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Samoyedic

adj · name · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsamɔɪ̯ˌ(j)ɛdɪk/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsamə(ʊ)ˌjɛdɪk/
  • General-American: /ˈsæmɔɪ̯ˌ(j)ɛdɪk/
  • General-American: /ˈsæməˌjɛdɪk/
  • General-American: /ˈsæmoʊˌjɛdɪk/

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to these languages.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

Any of a group of languages spoken in the Urals that, along with Finno-Ugric, make up the Uralic language group.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the Uralic languages spoken by the Samoyed in northwestern Siberia

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Samoyed

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Uralic, Uralic language

Narrower terms: Nenets, Nentsi, Nentsy, Yurak-Samoyed, Enets, Entsi, Entsy, Yenisei, Yenisei-Samoyed, Yeniseian, Nganasan, Selkup, Ostyak-Samoyed

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English Samoyed Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Samoyedic From Samoyed + -ic.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: samoiede — of or pertaining to these languages
  • Dutch: Samojeeds — of or pertaining to these languages
  • Finnish: samojedilainen — of or pertaining to these languages
  • Finnish: samojedi- — of or pertaining to these languages
  • French: samoyède — of or pertaining to these languages
  • French: samoyèdes — of or pertaining to these languages
  • Hungarian: szamojéd — of or pertaining to these languages
  • Polish: samojedzki — of or pertaining to these languages
  • Polish: samodyjski — of or pertaining to these languages
  • Spanish: samoyedo — of or pertaining to these languages
  • Czech: samojedské jazyky — group of languages
  • Finnish: samojedikielet — group of languages
  • French: samoyède — group of languages
  • French: langues samoyèdes — group of languages
  • German: Samojedisch — group of languages
  • German: samojedische Sprachen — group of languages
  • Hungarian: szamojéd — group of languages
  • Polish: język samojedzki — group of languages
  • Russian: самоди́йский (samodíjskij) — group of languages