Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sam-uh-yed, suh-moi-id]
- /ˌsæm əˈyɛd, səˈmɔɪ ɪd/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [sam-uh-yed, suh-moi-id]
- /ˌsæm əˈyɛd, səˈmɔɪ ɪd/
Definitions of samoyed word
- noun samoyed a member of a Uralic people dwelling in W Siberia and the far NE parts of European Russia. 1
- noun samoyed Also, Samoyedic. a subfamily of Uralic languages spoken by the Samoyed people. 1
- noun samoyed (sometimes lowercase) one of a Russian breed of medium-sized dogs that have long, dense, white or cream hair and are used by the Samoyed people for herding reindeer and pulling sleds. 1
- noun samoyed a member of a group of peoples who migrated along the Russian Arctic coast and now live chiefly in the area of the N Urals: related to the Finns 0
- noun samoyed the languages of these peoples, related to Finno-Ugric within the Uralic family 0
- noun samoyed a Siberian breed of dog of the spitz type, having a dense white or cream coat with a distinct ruff, and a tightly curled tail 0
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Origin of samoyed
First appearance:
before 1580 One of the 35% oldest English words
First recorded in 1580-90, Samoyed is from the Russian word samoyéd
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Parts of speech for Samoyed
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
samoyed popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
samoyed usage trend in Literature
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