| Principales traductions |
| automatic adj | (not operated manually) (mécanique) | automatique adj |
| | Automatic transmissions get mileage as good as manuals. |
| | Les boîtes automatiques ont la même consommation que les manuelles. |
| automatic n | (car with automatic transmission) (voiture) | automatique nf |
| | If you get a rental car it will be an automatic. |
| | Si tu loues une voiture, ce sera une automatique. |
| automatic adj | (no effort required, at once) | automatique adj |
| | The celebrity gave an automatic reply to the question she had heard many times before. |
Formes composées
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autofocus,
automatic focus n | (camera: automatic focus feature) (appareil photo) | mise au point automatique nf |
| | | autofocus nm |
automated teller machine,
automatic teller machine n | (banking device) | distributeur automatique de billets, distributeur de billets nm |
| automatic control n | (system: not manual) | réglage automatique, contrôle automatique nm |
| | | automatisé adj |
| | My garden sprinklers work by automatic control. |
| | L'arrosage de mon jardin fonctionne grâce au réglage automatique. |
| | L'arrosage de mon jardin est automatisé. |
| automatic dishwasher n | (appliance: washes plates, etc.) | lave-vaisselle nm inv |
| | An automatic dishwasher uses much less water than washing the dishes by hand. |
| automatic gain control n | (electronic device) | contrôle automatique de gain nm |
automatic pilot,
autopilot n | (aircraft: automatic control) | pilote automatique, pilotage automatique nm |
| | The plane was flying on automatic pilot across the Atlantic. |
automatic pilot,
autopilot n | figurative (functioning without thought) (figuré) | pilotage automatique nm |
| | (figuré, car fatigué) | radar nm |
| | (figuré, car on connaît) | les yeux fermés loc adv |
| | It was a routine task, so Janice slipped into autopilot. |
| automatic rifle n | (self-loading gun) | arme automatique nf |
| automatic ticket machine n | (device that dispenses tickets) (pour tickets) | borne nf |
| | | guichet automatique nm |
| | You simply insert your credit card into the automatic ticket machine, make a seat selection, and out pops your airline ticket. |
| automatic transmission n | (non-manual gearbox) | transmission automatique nf |
| | Many cars for disabled drivers have automatic transmission. |
| | | boîte automatique, boîte de vitesses automatique nf |
| automatic weapon n | (gun: rapid-firing) | arme automatique nf |
| | The police arrived at the scene, armed with automatic weapons. |
| | La police arriva sur les lieux, équipée d'armes automatiques. |
banking machine,
automatic banking machine,
automated banking machine n | Can, formal (ATM, cashpoint) | distributeur automatique de billets nm |
| | (courant) | distributeur nm |
| | I was unable to withdraw money because the banking machine was out of order. |
| on automatic adv | (on an automatic setting) | en automatique, sur automatique loc adv |
| on automatic adv | figurative (without thought, from habit) | automatiquement loc adv |
| | | par automatisme loc adv |
| | | les yeux fermés loc adv |
on automatic pilot,
on autopilot expr | (doing [sth] in an unthinking way) | en pilote automatique, en pilotage automatique loc adv |
semiautomatic,
semi-automatic adj | (gun: self-loading) | semi-automatique adj |
| | The group wants to ban semiautomatic weapons. |