samochód

Polish

Etymology

From samo- +‎ chód. There is a popular belief that the term was coined in a competition, however no record of said competition exists. There was wavering between this term and samojazd as to which would be the default term for car, however samojazd was ultimately displaced in the 20th century. First attested in the 19th century. Compare Belarusian самахо́д (samaxód), Russian самохо́д (samoxód).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈmɔ.xut/

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• Rhymes: -ɔxut
• Syllabification: sa‧mo‧chód

Noun

samochód m inan (diminutive samochodzik, augmentative samochodzisko, related adjective samochodowy)

1. car, automobile (wheeled vehicle that moves independently)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:samochód

Declension

Declension of samochód

	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

nouns

• e-samochód
• samochodowiec
• samochodówka
• samochodziarz
• samochodzina
• samochód pułapka

 

Related terms

adjectives

• bezsamochodowy

 

noun

• 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.

Further reading

• samochód in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• samochód in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• samochód in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego