polka

See also: Polka, Pólka, polką, Polką, półka, półką, and полька

English

Etymology

Via French and German from Czech polka, variant of půlka (“half”) as in "half-step"; see půl (“half”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɒl.kə/
  • Rhymes: -ɒlkə
• IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊ(l)kə/
  • Rhymes: -əʊkə

Noun

polka (plural polkas)

1. A lively dance originating in Bohemia.
2. The music for this dance.
3. A polka jacket.

Derived terms

• polka-like
• polka dot
• polkabilly

Translations

dance

• Armenian: պոլկա (hy) (polka)
• Asturian: polca f
• Catalan: polca f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 波尔卡舞 (zh), 波爾卡舞／波尔卡舞 (zh) (bō'ěrkǎwǔ)

• Czech: polka (cs) f
• Finnish: polkka (fi)
• Galician: polca f
• German: Polka (de) f
• Japanese: ポルカ (poruka)
• Marathi: पोल्का m (polkā)
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: polka m

  Nynorsk: polka m

• Polish: polka (pl) f
• Portuguese: polca (pt) f
• Romanian: polcă (ro) f
• Russian: по́лька (ru) f (pólʹka)
• Spanish: polca (es) f
• Swedish: polka (sv) c, polkett c
• Tagalog: polka

music for this dance

• Armenian: պոլկա (hy) (polka)
• Asturian: polca f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 波爾卡音樂, 波尔卡音乐 (bō'ěrkǎ yīnyuè)

• Finnish: polkka (fi)
• Galician: polca f
• Marathi: पोल्का n (polkā)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: polka m

  Nynorsk: polka m

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• Polish: polka (pl) f
• Portuguese: polca (pt) f
• Romanian: polcă (ro) f
• Spanish: polca (es) f
• Swedish: polka (sv) c, polkett c

Verb

polka (third-person singular simple present polkas, present participle polkaing, simple past and past participle polkaed)

1. (intransitive) To dance the polka.

Anagrams

• Palko, lo pak, pakol, pokal

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Czech

Etymology

Variant of půlka (“half”) as in "half-step"; see půl (“half”).

Noun

polka f

1. polka

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
• Template:R:SSJC

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French

Etymology

From Czech polka

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔl.ka/

Noun

polka f (plural polkas)

1. polka (dance and music)

Further reading

• “polka”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Norman

Etymology

From French and Czech polka

Noun

polka f (plural polkas)

1. (Jersey) polka (dance, music)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Via German Polka or French polka from Czech polka and půlka

Noun

polka m (definite singular polkaen, indefinite plural polkaer, definite plural polkaene)

1. polka (dance and music)

References

• “polka” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “polka” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Via German Polka or French polka from Czech polka and půlka

Noun

polka m (definite singular polkaen, indefinite plural polkaer or polkaar, definite plural polkaene or polkaane)

1. polka (dance and music)

References

• “polka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Occitan

Etymology

From French polka

Noun

polka f (plural polkas)

1. polka (dance)

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Polish

Etymology

From Czech polka

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔl.ka/

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Noun

polka f

1. polka

Declension

Declension of polka

	singular	plural
nominative	polka	polki
genitive	polki	polek
dative	polce	polkom
accusative	polkę	polki
instrumental	polką	polkami
locative	polce	polkach
vocative	polko	polki

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Spanish

Etymology

See polca

Noun

polka f (uncountable)

1. polka