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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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kjɛˈrɔf.t͡sa/
- 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
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Descendants
References
- ^ Lotnik i Automobilista (in Polish), number 12, Warsaw, 1912 December, page 2
Further reading
- kierowca in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- kierowca in Polish dictionaries at PWN