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Auto Pronunciation
Auto is pronounced AW-toh, IPA /ˈɔtoʊ/.
AW-toh
US /ˈɔtoʊ/ · UK /ˈɔːtəʊ/
Syllables: AW · toh (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun and adjective: A car, especially in American use, and as a setting the automatic option.
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Auto in a Sentence
- The auto industry employs thousands in the state.
- Leave the camera on auto for now.
- He fixes autos out of a shed behind the house.
Common Mispronunciations of Auto
Not OW-toh
The au here is the aw of law, not the ow of out. German auto does use the ow sound, which is where the habit comes from.
Not aw-TOH
Keep the lift on the first syllable. In American speech the t between the vowels often softens to a d, giving AW-doh.
Tip: Two syllables, AW-toh. As a prefix in automatic and autonomy the same sound is unstressed and fades to uh.
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