Phrase guide

autonomous vehicle

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A vehicle that uses mechatronics, artificial intelligence and a multi-agent system to assist its human operator.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: autonomous car, driverless car, robocar, self-driving car

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: automjeti pa shofer — vehicle
  • Arabic: مركبة ذاتية القيادة — vehicle
  • Armenian: ինքնակառավարվող մեքենա (inkʻnakaṙavarvoġ mekʻena) — vehicle
  • Azerbaijani: özügedən avtomobil — vehicle
  • Basque: ibilgailu autonomo — vehicle
  • Bulgarian: автономен автомобил (avtonomen avtomobil) — vehicle
  • Catalan: vehicle autònom — vehicle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 自動駕駛汽車 /自动驾驶汽车 (zìdòng jiàshǐ qìchē) — vehicle
  • Czech: autonomní vozidlo — vehicle
  • Danish: førerløs bil — vehicle
  • Dutch: zelfrijdende auto — vehicle
  • Esperanto: senŝofora aŭto — vehicle
  • Estonian: isesõitev auto — vehicle
  • Finnish: autonominen ajoneuvo — vehicle
  • Finnish: robottiauto — vehicle
  • French: véhicule autonome — vehicle
  • French: voiture autonome — vehicle
  • German: selbstfahrendes Kraftfahrzeug — vehicle
  • Hebrew: מכונית אוטונומית — vehicle
  • Hungarian: önvezető autó — vehicle
  • Icelandic: sjálfkeyrandi bíll — vehicle
  • Indonesian: mobil otonom — vehicle
  • Italian: autovettura autonoma — vehicle
  • Japanese: 自動運転車 — vehicle
  • Kannada: ಸ್ವಯಂ ಚಾಲನಾ ಕಾರು (svayaṃ cālanā kāru) — vehicle
  • Korean: 무인 자동차 (mu'in jadongcha) — vehicle
  • Luxembourgish: autonoomt Gefier — vehicle
  • Malay: kereta swapandu — vehicle
  • Mongolian: өөрийгөө жолооддог машин (ööriigöö žolooddog mašin) — vehicle
  • Norwegian: selvkjørende bil — vehicle
  • Persian: خودرو خودران — vehicle
  • Polish: samochód autonomiczny — vehicle
  • Portuguese: veículo autónomo — vehicle
  • Portuguese: veículo autônomo — vehicle
  • Punjabi: غیر ڈرائیوری گاڑی (ġer ḍrā'īvrī gāṛī) — vehicle
  • Romanian: vehicul autonom — vehicle
  • Russian: беспилотный автомобиль (bespilotnyj avtomobilʹ) — vehicle
  • Serbo-Croatian: autonomno vozilo — vehicle
  • Slovene: samovozeči avtomobil — vehicle
  • Spanish: vehículo autónomo — vehicle
  • Swedish: självkörande bil — vehicle
  • Tamil: தனித்தியங்கும் வாகனம் (taṉittiyaṅkum vākaṉam) — vehicle
  • Telugu: సెల్ఫ్ డ్రైవింగ్ కారు (selph ḍraiviṅg kāru) — vehicle
  • Turkish: otonom araba — vehicle
  • Ukrainian: самокерований автомобіль (samokerovanyj avtomobilʹ) — vehicle
  • Urdu: بغیر ڈرائیور کار — vehicle
  • Welsh: car diyrrwr — vehicle