kierowca
Polish
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /kjɛˈrɔf.t͡sa/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔft͡sa
- Syllabification: kie‧row‧ca
Noun
kierowca m pers (female equivalent (rare) kierowczyni)
- driver (person who drives a motorized vehicle, such as a car or a bus)
- Synonym: (archaic) automobilista
Declension
Declension of kierowca
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kierowca | kierowcy/kierowce (deprecative) |
| genitive | kierowcy | kierowców |
| dative | kierowcy | kierowcom |
| accusative | kierowcę | kierowców |
| instrumental | kierowcą | kierowcami |
| locative | kierowcy | kierowcach |
| vocative | kierowco | kierowcy |
Related terms
Descendants
- → Belarusian: кіро́ўца (kiróŭca)
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