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Automat

Definition: Automat

Automat

Noun

1. A vending machine from which you can get food.

2. A cafeteria where food is served from machines.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "automat" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1919. (references)


Crosswords: Automat

Specialty definitions using "automat": COUNTER-SUPPLY WORKER. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Automat" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Albanian (automaton, robot, slot machine, submachine gun), Czech (automat, automaton, buffet, cafeteria, dispenser, snack bar, submachine gun), Danish (automoton), German (automat, automate, automatic machine, automation, automoton, cut out, dispenser, jukebox, machine, robot, slot machine, vending machine), Norwegian (automoton), Romanian (automatic, automaton, mechanical, penny-in-the-slot, self acting, self-recording), Serbo-Croatian (automat, vending machine), Swedish (automatic machine, automaton, automoton).

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Modern Usage: Automat

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Automat na prání (1967)

This Is Automat (2002)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Automat

DomainTitle

Books

  • Automat und Mensch Auf d. Wege zu e. kybernet. Anthropologie (reference)

  • Automatische Sprachkartographie : Vorträge d. Internat. Kolloquiums zur Automat. Sprachkartographie in Marburg vom 11.-16. September 1977 (reference)

  • Handbuch der maschinellen und maschinenunterstützten Sprachübersetzung : automat, Übers. natürl. Sprachen u. mehrsprachige Terminologiedatenbanken (reference)

  • Morpho II [i.e. Zwei] B. : automat. derivationelle Analyse d. Franz (reference)

  • SM Intro Automat Control (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Automat

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

automat

48

16 automat konan

7

horn and hardart automat

7

lomo kompakt automat

3

automat machine vending

3

automat hopper

2

automat elast ergonom funkcjon internet klient niezal nowocz obsl podstaw przyjaz przysz skalowaln system szyb uzytk wieksz wydajn wymag wysok zalet latw

2

automat food

2

automat edward hopper

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Automat

Language Translations for "automat"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

lokal me shërbim automatik. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏المطعم الالي. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

автомат (automation, machine gun, robot, submachine gun, tommy gun, zombie). (various references)

   

Czech

  

automat (automaton, buffet, cafeteria, dispenser, snack bar, submachine gun). (various references)

   

Danish

  

automatisk sårholder (Automat retractor), mobil renseanlæg (mobile cleaning automat). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

verrijdbare reinigingsautomaat (mobile cleaning automat). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

دستگاه اتوماتیک غذاونوشابه0000 . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

pankkiautomaattinne (your bank automat), liikkuva puhdistusautomaatti (mobile cleaning automat). (various references)

   

French

  

cafétéria automatique. (various references)

   

German

  

Automat (automate, automatic machine, automation, automoton, cut out, dispenser, jukebox, machine, robot, slot machine, vending machine). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

εστιατόριο όπου οι τροφέσ σερβίρονται αυτομάτωσ. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

automata büfé (vending machine), automata étterem. (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

otomatis (automatic). (various references)

   

Italian

  

autòma (vending machine). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

オートマチック車 (autoload, auto-manipulator, automatic camera for detecting and recording speeding vehicles, automatic repeat, automatic return, automatic reverse, automatic transmission car, automation, automaton, automobile, autoracing, auto-raise, awning, ball hit over the head of an outfielder, convertible, eau de toilette, exaggeration, exceeding, going beyond, hors d'oeuvre, oatmeal, OB, ode, old boy, open, open account, open caption, open course, open game, open golf, open sandwich, open side, open system, open toaster, open-air, open-end mortgage, opener, opening, opening game, opening number, orb, orbiter, ornament, out-of-bounds, oven, oven toaster, over, over doctor, over fence, over par, overaction, overall, overblouse, overbooking, overborrowing, overcharge, overcoat, overdraft, overdrive, overdub, overflow, overhand, overhand pass, overhand throw, overhang, overhaul, overhaul net, overhead, overhead pass, overhead projector, overheat, overkill, overlap, overlay, overload, overloading, overloan, overnight, overnight bag, overnight photo service, overpace, overpresence, overproof, override, overrun, overshoes, overskill, overslide, overstep, overtime, overture, overweight, overwork, overwrite, overzone, owner, owner system, owner-driver, owner-pilot, self-locking, water of life). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

オートマット . (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

automatay

   

Portuguese

  

automático (auto, automatic, automatical, clock-work, self-acting, self-service), restaurante automático, obturador automático (vending machine). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

bufet automat. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

торговый автомат (slot machine, slot-machine, vending machine, vendor machine), кафе-автомат. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

automat (vending machine). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

aparato mecánico. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

automatrestaurang. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

satış otomatı, otomatik makine (automatic), otomat (automaton, robot). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

торговий автомат (slot machine, vendor), кафе-автомат. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Automat

Derivations

Words beginning with "automat": automata, automatable, automate, automated, automates, automatic, automatically, automaticities, automaticity, automatics, automating, automation, automations, automatism, automatisms, automatist, automatists, automatization, automatizations, automatize, automatized, automatizes, automatizing, automaton, automatons. (additional references)

Words containing "automat": nonautomated, nonautomatic, semiautomatic, semiautomatically, semiautomatics, unautomated. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Automat" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Astolat, atoma, Atouma, Autokat, automatd, automeas, Automec, automen, Automex, automoto, Autona, orthomat, otomat. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Automat

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-m-o-t-t-u"

-3 letters: atma, atom, auto, matt, maut, moat, mott, mutt, taut, tout.

-4 letters: ama, amu, att, mat, moa, mot, mut, oat, out, tam, tao, tat, tau, tom, tot, tut, uta.

-5 letters: aa, am, at, ma, mo, mu, om, ta, to, um, ut.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-m-o-t-t-u"
 

+1 letter: automata, automate.

 

+2 letters: automated, automates, automatic, automaton, catamount.

 

+3 letters: amputation, automatics, automating, automation, automatism, automatist, automatize, automatons, catamounts, maturation, mutational, natatorium, tantamount.

 

+4 letters: amputations, antitumoral, automatable, automations, automatisms, automatists, automatized, automatizes, masturbator, maturations, natatoriums, portmanteau, unautomated.

 

+5 letters: atheromatous, augmentation, automaticity, automatizing, masturbation, masturbators, masturbatory, maturational, mutationally, nonautomated, nonautomatic, portmanteaus, portmanteaux, ultracompact, ultramontane.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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