From autonomy + -ous .
autonomous (comparative more autonomous , superlative most autonomous )
Self-governing. Intelligent, sentient , self-aware, thinking, feeling, governing independently .
Synonyms: sovereign , self-governing
Acting on one's own or independently ; of a child , acting without being governed by parental or guardian rules.
Synonyms: self-standing , self-directed
2022 October 4, Soumya Karlamangla, “Behind the Story: Navigating San Francisco in a Driverless Car”, in The New York Times [1] :Though Cade has for years reported on the development of autonomous vehicles, test drives usually have so-called safety drivers who ride along and can take over in case something goes wrong.
( Celtic linguistics, of a verb form ) Used with no subject, indicating an unknown or unspecified agent; used in similar situations as the passive in English (the difference being that the theme in the English passive construction is the subject , while in the Celtic autonomous construction the theme is the object and there is no subject).
Albanian: autonom (sq)
Arabic: اِسْتِقْلَالِيّ ( istiqlāliyy )
Armenian: ինքնավար (hy) ( inkʻnavar )
Azerbaijani: muxtar
Belarusian: аўтано́мны ( aŭtanómny )
Bulgarian: автоно́мен (bg) ( avtonómen )
Buryat: автономито ( avtonomito ) , өөртөө заһаха ( öörtöö zahaxa )
Catalan: autònom (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 自治 (zh) ( zìzhì )
Czech: samosprávný (cs) , autonomní (cs)
Danish: autonom (da) , selvstyret
Dutch: autonoom (nl)
Esperanto: aŭtonoma
Evenki: автоно̄мнай ( awtonōmnaj )
Extremaduran: autónoma
Finnish: autonominen (fi) , itsehallinnollinen (fi)
French: autonome (fr)
Galician: autónomo (gl)
Georgian: ავტონომიური ( avṭonomiuri )
German: autonom (de)
Greek: αυτόνομος (el) ( aftónomos )
Hebrew: אוֹטוֹנוֹמִי ( aotonómi )
Hindi: स्वायत्त (hi) ( svāyatt )
Hungarian: autonómia (hu)
Ido: autonoma (io)
Indonesian: otonom (id)
Irish: féinrialaitheach , neamhspleách
Italian: autonomo (it) , indipendente (it)
Japanese: 自治 (ja) ( じち, jichi ) , 自主的な (ja) ( じしゅてきな, jishuteki na )
Kalmyk: автономн ( avtonomn )
Kazakh: автономиялы ( avtonomiäly ) , автономиялық ( avtonomiälyq )
Khakas: автоном ( avtonom )
Korean: 자치(自治) (ko) ( jachi ) , 자주적(自主的) (ko) ( jajujeok )
Kyrgyz: автономиялык ( avtonomiyalık )
Macedonian: автономен ( avtonomen )
Malay: berautonomi
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: өөртөө засах ( öörtöö zasax ) , автономит (mn) ( avtonomit )
Mongolian: ᠥᠪᠡᠷᠲᠡᠭᠡᠨ ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠬᠤ ( öbertegen ǰasaqu )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: autonom (no) , selvstyrt , sjølstyrt
Nynorsk: autonom , sjølvstyrt
Persian: مختار (fa) ( moxtâr )
Polish: autonomiczny (pl)
Portuguese: autónomo (pt) ( Portugal ) , autônomo (pt) ( Brazil )
Romanian: autonom (ro)
Russian: автоно́мный (ru) ( avtonómnyj )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: са̏моста̄лан , а̀утоно̄ман
Roman: sȁmostālan (sh) , àutonōman (sh)
Slovak: samosprávny , autonómny (sk)
Slovene: avtonomen , samostojen
Spanish: autónomo (es)
Swedish: autonom (sv) , självstyrande
Tajik: мухтор ( muxtor )
Turkish: otonom (tr)
Tuvan: автономнуг ( avtonomnug )
Ukrainian: автоно́мний (uk) ( avtonómnyj )
Uzbek: avtonomiyali (uz) , muxtor (uz)
Vietnamese: tự trị (vi)
Written Oirat: ᡄᡋᡄᠷᡄᡃᠨ ᠴᠠᠰᠠᡍᡇ ( eberēn zasaxu )
Xibe: ᠪᡝᠶᡝ ᡩᠠᠰᠠᡢᡤᠠ
Yakut: автоно́мнай ( avtonómnay ) , автономияла́ах ( avtonomiyaláaq )
Yiddish: אויטאָנאָם ( oytonom ) , אויטאָנאָמיש ( oytonomish )
Zhuang: swci
acting on one's own
Belarusian: самасто́йны (be) ( samastójny )
Bulgarian: самостоя́телен (bg) ( samostojátelen )
Catalan: autònom (ca)
Danish: selvstændig (da) , autonom (da)
Finnish: itsenäinen (fi)
Galician: autónomo (gl)
Indonesian: otonom (id)
Irish: féinriartha , neamhspleách
Japanese: 自立した (ja) ( じりつした, jiritsu shita ) , 主体的な ( shutaiteki na ) , 自主的な (ja) ( じしゅてきな, jishuteki na )
Malay: berautonomi
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sjølstendig (no) , selvstendig (no) , autonom (no)
Nynorsk: sjølvstendig , autonom
Persian: خودسر (fa) ( xodsar ) , خودرای (fa) ( xodrây )
Polish: autonomiczny (pl) , samodzielny (pl)
Portuguese: autónomo (pt) ( Portugal ) , autônomo (pt) ( Brazil )
Russian: самостоя́тельный (ru) ( samostojátelʹnyj )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: са̏моста̄лан , не̏овисан
Roman: sȁmostālan (sh) , nȅovisan (sh)
Slovene: samostojen
Spanish: autónomo (es)
Swedish: självständig (sv)
Ukrainian: самості́йний ( samostíjnyj )