samochód
Polish
Etymology
From samo- + chód. First attested in the 19th century.[1] There is a popular belief that the term was coined in a competition; however, no record of said competition exists.[2] There was wavering between this term and samojazd as to which would be the default term for car, but samojazd was ultimately displaced in the 20th century.[3] Compare Belarusian самахо́д (samaxód) and Russian самохо́д (samoxód).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saˈmɔ.xut/
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- Syllabification: sa‧mo‧chód
Noun
samochód m inan (diminutive samochodzik, augmentative samochodzisko, related adjective samochodowy)
- car, automobile (wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:samochód
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | samochód | samochody |
| genitive | samochodu | samochodów |
| dative | samochodowi | samochodom |
| accusative | samochód | samochody |
| instrumental | samochodem | samochodami |
| locative | samochodzie | samochodach |
| vocative | samochodzie | samochody |
Derived terms
- e-samochód
- samochodowiec
- samochodówka
- samochodziarz
- samochodzina
- samochód elektryczny
- samochód hybrydowy
- samochód osobowy
- samochód pułapka
Related terms
- samochodownictwo
Descendants
- → Kashubian: samòchód (rare)
- → Silesian: samochōd (rare)
Trivia
According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), samochód is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 22 times in scientific texts, 52 times in news, 15 times in essays, 32 times in fiction, and 22 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 143 times, making it the 415th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[4]
References
- ^ J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1915), “samochód”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 6, Warsaw, page 17
- ^ Renata Bizior; Dorota Suska (2008-2023), Internetowa poradnia językowa [Internet language council][1], Częstochowa: Instytut Językoznawstwa Uniwersytet Humanistyczno-Przyrodniczy
- ^ Katarzyna Kłosińska (1.03.2019), Poradnia Językowa PWN [Language clinic PWN][2], Polish Scientific Publishers PWN
- ^ Ida Kurcz (1990), “samochód”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language][3] (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków; Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 519