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. === 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 ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Belarusian: кіро́ўца (kirówca) === References === === Further reading === “kierowca”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “kierowca”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish)