"polka" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɒl.kə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpoʊ(l)kə/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-polka.wav [Southern-England] Forms: polkas [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒlkə, -əʊkə Etymology: Via French and German from Czech polka, variant of půlka (“half”) as in "half-step"; see půl (“half”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|-}} French, {{der|en|de|-}} German, {{der|en|cs|polka}} Czech polka, {{m|cs|půlka||half}} půlka (“half”), {{m|cs|půl||half}} půl (“half”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} polka (plural polkas)
  1. A lively dance originating in Bohemia. Categories (topical): Dances
    Sense id: en-polka-en-noun-PEnwMM1D Disambiguation of Dances: 32 22 27 19
  2. The music for this dance. Categories (topical): Dances Translations (dance): պոլկա (polka) (Armenian), polca [feminine] (Asturian), по́лка (pólka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), polca [feminine] (Catalan), 波爾卡 (Chinese Mandarin), 波尔卡 (bō'ěrkǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), polka [feminine] (Czech), polka [common-gender] (Danish), polka [feminine] (Dutch), polkka (Finnish), polka [feminine] (French), polca [feminine] (Galician), Polka [feminine] (German), polka [feminine] (Italian), ポルカ (poruka) (Japanese), 폴카 (polka) (Korean), पोल्का (polkā) [masculine] (Marathi), polka [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), polka [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), polka [feminine] (Polish), polca [feminine] (Portuguese), polcă [feminine] (Romanian), по́лька (pólʹka) [feminine] (Russian), polca [feminine] (Spanish), polka [common-gender] (Swedish), polkett [common-gender] (Swedish), polka (Tagalog) Translations (music for this dance): պոլկա (polka) (Armenian), polca [feminine] (Asturian), 波爾卡音樂 (Chinese Mandarin), 波尔卡音乐 (bō'ěrkǎ yīnyuè) (Chinese Mandarin), polkka (Finnish), polca [feminine] (Galician), पोल्का (polkā) [neuter] (Marathi), polka [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), polka [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), polka [feminine] (Polish), polca [feminine] (Portuguese), polcă [feminine] (Romanian), polca [feminine] (Spanish), polka [common-gender] (Swedish), polkett [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-polka-en-noun-V8NJvGN9 Disambiguation of Dances: 32 22 27 19 Disambiguation of 'dance': 42 58 0 Disambiguation of 'music for this dance': 4 96 0
  3. A polka jacket. Categories (topical): Dances, Musical genres
    Sense id: en-polka-en-noun-wM3AhOvP Disambiguation of Dances: 32 22 27 19 Disambiguation of Musical genres: 29 19 52 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English refractory feminine rhymes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 1 65 2 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 29 1 67 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 2 79 2 Disambiguation of English refractory feminine rhymes: 32 3 62 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: horizontal polka, polkabilly, polka dot, polka-like, polka-mazurka

Verb

IPA: /ˈpɒl.kə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpoʊ(l)kə/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-polka.wav [Southern-England] Forms: polkas [present, singular, third-person], polkaing [participle, present], polkaed [participle, past], polkaed [past]
Rhymes: -ɒlkə, -əʊkə Etymology: Via French and German from Czech polka, variant of půlka (“half”) as in "half-step"; see půl (“half”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|-}} French, {{der|en|de|-}} German, {{der|en|cs|polka}} Czech polka, {{m|cs|půlka||half}} půlka (“half”), {{m|cs|půl||half}} půl (“half”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} polka (third-person singular simple present polkas, present participle polkaing, simple past and past participle polkaed)
  1. (intransitive) To dance the polka. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Dances
    Sense id: en-polka-en-verb-DQflXb5D Disambiguation of Dances: 32 22 27 19

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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