samoyed
/ˈsæməjɛd/noun
samoyed is a noun meaning “Alternative letter-case form of Samoyed (dog)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-A-M-O-Y-E-D, and it appears about once in every 13 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of samoyed is samoyeds.
What does samoyed mean?
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of Samoyed (dog)
noun
- 1
A member of the Samoyedic peoples of the Siberian Urals, who speak Samoyedic languages.
- 2
A hardy breed of dog from Siberia.
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to this people.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce samoyed?
- /ˈsæməjɛd/
- /səˈmɔɪ.ɛd/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of samoyed
- samoyeds plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is samoyed?
Samoyed appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Samoyed in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does samoyed come from?
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."
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).