Polish

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Etymology

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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

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

Noun

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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

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Descendants

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  • Belarusian: кіро́ўца (kiróŭca)

References

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

Further reading

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