osobowy

Osobowy is a Polish adjective meaning relating to a person or to private/individual matters. It denotes something intended for or connected with people, rather than with goods or the public sphere. The term is derived from osoba (person) with the suffix -owy, and it is used across domains to form compound expressions such as dane osobowe (personal data), życie osobowe (private life), or sprawy osobowe (personal matters).

In transportation terminology, osobowy is used to distinguish passenger-oriented vehicles from goods or special-purpose vehicles. A samochód osobowy, or passenger car, is designed primarily to carry people, in contrast to a samochód ciężarowy (freight vehicle) or other utility vehicles. The phrase pojazd osobowy (passenger vehicle) appears in legal and regulatory contexts to separate passenger transport from commercial or specialized vehicle categories.

Beyond transport, osobowy appears in everyday language to describe private or personal aspects of life. Common collocations include dane osobowe (personal data) and życie osobowe (private life), illustrating how the adjective is used to specify individuality or privacy.

See also: osoba, dane osobowe, samochód osobowy, pojazd osobowy, życie osobowe.