"polka" meaning in English

See polka in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈpɒl.kə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpoʊ(l)kə/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-polka.wav 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 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: 33 18 33 16
  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: 33 18 33 16 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: 33 18 33 16 Disambiguation of Musical genres: 29 15 56 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English refractory feminine rhymes, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Asturian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Marathi translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 1 65 1 Disambiguation of English refractory feminine rhymes: 30 2 66 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 30 2 62 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 12 7 0 14 0 8 8 8 8 9 0 0 12 0 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 39 3 54 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Asturian translations: 39 3 54 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 36 3 57 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 39 3 54 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 40 3 53 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 32 2 63 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 32 3 57 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 36 3 57 5 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 32 2 57 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 36 3 57 5 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 34 3 58 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 32 2 61 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 32 2 61 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 39 3 54 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 34 3 58 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 37 3 56 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 37 3 55 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 34 1 64 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 36 3 54 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 38 2 55 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 36 3 57 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 32 2 61 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 30 1 63 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 39 2 54 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 39 3 54 4
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 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 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: 33 18 33 16

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.