samoyed

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/ˈsæməjɛd//səˈmɔɪ.ɛd/

noun

A member of the Samoyedic peoples of the Siberian Urals, who speak Samoyedic languages.

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SammieSammySmileySamoyedicSamoyed languageSamoyedic languageSamoyede
OriginRussian самое́д →
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Meanings

samoyed1

nounsamoyed (plural samoyeds)

plural samoyeds

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Samoyed (dog)

Samoyed2

nounSamoyed (plural Samoyeds or Samoyed)

plural Samoyeds · alternative Samojed

  1. anthropologyA member of the Samoyedic peoples of the Siberian Urals, who speak Samoyedic languages.

    The Samoyeds are Idolaters and Witches, obſeruing diuelliſh ſuperſtitions

    1613, Samuel Purchas, “[Asia.] Of other Northerne people adioyning to the Tartars.”, in Purchas His Pilgrimage. Or Relations of the World and the Religions Observed in All Ages and Places Discouered, from the Creation vnto this Present. […], London: […] William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, […], →OCLC, book IV (Of the Armenians, Medes, Persians, Parthians, Scythians, Tartarians, Chinois, and of Their Religions), page 363
  2. biologyA hardy breed of dog from Siberia.

    Synonyms: Sammie, Sammy, Smiley

adjective

alternative Samojed

  1. anthropologyOf or pertaining to this people.

    some Samoyed musicians performed pieces of similar cacophony on an assortment of instruments - hand drums and finger cymbals and pipes resembling our fagotto and dulzaina.

    1984, Gary Jennings, The Journeyer, page 378

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA hardy breed of dog from Siberia.

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SammieSammySmiley

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe Uralic languages spoken by the Samoyed in northwestern Siberia

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SamoyedicSamoyed languageSamoyedic language
Broader
UralicUralic language

nounSiberian breed of white or cream-colored dog of the spitz family

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Samoyede
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spitz
Also see
sammiesammysamoyedicsmiley

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Russianсамое́д
  2. EnglishSamoyed

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."

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Translations

Catalan samoiede, samoieda
  • samoiedeperson
  • samoiedaperson
  • samoiededog
Chinese Mandarin 薩莫耶德人 /萨莫耶德人, 薩摩耶人 /萨摩耶人
  • 薩莫耶德人 /萨莫耶德人 (sàmòyédérén)person
  • 薩摩耶人 /萨摩耶人 (sàmóyérén)person
  • 薩摩耶 /萨摩耶 (sàmóyē)dog
  • 薩摩耶犬 /萨摩耶犬 (sàmóyēquǎn)dog
Czech Samojed, samojed
  • Samojedperson
  • samojeddog
Finnish samojedi, samojedi
  • samojediperson
  • samojedidog
  • samojedinkoiradog
French Samoyède, samoyède
  • Samoyèdeperson
  • samoyèdedog
Japanese サモエード人, サモイェード
  • サモエード人 (samoēdojin)person
  • サモイェード (samoyēdo)person
  • サモエド犬 (samoedoken)dog
Malay anjing Samoyed
  • anjing Samoyeddog
Polish samojed, Samojed
  • samojedperson
  • Samojeddog
  • Samojedkadog
Russian самоди́ец, не́нец
  • самоди́ец (samodíjec)person
  • не́нец (nénec)person
  • самое́д (samojéd)person
  • самое́д (samojéd)dog
  • самое́дская ла́йка (samojédskaja lájka)dog
  • самое́дская соба́ка (samojédskaja sobáka)dog
Spanish samoyedo, samoyedo
  • samoyedoperson
  • samoyedodog

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

someday
Cite this entry
APA

samoyed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/samoyed

MLA

“samoyed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/samoyed. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “samoyed,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/samoyed.

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