automate

== English == === Etymology === Back-formation from automation. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɔːtəmeɪt/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ˈoːtəmɛjt/ (US, without the cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈɔ.təˌmeɪt/, [ˈɔ.ɾəˌmeɪt], /ˈɔ.toʊˌmeɪt/, [ˈɔ.ɾoʊˌmeɪt] (US, cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈɑ.təˌmeɪt/, [ˈɑ.ɾəˌmeɪt], /ˈɑ.toʊˌmeɪt/, [ˈɑ.ɾoʊˌmeɪt] (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɒ.təˌmeɪt/, [ˈɒ.ɾəˌmeɪt], /ˈɒ.toʊˌmeɪt/, [ˈɒ.ɾoʊˌmeɪt] (Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈoːtəmæɪt/, [ˈoːɾəmæɪt] (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈɔtəmet/ (Wales, without the pane–pain merger) IPA(key): /ˈɔːtəmeːt/ Rhymes: -ɔːtəmeɪt === Verb === automate (third-person singular simple present automates, present participle automating, simple past and past participle automated) (ambitransitive) To replace or enhance human labor with machines. ==== Synonyms ==== robotize ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek αὐτόματον (autómaton), neuter of αὐτόματος (autómatos, “self moving, self willed”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /o.tɔ.mat/, /ɔ.tɔ.mat/ === Noun === automate m (plural automates) automaton ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: automaat → Russian: автома́т (avtomát) → Turkish: otomat === Further reading === “automate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [au̯ˈtɔ.ma.tɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [au̯ˈtɔː.ma.te] === Adjective === automate vocative masculine singular of automatus and automatos == Romanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.u.toˈma.te/ === Adjective === automate nominative/accusative feminine/neuter plural of automat === Noun === automate plural of automat