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paczek

paczek is the singular of paczki.

Meaning of paczki

Noun

paczki (plural paczki or paczkis)

  1. A traditional Polish doughnut.
    • Fat Tuesday is our Mardi Gras, a sort of Polish St. Patrick’s Day, with Hamtramck in place of the French Quarter and paczki (pronounced POONCH-kee) in place of green beer.2009 March 29, Paul Clemens, “Lean Tuesday”, in New York Times

Forms of paczek

pluralpaczki

Origin of paczek

Borrowed from Polish pączek, diminutive of pąk (“bud”). Doublet of ponchik.

Questions about paczek

What is paczek the singular of?
Paczek is the singular of paczki.

Words near paczek in the dictionary

  1. pacus
  2. pacuvirus
  3. pacuviruses
  4. pacy
  5. pACYC
  6. paczek
  7. paczki
  8. paczkis
  9. Paczkowski
  10. Paczkowskis
  11. pad

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