polka
/ˈpɒl.kə/US/ˈpoʊ(l)kə/
polka noun: a lively dance originating in Bohemia.
Noun
polka (plural polkas)
- A lively dance originating in Bohemia.
- The music for this dance.
- A polka jacket.
- a young lady in a grey polka1872, John Forster, The Life of Charles Dickens
Verb
polka (third-person singular simple present polkas, present participle polkaing, simple past and past participle polkaed)
- To dance the polka.
Proper noun capitalized: Polka
Polka (plural Polkas)
- A surname.
polka meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
polka in Hindi
- पोल्का, पोलका
polka in Tamil
- போல்கா, பொல்கா
polka in Marathi
- dance
- पोल्का polkā
- music for this dance
- पोल्का polkā
polka in Urdu
- پولکا
More languagesFewer languages
- polka in Bengali
- পোলকা, পোল্কা, পোলকার কাছে
- polka in Telugu
- పోల్కా, పోల్కాకు
- polka in Malayalam
- പോൾക, പോൾക്ക, പോൽക്ക
- polka in Kannada
- ಪೋಲ್ಕಾ, ಪೋಲ್ಕ
- polka in Punjabi
- ਪੋਲਕਾ, ਪੋਲ੍ਕਾ
- polka in Gujarati
- પોલ્કા, પોલકા
- polka in Odia
- ପୋଲ୍କା, ପୋଲକା, ପୋଲ୍କାକୁ
- polka in Nepali
- पोल्का, पोलका
- polka in Tagalog
- polka
- polka in Arabic
- بُولْكَا būlkā
Examples of polka in a sentence
- He was bewildered by how the car was festooned with polka dots.
- Regal sea goddesses have navy blue bodies inscribed with yellow lines and often polka dots.
- The dance steps included the polka, waltz, mazurka, redowa (two-step), and minuet.
Forms of polka
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | polkas |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | polkas |
| present participle | polkaing |
| past participle | polkaed |
| past | polkaed |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Polkas |
Origin of polka
Via French and German from Czech polka, variant of půlka (“half”) as in "half-step"; see půl (“half”).
Borrowed from Czech, Slovak and Polish Polka.
Words formed from polka
Phrases with polka
Questions about polka
- What does polka mean?
- Polka means a lively dance originating in Bohemia.
- What is polka in Hindi?
- Polka in Hindi is पोल्का, पोलका. See Polka meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is polka?
- Polka can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce polka?
- Polka is pronounced /ˈpɒl.kə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of polka?
- The plural of polka is polkas.
Words near polka in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: polka (page history and authors); Polka (page history and authors); polka (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); polka (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); polka (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); polka (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); polka (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); polka (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); polka (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); polka (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); polka (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); polka (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); polka (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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