kielbasa
See also: kiełbasa
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Polish kiełbasa, from a (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Slavic word which may derive from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Turkic *kül +*bastï (literally meaning "ash pressed"). See the Ukrainian cognate ковбаса́ (kovbasá, “sausage, kubasa”) for more information.
Pronunciation
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- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Polish pronunciation" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): [kʲɛwˈbasa]
Noun
kielbasa (plural kielbasas or kielbasy)
- A spicy, smoked sausage of a particular kind.
- 1994 July 21, Faye Fiore, “Congress relishes another franking privilege: Meat lobby puts on the dog with exclusive luncheon for lawmakers – experts on pork”, in Los Angeles Times[1]:
- Congressmen gleefully wolfed down every imaginable version of the hot dog – smoked kielbasas, jumbo grillers, Big & Juicy's, kosher dogs and spiced dogs […]
- (slang) Penis.
Synonyms
- (food): Polish sausage (informal)
Further reading
References
- “kielbasa”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
- “kielbasa” in Frederic Gomes Cassidy, Joan Houston Hall (1985), Dictionary of American Regional English, p 212, Harvard University Press, →ISBN.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “kielbasa”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 “kielbasa”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 “kielbasa”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Polish kiełbasa
Noun
kielbasa m or f (plural kielbasas)
- kielbasa (Polish sausage)
Synonyms
- saucisse polonaise (informal)
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