automata

• automatons

• IPA^(key): /ɔːˈtɒmətə/

automata

1. plural of automaton

From German Automat, from Ancient Greek αὐτόματον (autómaton), neuter of αὐτόματος (autómatos, “self-moving, moving of oneself, self-acting, spontaneous”), from αὐτός (autós, “self, myself”) + μέμαα (mémaa, “to wish eagerly, strive, yearn, desire”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒu̯tomɒtɒ], [ˈɒu̯toːmɒtɒ]^[2]
• Hyphenation: au‧to‧ma‧ta
• Rhymes: -tɒ

automata (not generally comparable, comparative automatább, superlative legautomatább)

1. automatic

   Synonyms: automatikus, önműködő

   automata mosógép ― automatic washing machine

automata (plural automaták)

1. automat
2. vending machine
3. Synonym of bankautomata, cash machine, ATM
4. automaton (machine or robot)
5. automaton (formal system)

• automata in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• automata in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈto.ma.ta/, [äu̯ˈt̪ɔmät̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈto.ma.ta/, [äu̯ˈt̪ɔːmät̪ä]

automata

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of automaton

• automata in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)