вагоновожатый

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Russian

Etymology

ваго́н (vagón) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ вожа́тый (vožátyj), probably, a calque of German Wagenführer.

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Noun

вагоновожа́тый (vagonovožátyjm anim (genitive вагоновожа́того, nominative plural вагоновожа́тые, genitive plural вагоновожа́тых, feminine вагоновожа́тая)

  1. tram driver

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References

  • Arapova, N. S. (2000) “вагоновожатый”, in Kalʹki v russkom jazyke poslepetrovskovo perioda. Opyt slovarja [Calques in Post-Petrine Russian. An Essay of a Dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 63