kierowca

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Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From kierować +‎ -ca. Coined by Jan Stanisław Nakielski and Romuald Pianko in 1912, in a submission to a contest organized by a monthly "Lotnik i Automobilista", to replace the word szofer.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kjɛˈrɔf.t͡sa/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔft͡sa
  • Syllabification: kie‧row‧ca

Noun[edit]

kierowca m pers (female equivalent (rare) kierowczyni)

  1. driver (person who drives a motorized vehicle, such as a car or a bus)
    Synonym: (archaic) automobilista

Declension[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Belarusian: кіро́ўца (kiróŭca)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Lotnik i Automobilista[1] (in Polish), number 12, Warsaw, 1912 December, page 2

Further reading[edit]

  • kierowca in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kierowca in Polish dictionaries at PWN