• Buryat:автономито(avtonomito),өөртөө заһаха(öörtöö zahaxa)
• Catalan:autònom(ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Tự trị(zh)(zìzhì)

• Czech:samosprávný(cs),autonomní(cs)
• Danish:autonom(da),selvstyret
• Dutch:autonoom(nl)
• Esperanto:aŭtonoma
• Evenki:автоно̄мнай(awtonōmnaj)
• Extremaduran:autónoma
• Finnish:autonominen(fi),itsehallinnollinen(fi)
• French:autonome(fr)
• Galician:autónomo(gl)
• Georgian:ავტონომიური(avṭonomiuri)
• German:autonom(de)
• Greek:αυτόνομος(el)(aftónomos)
• Hebrew:אוֹטוֹנוֹמִי(aotonómi)
• Hindi:स्वायत्त(hi)(svāyatt)
• Hungarian:autonómia(hu)
• Ido:autonoma(io)
• Indonesian:otonom(id)
• Irish:féinrialaitheach,neamhspleách
• Italian:autonomo(it),indipendente(it)
• Japanese:Tự trị(ja)(じち, jichi),Tự chủ な(ja)(じしゅてきな, jishuteki na)
• Kalmyk:автономн(avtonomn)
• Kazakh:автономиялы(avtonomiäly),автономиялық(avtonomiälyq)
• Khakas:автоном(avtonom)
• Korean:자치( tự trị )(ko)(jachi),자주적( tự chủ )(ko)(jajujeok)
• Kyrgyz:автономиялык(avtonomiyalık)
• Macedonian:автономен(avtonomen)
• Malay:berautonomi
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic:өөртөө засах(öörtöö zasax),автономит(mn)(avtonomit)

  Mongolian:ᠥᠪᠡᠷᠲᠡᠭᠡᠨ
  ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠬᠤ(öbertegen ǰasaqu)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:autonom(no),selvstyrt,sjølstyrt

  Nynorsk:autonom,sjølvstyrt

• Persian:مختار(phát)(moxtâr)
• Polish:autonomiczny(pl)
• Portuguese:autónomo(pt)(Portugal),autônomo(pt)(Brazil)
• Romanian:autonom(ro)
• Russian:автоно́мный(ru)(avtonómnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:са̏моста̄лан,а̀утоно̄ман

  Roman:sȁmostālan(sh),àutonōman(sh)

• Slovak:samosprávny,autonómny(sk)
• Slovene:avtonomen,samostojen
• Spanish:autónomo(es)
• Swedish:autonom(sv),självstyrande
• Tajik:мухтор(muxtor)
• Turkish:otonom(tr)
• Tuvan:автономнуг(avtonomnug)
• Ukrainian:автоно́мний(uk)(avtonómnyj)
• Uzbek:avtonomiyali(uz),muxtor(uz)
• Vietnamese:tự trị(vi)
• Written Oirat:ᡄᡋᡄᠷᡄᡃᠨ
  ᠴᠠᠰᠠᡍᡇ(eberēn zasaxu)
• Xibe:ᠪᡝᠶᡝ
  ᡩᠠᠰᠠᡢᡤᠠ
• Yakut:автоно́мнай(avtonómnay),автономияла́ах(avtonomiyaláaq)
• Yiddish:אויטאָנאָם(oytonom),אויטאָנאָמיש(oytonomish)
• Zhuang:swci

acting on one's own

• Belarusian:самасто́йны(be)(samastójny)
• Bulgarian:самостоя́телен(bg)(samostojátelen)
• Catalan:autònom(ca)
• Danish:selvstændig(da),autonom(da)
• Finnish:itsenäinen(fi)
• Galician:autónomo(gl)
• Indonesian:otonom(id)
• Irish:féinriartha,neamhspleách
• Japanese:Tự lập した(ja)(じりつした, jiritsu shita),Chủ thể な(shutaiteki na),Tự chủ な(ja)(じしゅてきな, jishuteki na)
• Malay:berautonomi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:sjølstendig(no),selvstendig(no),autonom(no)

  Nynorsk:sjølvstendig,autonom

• Persian:خودسر(phát)(xodsar),خودرای(phát)(xodrây)
• Polish:autonomiczny(pl),samodzielny(pl)
• Portuguese:autónomo(pt)(Portugal),autônomo(pt)(Brazil)
• Russian:самостоя́тельный(ru)(samostojátelʹnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:са̏моста̄лан,не̏овисан

  Roman:sȁmostālan(sh),nȅovisan(sh)

• Slovene:samostojen
• Spanish:autónomo(es)
• Swedish:självständig(sv)
• Ukrainian:самості́йний(samostíjnyj)

a verb form grammar of Celtic language

• Irish:saor

See also

• autonomous area