"Samoyed" meaning in English

See Samoyed in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈsæməjɛd/, /səˈmɔɪ.ɛd/ Forms: Samoyeds [plural], Samoyed [plural]
Etymology: From Russian самое́д (samojéd), probably from Sami *saam-edne (“land of the people”); compare Finnish Suomi (“Finn”). In the course of borrowing, the word was folk-etymologically reinterpreted as сам (sam, “self, own”) + есть, ед- (jestʹ, jed-, “eat”), "self-eater." Etymology templates: {{der|en|ru|самое́д}} Russian самое́д (samojéd), {{der|en|smi|-}} Sami, {{m|und|*saam-edne||land of the people}} *saam-edne (“land of the people”), {{cog|fi|Suomi||Finn}} Finnish Suomi (“Finn”), {{m|ru|сам||self, own}} сам (sam, “self, own”), {{m|ru|есть|есть, ед-|eat}} есть, ед- (jestʹ, jed-, “eat”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|Samoyed}} Samoyed (plural Samoyeds or Samoyed)
  1. (anthropology) A member of the Samoyedic peoples of the Siberian Urals, who speak Samoyedic languages. Categories (topical): Anthropology Categories (lifeform): Dogs Translations (person): samoiede [masculine] (Catalan), samoieda [feminine] (Catalan), 薩莫耶德人 (Chinese Mandarin), 萨莫耶德人 (sàmòyédérén) (Chinese Mandarin), 薩摩耶人 (Chinese Mandarin), 萨摩耶人 (sàmóyérén) (Chinese Mandarin), Samojed [masculine] (Czech), samojedi (Finnish), Samoyède [singular] (French), サモエード人 (samoēdojin) (Japanese), サモイェード (samoyēdo) (Japanese), самоди́ец (samodíjec) [masculine] (Russian), не́нец (nénec) [masculine] (Russian), самое́д (samojéd) [dated, masculine] (Russian), samoyedo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Samoyed-en-noun-RdQWYwb0 Disambiguation of Dogs: 63 37 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 74 26 Topics: anthropology, human-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'person': 100 0
  2. (zoology) A hardy breed of dog from Siberia. Categories (topical): Zoology Synonyms: Sammie, Sammy, Smiley Translations (dog): samoiede [masculine] (Catalan), samojed [masculine] (Czech), samojedi (Finnish), samojedinkoira (Finnish), samoyède [singular] (French), サモエド犬 (samoedoken) (Japanese), самојед (samojed) [masculine] (Macedonian), anjing Samoyed (Malay), самое́д (samojéd) [masculine] (Russian), самое́дская ла́йка (samojédskaja lájka) [feminine] (Russian), самое́дская соба́ка (samojédskaja sobáka) [feminine] (Russian), samoyedo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Samoyed-en-noun-58~Wc6X1 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology Disambiguation of 'dog': 0 100

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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "dog",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "samoyède"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "samoedoken",
      "sense": "dog",
      "word": "サモエド犬"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "samojed",
      "sense": "dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "самојед"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "dog",
      "word": "anjing Samoyed"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "samojéd",
      "sense": "dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "самое́д"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "samojédskaja lájka",
      "sense": "dog",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "самое́дская ла́йка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "samojédskaja sobáka",
      "sense": "dog",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "самое́дская соба́ка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "dog",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "samoyedo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Samoyed"
}

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