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automat
vending machine (a machine that dispenses goods or performs a task on its own) /au.toˈmat/
noun#3123 most common
Also: automaton, automatic device/machine, assault rifle (military slang, like Russian "avtomat")
Example sentences
Automatul de cafea nu funcționează.
The coffee machine isn't working.
Cumpăr o sticlă de apă de la automat.
I'm buying a bottle of water from the vending machine.
Am pus o monedă în automatul de bilete, dar nu a ieșit tichetul.
I put a coin in the ticket machine, but the ticket didn't come out.
Automatele din stație vând gustări și băuturi reci.
The vending machines in the station sell snacks and cold drinks.
Primăria a instalat automate de reciclare a PET-urilor în mai multe cartiere.
City hall installed PET-bottle recycling machines in several neighborhoods.
Filozofii secolului al XVIII-lea dezbăteau dacă automatul poate imita pe deplin gândirea umană.
18th-century philosophers debated whether the automaton could fully imitate human thought.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | automatul | automatele |
| Genitive | automatului | automatelor |
| Accusative | automatul | automatele |
| Vocative | automatule | automatelor |
Word family
automatizato automate
automatizareautomation
automat / automatăautomatic
automatismautomatism, reflexive behavior
automatizatautomated
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "automat" from French "automate" in the 19th century, as part of a wave of French loanwords during Romania's modernization. The French word traces back to Greek "automatos", meaning acting on its own will. That Greek word joins "autos" (self) with a root tied to thinking or willing.
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